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- Title
Stimulation of Suicidal Erythrocyte Death by Ceritinib-Treatment of Human Erythrocytes.
- Authors
Bhuyan, Abdulla Al Mamun; Signoretto, Elena; Bissinger, Rosi; Lang, Florian
- Abstract
Background/Aims: The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor ceritinib is utilized for the treatment of ALK positive non-small cell lung carcinoma. Side effects of the drug include decrease of blood hemoglobin concentration. Possible causes of anemia include stimulation of suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis, which is characterized by cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling with phosphatidylserine translocation to the erythrocyte surface. Signaling of eryptosis includes increase of cytosolic Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i), oxidative stress, ceramide, staurosporine sensitive protein kinase C, SB203580 sensitive p38 kinase, D4476 sensitive casein kinase 1, and zVAD sensitive caspases. The present study explored, whether ceritinib induces eryptosis and, if so, to shed light on the cellular mechanisms involved. Methods: Phosphatidylserine exposure at the cell surface was estimated from annexin-V-binding, cell volume from forward scatter, [Ca2+]i from Fluo3-fluorescence, ROS formation from DCFDA dependent fluorescence, and ceramide abundance utilizing specific antibodies. Results: A 48 hours exposure of human erythrocytes to ceritinib (1 µg/ml) significantly increased the percentage of annexin-V-binding cells, significantly decreased forward scatter, significantly increased Fluo3-fluorescence, but did not significantly modify DCFDA fluorescence or ceramide abundance. The effect of ceritinib on annexin-V-binding was significantly blunted but not abolished by removal of extracellular Ca2+, by the kinase inhibitors staurosporine (1 µM), SB203580 (2 µM) and D4476 (10 µM), as well as by caspase inhibitor zVAD (10 µM). Conclusions: Ceritinib triggers cell shrinkage and phospholipid scrambling of the erythrocyte cell memb
- Subjects
ERYTHROCYTES; ANAPLASTIC lymphoma kinase; NON-small-cell lung carcinoma; HEMOGLOBINS; STAUROSPORINE
- Publication
Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry (Karger AG), 2016, Vol 40, Issue 3/4, p1129
- ISSN
1015-8987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000453167