PUBLICATION

The dialkyl resorcinol stemphol disrupts calcium homeostasis to trigger programmed immunogenic necrosis in cancer

Authors
Ji, S., Lee, J.Y., Schrör, J., Mazumder, A., Jang, D.M., Chateauvieux, S., Schnekenburger, M., Hong, C.R., Christov, C., Kang, H.J., Lee, Y., Han, B.W., Kim, K.W., Shin, H.Y., Dicato, M., Cerella, C., König, G.M., Orlikova, B., Diederich, M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-171219-2
Date
2017
Source
Cancer letters   416: 109-123 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Calcium, Cancer, Caspase-independent apoptosis, Leukemia, Programmed necrosis
MeSH Terms
  • A549 Cells
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis/drug effects*
  • Calcium/metabolism*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival/drug effects
  • Homeostasis/drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Jurkat Cells
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Molecular Structure
  • Necrosis
  • Neoplasms/drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms/metabolism
  • Neoplasms/pathology
  • Resorcinols/chemistry
  • Resorcinols/pharmacology*
  • THP-1 Cells
  • U937 Cells
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays/methods
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
29246646 Full text @ Cancer Lett.
Abstract
Stemphol (STP) is a novel druggable phytotoxin triggering mixed apoptotic and non-apoptotic necrotic-like cell death in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Use of several chemical inhibitors highlighted that STP-induced non-canonical programmed cell death was Ca2+-dependent but independent of caspases, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1, cathepsin, or calpains. Similar to thapsigargin, STP led to increased cytosolic Ca2+ levels and computational docking confirmed binding of STP within the thapsigargin binding pocket of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA). Moreover, the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor is implicated in STP-modulated cytosolic Ca2+ accumulation leading to ER stress and mitochondrial swelling associated with collapsed cristae as observed by electron microscopy. Confocal fluorescent microscopy allowed identifying mitochondrial Ca2+ overload as initiator of STP-induced cell death insensitive to necrostatin-1 or cycloheximide. Finally, we observed that STP-induced necrosis is dependent of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening. Importantly, the translational immunogenic potential of STP was validated by HMGB1 release of STP-treated AML patient cells. STP reduced colony and in vivo tumor forming potential and impaired the development of AML patient-derived xenografts in zebrafish.
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