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Synthetic triterpenoid cyano enone of methyl boswellate activates intrinsic, extrinsic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress cell death pathways in tumor cell lines.

ABSTRACT: We explored the effect of a novel synthetic triterpenoid compound cyano enone of methyl boswellates (CEMB) on various prostate cancer and glioma cancer cell lines. CEMB displayed concentration-dependent cytotoxic activity with submicromolar lethal dose 50% (LD(50)) values in 10 of 10 tumor cell lines tested. CEMB-induced cytotoxicity is accompanied by activation of downstream effector caspases (caspases 3 and 7) and by upstream initiator caspases involved in both the extrinsic (caspase 8) and intrinsic (caspase 9) apoptotic pathways. By using short interfering RNAs (siRNA), we show evidence that knockdown of caspase 8, DR4, Apaf-1, and Bid impairs CEMB-induced cell death. Similar to other proapoptotic synthetic triterpenoid compounds, CEMB-induced apoptosis involved endoplasmic reticulum stress, as shown by partial rescue of tumor cells by siRNA-mediated knockdown of expression of genes involved in the unfolded protein response such as IRE1?, PERK, and ATF6. Altogether, our results suggest that CEMB stimulates several apoptotic pathways in cancer cells, suggesting that this compound should be evaluated further as a potential agent for cancer therapy.

SUBMITTER: Ravanan P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4174562 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Synthetic triterpenoid cyano enone of methyl boswellate activates intrinsic, extrinsic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress cell death pathways in tumor cell lines.

Ravanan Palaniyandi P Sano Renata R Talwar Priti P Ogasawara Satoshi S Matsuzawa Shu-ichi S Cuddy Michael M Singh Sanjay K SK Rao G S R Subba GS Kondaiah Paturu P Reed John C JC

Molecular cancer therapeutics 20110711 9

We explored the effect of a novel synthetic triterpenoid compound cyano enone of methyl boswellates (CEMB) on various prostate cancer and glioma cancer cell lines. CEMB displayed concentration-dependent cytotoxic activity with submicromolar lethal dose 50% (LD(50)) values in 10 of 10 tumor cell lines tested. CEMB-induced cytotoxicity is accompanied by activation of downstream effector caspases (caspases 3 and 7) and by upstream initiator caspases involved in both the extrinsic (caspase 8) and in ...[more]

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Synthetic triterpenoid cyano enone of methyl boswellate activates intrinsic, extrinsic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress cell death pathways in tumor cell lines.

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Synthetic triterpenoid cyano enone of methyl boswellate activates intrinsic, extrinsic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress cell death pathways in tumor cell lines.

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