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1,1-Bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substituted Phenyl)methanes Induce Autophagic Cell Death in Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer

1,1-Bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substituted Phenyl)methanes Induce Autophagic Cell Death in Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer

Kathy Vanderlaag, Yunpeng Su, Arthur E Frankel, Robert C Burghardt, Rola Barhoumi, Gayathri Chadalapaka, Indira Jutooru, Stephen Safe

BMC Cancer. 2010 Dec 3;10:669.

PMID: 21129193

Abstract:

Background:
A novel series of methylene-substituted DIMs (C-DIMs), namely 1,1-bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substituted phenyl)methanes containing t-butyl (DIM-C-pPhtBu) and phenyl (DIM-C-pPhC6H5) groups inhibit proliferation of invasive estrogen receptor-negative MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-453 human breast cancer cell lines with IC50 values between 1-5 uM. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the pathways of C-DIM-induced cell death.
Methods:
The effects of the C-DIMs on apoptotic, necrotic and autophagic cell death were determined using caspase inhibitors, measurement of lactate dehydrogenase release, and several markers of autophagy including Beclin and light chain associated protein 3 expression (LC3).
Results:
The C-DIM compounds did not induce apoptosis and only DIM-C-pPhCF3 exhibited necrotic effects. However, treatment of MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-453 cells with C-DIMs resulted in accumulation of LC3-II compared to LC3-I protein, a characteristic marker of autophagy, and transient transfection of green fluorescent protein-LC3 also revealed that treatment with C-DIMs induced a redistribution of LC3 to autophagosomes after C-DIM treatment. In addition, the autofluorescent drug monodansylcadaverine (MDC), a specific autophagolysosome marker, accumulated in vacuoles after C-DIM treatment, and western blot analysis of lysates from cells treated with C-DIMs showed that the Beclin 1/Bcl-2 protein ratio increased.
Conclusion:
The results suggest that C-DIM compounds may represent a new mechanism-based agent for treating drug-resistant ER-negative breast tumors through induction of autophagy.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP94944806	DIM-C-pPhtBu		94944-80-6	Price

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