Membrane-permeant esters of inositol polyphosphates, chemical syntheses and biological applications
作者:Wenhong Li、Carsten Schultz、Juan Llopis、Roger Y. Tsien
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(97)00714-x
日期:1997.9
inositol polyphosphates are useful tools for biological studies. Racemic 2,3,6-tri-O-butyryl-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate hexakis(acetoxymethyl) ester(), myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate hexakis(acetoxymethyl) ester (), hexakis(propionyloxymethyl) ester () and hexakis(butyryloxymethyl) ester () were therefore synthesized. Whereas extracellular application of up to 200 μM of or to 1321N1 astrocytoma
Synthesis and use of cell-permeant cyclic ADP-ribose
作者:Daniel Rosen、Duncan Bloor-Young、James Squires、Raman Parkesh、Gareth Waters、Sridhar R. Vasudevan、Alexander M. Lewis、Grant C. Churchill
DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.01.025
日期:2012.2
Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) is a second messenger that acts on ryanodine receptors to mobilize Ca2+. cADPR has a net negative charge at physiological pH making it not passively membrane permeant thereby requiring it to be injected, electroporated or loaded via liposomes. Such membrane impermeance of other charged intracellular messengers (including cyclic AMP, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate) and fluorescent dyes (including fura-2 and fluorescein) has been overcome by synthesizing masked analogs (prodrugs), which are passively permeant and hydrolyzed to the parent compound inside cells. We now report the synthesis and biological activity of acetoxymethyl (AM) and butoxymethyl (BM) analogs of cADPR. Extracellular addition of cADPR-AM or cADPR-BM to neuronal cells in primary culture or PC12 neuroblastoma cells induced increases in cytosolic Ca2+. Pre-incubation of PC12 cells with thapsigargin, ryanodine or caffeine eliminated the response to cADPR-AM, whereas the response still occurred in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Combined, these data demonstrate that masked cADPR analogs are cell-permeant and biologically active. We hope these cell-permeant tools will facilitate cADPR research and reveal its diverse physiological functions. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Anti-cancer activity of the cell membrane-permeable phytic acid prodrug
Phytic acid (IP6) is an ingredient in cereals and legumes, and limited amounts of this compound are considered to enter the cell and exert anti-cancer effects. These effects have been seen by studying cells treated with around 1-5 mM IP6. However, such a large amount of IP6 chelates metals and changes the pH in cell culture medium. To overcome this problem, we synthesized a prodrug of IP6 (Pro-IP6) and elucidated generation of IP6 from Pro-IP6 in cells. Cellular experiments using Pro-IP6 demonstrated selective anti-cancer effects including apoptosis and inhibition of Akt activation. Furthermore, an in vivo study using mice with adult T-cell leukemia also showed that Pro-IP6 reduced the size of the cancer. Taken together, Pro-IP6 is a useful biological tool and may lead to development of new anti-cancer drugs.