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Inhibition of the CaM-kinases augments cell death in response to oxygen radicals and oxygen radical inducing cancer therapies in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16855386     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many cancer treatments induce cell death through lethal oxidative stress. Oxidative stress also induces the activation of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinases (CaM-Ks), CaM-KII and CaM-KIV. In turn, the CaM-Ks are known to induce the activation of antiapoptotic signaling pathways, such as Akt, ERK, and NF-kappaB in many different cell types. The aim of this study was to determine the role of CaM-Kinases in resistance to hydrogen peroxide and three oxidative stress-inducing cancer therapies in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. We found that oxidative stress induced CaM-Kinase activity in MCF-7 breast cancer cells and that CaM-K inhibition increased hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. When MCF-7 cells were treated with doxorubicin, ionizing radiation, or photodynamic therapy in the presence of a CaM-K inhibitor a greater level of cell killing was observed than when cells were treated with doxorubicin, ionizing radiation, or photodynamic therapy alone. In support of this finding, CaM-K inhibition increased hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells, as determined by increased number of apoptotic cells, DNA fragmentation, and PARP cleavage. Pharmacological and molecular inhibition indicated that CaM-KII was participating in hydrogen peroxide-induced ERK phosphorylation in breast cancer cells indicating a potential mechanism by which this sensitization occurs. This is the first time that CaM-K inhibition is reported to sensitize cancer cells to reactive oxygen intermediate inducing cancer treatments.
Authors:
Oswaldo G Rodriguez-Mora; Michelle M Lahair; Mark J Evans; Charles J Kovacs; Ron R Allison; Claudio H Sibata; Kawana S White; James A McCubrey; Richard A Franklin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-08-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer biology & therapy     Volume:  5     ISSN:  1538-4047     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer Biol. Ther.     Publication Date:  2006 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-10-13     Completed Date:  2007-01-08     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101137842     Medline TA:  Cancer Biol Ther     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1022-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
Apoptosis*
Breast Neoplasms / enzymology*,  pathology,  therapy
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 1
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*,  genetics,  metabolism
Doxorubicin / pharmacology
Flow Cytometry
Humans
Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
Immunoblotting
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / metabolism
Oxidants / pharmacology
Oxidative Stress
Phosphorylation / drug effects
Photochemotherapy
RNA, Small Interfering / pharmacology
Radiation, Ionizing
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism,  pharmacology*
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 CA51025/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA98195/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; 0/Oxidants; 0/RNA, Small Interfering; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 23214-92-8/Doxorubicin; 7722-84-1/Hydrogen Peroxide; EC 2.7.11.17/CAMK1 protein, human; EC 2.7.11.17/CAMK4 protein, human; EC 2.7.11.17/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 1; EC 2.7.11.17/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; EC 2.7.11.17/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4; EC 2.7.11.17/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; EC 2.7.11.24/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
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Comment In:
Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Aug;5(8):1031-2   [PMID:  16998304 ]

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