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Teriflunomide encourages cytostatic and apoptotic effects in premalignant and malignant cutaneous keratinocytes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20544286     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Teriflunomide (TFN) reportedly inhibits de novo pyrimidine synthesis and exhibits anti-inflammatory, disease-modifying activities in vivo. These qualities would suggest that TFN could be useful in skin cancer chemoprevention or therapy. We investigated some mechanistic aspects of this tenet by characterizing the effects of TFN on premalignant and malignant human cutaneous keratinocytes. TFN promoted a dose- and/or time-dependent cytostasis and in these cells, which was followed by apoptosis. These features occurred in the presence of a physiological concentration of uridine in the culture medium. The short-term S phase arrest triggered by TFN was reversible in the malignant keratinocytes, and the indirect apoptosis induction was apparently preceded by mitochondrial disruption and reactive oxygen species production in both the premalignant and malignant keratinocytes. Respiration deficient malignant keratinocytes were resistant to the acute cytostatic and latent apoptotic effects of TFN implicating de novo pyrimidine synthesis and mitochondrial bioenergetics as the primary targets for TFN in the respiring cells. These novel mechanistic findings support a role for TFN in skin cancer chemoprevention and therapy.
Authors:
Numsen Hail; Ping Chen; Joseph Rower; Lane R Bushman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1573-675X     ISO Abbreviation:  Apoptosis     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-01     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9712129     Medline TA:  Apoptosis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1234-46     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Numsen.Hail@UCDenver.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*,  therapeutic use
Antioxidants / pharmacology
Apoptosis*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy,  metabolism,  pathology,  prevention & control
Cell Cycle / drug effects
Cell Line, Tumor
Crotonic Acids / pharmacology*,  therapeutic use
Cytostatic Agents / pharmacology
Energy Metabolism / drug effects
Epithelial Cells / drug effects
Flow Cytometry
Humans
Keratinocytes / cytology,  drug effects*,  metabolism,  pathology
Mitochondria / drug effects,  metabolism
Oxygen Consumption / drug effects
Precancerous Conditions / drug therapy,  metabolism,  pathology*
Pyrimidines / biosynthesis
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
S Phase
Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy,  metabolism,  pathology*,  prevention & control
Toluidines / pharmacology*,  therapeutic use
Uridine / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antineoplastic Agents; 0/Antioxidants; 0/Crotonic Acids; 0/Cytostatic Agents; 0/Pyrimidines; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 0/Toluidines; 0/teriflunomide; 289-95-2/pyrimidine; 58-96-8/Uridine

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