scholarly journals Ceramide metabolism regulates autophagy and apoptotic cell death induced by melatonin in liver cancer cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Ordoñez ◽  
Anna Fernández ◽  
Néstor Prieto-Domínguez ◽  
Laura Martínez ◽  
Carmen García-Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Liver Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Apoptotic Cell ◽  
Apoptotic Cell Death ◽  
Liver Cancer Cells

Cux1 confers resistance to apoptotic cell death in liver cancer cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1343-1404
Author(s):  
E Hofmann ◽  
P Di Fazio ◽  
DK Bartsch ◽  
T Gress ◽  
TT Wissniowski
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Liver Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Apoptotic Cell ◽  
Apoptotic Cell Death ◽  
Liver Cancer Cells

Relevance of mitochondrial dysfunction during Sorafenib-induced cell death in liver cancer cells. Role of oxidative and nitrogen reactive species

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Patricia de la Cruz-Ojeda ◽  
M. Ángeles Rodríguez-Hernández ◽  
Elena Navarro-Villarán ◽  
Paloma Gallego ◽  
Pavla Staňková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Liver Cancer ◽  
Mitochondrial Dysfunction ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Reactive Species ◽  
Liver Cancer Cells ◽  
Nitrogen Reactive Species

scholarly journals Quinacrine-Induced Autophagy in Ovarian Cancer Triggers Cathepsin-L Mediated Lysosomal/Mitochondrial Membrane Permeabilization and Cell Death

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2004
Author(s):  
Prabhu Thirusangu ◽  
Christopher L. Pathoulas ◽  
Upasana Ray ◽  
Yinan Xiao ◽  
Julie Staub ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Apoptotic Cell ◽  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Membrane Permeabilization ◽  
Apoptotic Cell Death ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Autophagic Flux

We previously reported that the antimalarial compound quinacrine (QC) induces autophagy in ovarian cancer cells. In the current study, we uncovered that QC significantly upregulates cathepsin L (CTSL) but not cathepsin B and D levels, implicating the specific role of CTSL in promoting QC-induced autophagic flux and apoptotic cell death in OC cells. Using a Magic Red® cathepsin L activity assay and LysoTracker red, we discerned that QC-induced CTSL activation promotes lysosomal membrane permeability (LMP) resulting in the release of active CTSL into the cytosol to promote apoptotic cell death. We found that QC-induced LMP and CTSL activation promotes Bid cleavage, mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), and mitochondrial cytochrome-c release. Genetic (shRNA) and pharmacological (Z-FY(tBU)-DMK) inhibition of CTSL markedly reduces QC-induced autophagy, LMP, MOMP, apoptosis, and cell death; whereas induced overexpression of CTSL in ovarian cancer cell lines has an opposite effect. Using recombinant CTSL, we identified p62/SQSTM1 as a novel substrate of CTSL, suggesting that CTSL promotes QC-induced autophagic flux. CTSL activation is specific to QC-induced autophagy since no CTSL activation is seen in ATG5 knockout cells or with the anti-malarial autophagy-inhibiting drug chloroquine. Importantly, we showed that upregulation of CTSL in QC-treated HeyA8MDR xenografts corresponds with attenuation of p62, upregulation of LC3BII, cytochrome-c, tBid, cleaved PARP, and caspase3. Taken together, the data suggest that QC-induced autophagy and CTSL upregulation promote a positive feedback loop leading to excessive autophagic flux, LMP, and MOMP to promote QC-induced cell death in ovarian cancer cells.

Sulindac induces apoptotic cell death in susceptible human breast cancer cells through, at least in part, inhibition of IKKβ

APOPTOSIS ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 913-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
A-Mi Seo ◽  
Seung-Woo Hong ◽  
Jae-Sik Shin ◽  
In-Chul Park ◽  
Nam-Joo Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Cells ◽  
Apoptotic Cell ◽  
Apoptotic Cell Death ◽  
Human Breast Cancer Cells ◽  
Human Breast

scholarly journals Isoflavones Isolated from the Seeds of Millettia ferruginea Induced Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Yue Wang ◽  
Jun Hyeok Kwak ◽  
Kyung-Tae Lee ◽  
Tsegaye Deyou ◽  
Young Pyo Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Apoptotic Cell ◽  
Apoptotic Cell Death ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Human Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Millettia Ferruginea ◽  
Induced Apoptosis

The seeds of Millettia ferruginea are used in fishing, pesticides, and folk medicine in Ethiopia. Here, the anti-cancer effects of isoflavones isolated from M. ferruginea were evaluated in human ovarian cancer cells. We found that isoflavone ferrugone and 6,7-dimethoxy-3’,4’-methylenedioxy-8-(3,3-dimethylallyl)isoflavone (DMI) had potent cytotoxic effects on human ovarian cancer cell A2780 and SKOV3. Ferrugone and DMI treatment increased the sub-G1 cell population in a dose-dependent manner in A2780 cells. The cytotoxic activity of ferrugone and DMI was associated with the induction of apoptosis, as shown by an increase in annexin V-positive cells. Z-VAD-fmk, a broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor, and z-DEVD-fmk, a caspase-3 inhibitor, significantly reversed both the ferrugone and DMI-induced apoptosis, suggesting that cell death stimulated by the isoflavones is mediated by caspase-3-dependent apoptosis. Additionally, ferrugone-induced apoptosis was found to be caspase-8-dependent, while DMI-induced apoptosis was caspase-9-dependent. Notably, DMI, but not ferrugone, increased the intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) attenuated the pro-apoptotic activity of DMI. These data suggest that DMI induced apoptotic cell death through the intrinsic pathway via ROS production, while ferrugone stimulated the extrinsic pathway in human ovarian cancer cells.

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