A novel thiazolidine compound induces caspase-9 dependent apoptosis in cancer cells
作者:F. Esra Onen-Bayram、Irem Durmaz、Daniel Scherman、Jean Herscovici、Rengul Cetin-Atalay
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2012.07.016
日期:2012.9
The forward chemogenomics strategy allowed us to identify a potent cytotoxic thiazolidine compound as an apoptosis-inducing agent. Chemical structures were designed around a thiazolidine ring, a structure already noted for its anticancer properties. Initially, we evaluated these novel compounds on liver, breast, colon and endometrial cancer cell lines. The compound 3 (ALC67) showed the strongest cytotoxic activity (IC50 similar to 5 mu M). Cell cycle analysis with ALC67 on liver cells revealed SubG1/G1 arrest bearing apoptosis. Furthermore we demonstrated that cytotoxicity of this compound was due to the activation of caspase-9 involved apoptotic pathway, which is death receptor independent. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.