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Exclusive destruction of mitotic spindles in human cancer cells.

ABSTRACT: We identified target proteins modified by phenanthrenes that cause exclusive eradication of human cancer cells. The cytotoxic activity of the phenanthrenes in a variety of human cancer cells is attributed by these findings to post translational modifications of NuMA and kinesins HSET/kifC1 and kif18A. Their activity prevented the binding of NuMA to ?-tubulin and kinesins in human cancer cells, and caused aberrant spindles. The most efficient cytotoxic activity of the phenanthridine PJ34, caused significantly smaller aberrant spindles with disrupted spindle poles and scattered extra-centrosomes and chromosomes. Concomitantly, PJ34 induced tumor growth arrest of human malignant tumors developed in athymic nude mice, indicating the relevance of its activity for cancer therapy.

SUBMITTER: Visochek L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400547 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exclusive destruction of mitotic spindles in human cancer cells.

Visochek Leonid L Castiel Asher A Mittelman Leonid L Elkin Michael M Atias Dikla D Golan Talia T Izraeli Shai S Peretz Tamar T Cohen-Armon Malka M

Oncotarget 20170301 13

We identified target proteins modified by phenanthrenes that cause exclusive eradication of human cancer cells. The cytotoxic activity of the phenanthrenes in a variety of human cancer cells is attributed by these findings to post translational modifications of NuMA and kinesins HSET/kifC1 and kif18A. Their activity prevented the binding of NuMA to α-tubulin and kinesins in human cancer cells, and caused aberrant spindles. The most efficient cytotoxic activity of the phenanthridine PJ34, caused ...[more]

PMID: 28209915

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