Evidence supporting a role for mitochondrial respiration in apoptosis induction by the synthetic retinoid CD437
1Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4095, USA.
Abstract:
Retinoids have been shown to modulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. It is thought that these effects mediate the chemopreventive and therapeutic effects of retinoids. Recently, some synthetic retinoids, including 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalene carboxylic acid (CD437), have been found to induce apoptosis even in tumor cell lines that are resistant to all-trans retinoic acid. The proapoptotic activity of CD437 has been attributed to mitochondrial dysfunction via the induction of mitochondrial permeability transition (P. Marchetti et al., Cancer Res. 59: 6257-6266, 1999). The mechanistic aspects pertaining to how CD437 promotes changes in mitochondrial function are unclear. This study investigated the role of mitochondrial respiration in CD437-induced apoptosis. Human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma COLO 16 cells were chronically exposed to ethidium bromide to inhibit mitochondrial DNA synthesis and produce respiration-deficient clones. These clones were exposed to CD437 (
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