磷酸戊糖途径的调节对红豆杉细胞生长及紫杉醇合成的影响

在正常的红豆杉细胞悬浮培养过程,葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G6PDH)活性的变化趋势与生物量的基本相似。而在chitosan处理的细胞中G6PDH活性升高而生物量下降。100 mg·L^-1 chitosan和500mg·L^-1 chitosan均对细胞G6PDH具有诱导作用,且后者的诱导强度较前者的高。乙二醇双2-氨基乙基醚四乙酸(EGTA)的加入降低chitosan对细胞G6PDH的诱导程度,显示chitosan对G6PDH的诱导需要Ca²⁺的参与。谷胱甘肽(GHS)的处理可反馈抑制chitosan对细胞G6PDH的诱导。通过分析调节后G6PDH的各种活性与细胞中紫杉醇产量的关系,认为采用合适的处理方法调节磷酸戊糖途径,有利于红豆杉细胞合成紫杉醇。     

Androgen receptor transcriptional activity and chromatin modifications on the ABCB1/MDR gene are critical for taxol resistance in ovarian cancer cells

We report here that the androgen receptor (AR) and ABCB1 are upregulated in a model of acquired taxol resistance (txr) in ovarian carcinoma cells. AR silencing sensitizes txr cells to taxol threefold, whereas ectopic AR expression in AR-null HEK293 cells induces resistance to taxol by 1.7-fold. AR activation using the agonist dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or sublethal taxol treatment upregulates ABCB1 expression in both txr cells and AR-expressing HEK293 cells. In contrast, AR inactivation using the antagonist bicalutamide downregulates ABCB1 expression and enhances cytotoxicity to taxol. A functional ABCB1 promoter containing five predicted androgen-response elements (AREs) is cloned. Deletion assays reveal a taxol-responsive promoter segment which harbors ARE4. Notably, DHT- or taxol-activated AR potentiates binding of the AR to ARE4 as revealed by the chromatin immunoprecipitation. On the other hand, txr cells display an increase in chromatin remodeling. AR/H3K9ac and AR/H3K14ac complexes bind specifically to ARE4 in response to taxol. Furthermore, acetyltransferase protein levels (p300 and GCN5) are upregulated in txr cells. Silencing of p300 or GCN5 reduces chromatin modification and enhances cytotoxicity in both parental and txr SKOV3 cells. While the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/serine/threonine protein kinase (AKT) pathway is significantly activated by taxol, taxol-induced ABCB1 expression, histone posttranslational modifications, and p300 binding to ARE4 are suppressed following inhibition of the PI3K/AKT cellular pathway. These results demonstrate that the AKT/p300/AR axis can be activated to target ABCB1 gene expression in response to taxol, thus revealing a new treatment target to counter taxol resistance.     

Expression of recombinant alpha and beta tubulins from the yew Taxus cuspidata and analysis of the microtubule assembly in the presence of taxol

Taxol was originally isolated from the yew Taxus brevifolia. Because taxol inhibits the depolymerization of microtubules, the presence of a self-resistance mechanism in Taxus spp. was hypothesized. The cloning of the cDNA for alpha and beta tubulins from Taxus cuspidata and those from the human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293T revealed that the ²⁶Asp, ³⁵⁹Arg, and ³⁶¹Leu residues in the human beta tubulin, which are important for taxol binding, were replaced with Glu, Trp, and Met in the beta tubulin of T. cuspidata, respectively. The microtubule assembly of the recombinant alpha and beta tubulins was monitored turbidimetrically, and the results clearly demonstrated that the microtubule from T. cuspidata is less sensitive to taxol than that from HEK293T cells. The Taxus microtubule composed of the wild-type alpha tubulin and the beta tubulin with the E26D mutation restored the sensitivity to taxol. We thus postulated that the mutation identified in the beta tubulin of T. cuspidata plays a role in the self-resistance of this species against taxol.     

Melatonin inhibits breast cancer cell invasion through modulating DJ-1/KLF17/ID-1 signaling pathway

Breast cancer is the most common neoplastic disorder diagnosed in women. The main goal of this study was to explore the effect of melatonin against breast cancer metastasis and compared this with the actions of taxol (a well-known chemotherapeutic drug), and the impact of their combination against breast cancer metastasis. Melatonin showed no cytotoxic effect while taxol showed antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects on MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. Furthermore, melatonin inhibited the generation of reactive oxygen species. Melatonin and taxol clearly decreased cell migration and invasion at low doses, especially those matching the normal physiological concentration at night. Melatonin and taxol markedly reduced DJ-1 and ID-1 and increased KLF17 messenger RNA and protein expression levels. The present results also showed that melatonin and taxol induced GSK3-β nuclear and Snail cytosolic localization. These changes were accompanied by a concurrent rise in E-cadherin expression. The above data show that normal levels of melatonin may help in preventing breast cancer metastasis through inhibiting DJ-1/KLF17/ID-1 signaling pathway. The combination of melatonin and taxol is a potent candidate against breast cancer metastasis, better than using melatonin or taxol as a single drug.     

Eribulin disrupts EB1-microtubule plus-tip complex formation

Eribulin mesylate is a synthetic analog of halichondrin B known to bind tubulin and microtubules, specifically at their protein rich plus-ends, thereby dampening microtubule (MT) dynamics, arresting cells in mitosis, and inducing apoptosis. The proteins which bind to the MT plus-end are known as microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) and have been shown to promote MT growth and stabilization. Eribulin's plus-end binding suggests it may compete for binding sites with known +TIP proteins such as End-binding 1 (EB1). To better understand the impact of eribulin plus-end binding in regard to the proteins which normally bind there, cells expressing GFP-EB1 were treated with various concentrations of eribulin. In a concentration dependent manner, GFP-EB1 became dissociated from the MT plus-ends following drug addition. Similar results were found with immuno-stained fixed cells. Cells treated with low concentrations of eribulin also showed decreased ability to migrate, suggesting the decrease in MT dynamics may have a downstream effect. Extended exposure of eribulin to cells leads to total depolymerization of the MT array. Taken together, these data show eribulin effectively disrupts EB1 +TIP complex formation, providing mechanistic insights into the impact of eribulin on MT dynamics.     

磷甘霉素和洛伐它汀处理对中国红豆杉悬浮培养细胞生物合成紫杉醇的影响

采用非甲羟戊酸途径抑制剂磷甘霉素和甲羟戊酸途径抑制剂洛伐它汀对中国红豆杉悬浮细胞培养物进行处理.在添加和未添加茉莉酸甲酯诱导的情况下,前者使紫杉醇产量减少了2/5和1/5,后者使紫杉醇产量减少了1/6和1/10,表明两种途径对紫杉醇的生物合成都具有贡献,其中非甲羟戊酸途径贡献较大;通过定量PCR技术分别检测两条途径的关键酶5-磷酸脱氧木酮糖还原异构酶(DXR)和3-羟基-3-甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶(HMGR)mRNA水平的变化,发现两种抑制剂都能够激活hmgr和dxr的转录,表明两种代谢途径之间存在协同作用,共同为紫杉醇的生物合成提供前体.     

过表达Dbtnbt基因提高中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇含量

本文通过克隆3′-N-去苯甲酰紫杉醇N-苯甲酰转移酶（3′-N-debenzoyltaxol-N-benzoyltransferase,DBTNBT）基因Dbtnbt,构建其表达载体p1303-SDbtnbtN,转化中国红豆杉细胞,经潮霉素抗性筛选获得转基因细胞系. 转基因细胞分析结果表明,T-DNA及其包含的基因与宿主细胞染色体成功整合;转基因细胞中报告基因GusA-mgfp5正常表达;转基因细胞的Dbtnbt mRNA表达量是未转化细胞的1.33 倍;转基因细胞的紫杉醇产量约为27.3 μg/g,是未转化细胞的1.37倍. 本研究结果表明,过表达Dbtnbt基因将中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇产量提高约37%.     

紫杉醇构效关系及其类似物的研究开发进展

概括了90年代以来国外关于紫杉醇衍生物的研制进展并简介了其新药开发的情况。     

树状多节孢诱变株与出发株间同工酶差异初探

为了探索紫杉醇产生菌发酵产生紫杉醇的机理,对紫杉醇产生菌树状多节孢HQD33和经LiCl、紫外线诱变产生的紫杉醇产量正突变的HQD33诱变菌株(P50-2、P1-6、P5-8、L30-2、L50-4)的同工酶和蛋白质(如:过氧化物酶同工酶、脂酶同工酶、淀粉酶同工酶、过氧化氢酶同工酶以及可溶性蛋白和游离组蛋白)的电泳图谱进行了分析,结果显示:除过氧化氢酶同工酶以外其它酶和蛋白质的电泳图谱都有不同程度的改变。可初步推断,诱变使紫杉醇产生菌的分子生物学背景发生了变化,由于遗传背景的改变导致了产生菌细胞内部蛋白质和同工酶的变化,可进一步认为紫杉醇的产生与试验所选的同工酶和蛋白质有一定的相关性。     

不同施肥处理对曼地亚红豆杉‘Hicksii’生长和紫杉醇含量的影响

采用L9（3^4）正交实验设计,研究了温室盆栽和田间栽培条件下,不同氮、磷、钾施用水平对曼地亚红豆杉‘Hicksii’（Taxus media‘Hicksii’）生长及紫杉醇含量的影响。结果表明,不同的氮、磷、钾施用水平对曼地亚红豆杉‘Hicksii’盆栽苗和田间栽培苗的生长量、枝叶产量和紫杉醇含量有显著影响,影响效应从大至小依次为氮、磷、钾。根据生长综合指标确定最有利于曼地亚红豆杉幼苗生长的氮、磷、钾施用量分别为400、66和200mg·L^-1;最有利于紫杉醇积累的氮、磷、钾施用量分别为200、66和133mg·L^-1。此外,曼地亚红豆杉‘Hicksii’田间栽培苗的生长量、枝叶产量和紫杉醇含量显著高于盆栽苗。