Pre-clinical evaluation of cinobufotalin as a potential anti-lung cancer agent |
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Authors: | Sheng Kai Jia-huan Lu Ping-ping Hui Hui Zhao |
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Institution: | Department of Geriatrics, Shanghai Changning Center Hospital, Shanghai 200336, China |
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Abstract: | Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States and around the world. Due to the pre-existing or acquired chemo-resistance, the current standard chemotherapy regimens only show moderate activity against lung cancer. In the current study, we explored the potential anti-lung cancer activity of cinobufotalin in vivo and in vitro, and studied the underlying mechanisms. We demonstrated that cinobufotalin displayed considerable cytotoxicity against lung cancer cells (A549, H460 and HTB-58 lines) without inducing significant cell apoptosis. Our data suggest that mitochondrial protein cyclophilin D (Cyp-D)-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening mediates cinobufotalin-induced non-apoptotic death of lung cancer cells. The Cyp-D inhibitor cyclosporine A (CsA), the mPTP blocker sanglifehrin A (SfA), and Cyp-D shRNA-silencing significantly inhibited cinobufotalin-induced mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) reduction and A549 cell death (but not apoptosis). Using a mice xenograft model, we found that cinobufotalin inhibited A549 lung cancer cell growth in vivo. Thus, cinobufotalin mainly induces Cyp-D-dependent non-apoptotic death in cultured lung cancer cells. The results of this study suggest that cinobufotalin might be further investigated as a novel anti-lung cancer agent. |
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Keywords: | Lung cancer Cinobufotalin Cyclophilin D Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) Cell death |
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