Article: Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-induced cell death in MCF7 by a novel inhibitor of neutral sphingomyelinase.
The Journal of biological chemistry
2002 Volume 277, Issue 43, Page(s) 41128–41139
Abstract: ... The compound was then evaluated for its ability to inhibit tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced activation ... of neutral SMase (N-SMase) in MCF7 cells. GW4869 (10 microm) partially inhibited TNF-induced sphingomyelin ... A high throughput screen for neutral, magnesium-dependent sphingomyelinase (SMase) was performed ...
| Abstract | A high throughput screen for neutral, magnesium-dependent sphingomyelinase (SMase) was performed. One inhibitor discovered in the screen, GW4869, functioned as a noncompetitive inhibitor of the enzyme in vitro with an IC(50) of 1 microm. It did not inhibit acid SMase at up to at least 150 microm. The compound was then evaluated for its ability to inhibit tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced activation of neutral SMase (N-SMase) in MCF7 cells. GW4869 (10 microm) partially inhibited TNF-induced sphingomyelin (SM) hydrolysis, and 20 microm of the compound was protected completely from the loss of SM. The addition of 10-20 microm GW4869 completely inhibited the initial accumulation of ceramide, whereas this effect was partially lost at later time points (24 h). These data therefore support the inhibitory action of GW4869 on N-SMase not only in vitro but also in a cellular model. The addition of GW4869 at both 10 and 20 microm did not modify cellular glutathione levels in response to TNF, suggesting that the action of GW4869 occurred downstream of the drop in glutathione, which was shown previously to occur upstream of the activation of N-SMase. Further, whereas TNF treatment also caused a 75% increase of de novo synthesized ceramide after 20 h of incubation, GW4869, at either 10 or 20 microm, had no effect on this pathway of ceramide generation. In addition, GW4869 did not significantly impair TNF-induced NF-kappaB translocation to nuclei. Therefore, GW4869 does not interfere with other key TNF-mediated signaling effects. GW4869 was able, in a dose-dependent manner, to significantly protect from cell death as measured by nuclear condensation, caspase activation, PARP degradation, and trypan blue uptake. These protective effects were accompanied by significant inhibition of cytochrome c release from mitochondria and caspase 9 activation, therefore localizing N-SMase activation upstream of mitochondrial dysfunction. In conclusion, our results indicate that N-SMase activation is a necessary step for the full development of the cytotoxic program induced by TNF. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aniline Compounds/pharmacology ; Animals ; Benzylidene Compounds/pharmacology ; Cell Death/physiology ; Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay ; Enzyme Activation ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Microscopy, Electron ; NF-kappa B/metabolism ; Rats ; Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase/antagonists & inhibitors ; Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase/metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology | |||||
| Chemical Substances | Aniline Compounds ; Benzylidene Compounds ; Enzyme Inhibitors ; GW 4869 ; NF-kappa B ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.12) | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2002-08-01 | |||||
| Publishing country | United States | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 2997-x | |||||
| ISSN | 1083-351X ; 0021-9258 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1083-351X | |||||
| ISSN | 0021-9258 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1074/jbc.M206747200 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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