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- Title
Differential responses of Mcl-1 in photosensitized epithelial vs lymphoid-derived human cancer cells.
- Authors
Liang-yan Xue; Song-mao Chiu; Oleinick, Nancy L.
- Abstract
The antiapoptotic Bcl-2-family proteins, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, are recognized phototargets of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with the mitochondrion-targeting phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4. In the present study, we found that myeloid cell leukemia 1 (Mcl-1), another antiapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, was not photodamaged in Pc 4-PDT-treated human carcinoma cells MCF-7c3, MDA-MB468, DU145, and A431, although Mcl-1 turnover was observed after exposure of HeLa or MCF-7c3 cells to a supralethal dose of UVC. In contrast, when human lymphoma U937 and Jurkat cells were treated with Pc 4-PDT, staurosporine (STS) or UVC, Mcl-1 was cleaved to generate a 28-kDa fragment over a 2–4 h period. The cleavage of Mcl-1 was accompanied by the activation of caspases-3, -9, and -8. The broad-specificity caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk completely blocked Mcl-1 cleavage induced by PDT, STS or UVC, providing evidence for Mcl-1 as a substrate for caspases. Western blot analysis localized Mcl-1 to mitochondria, ER, and cytosol of both MCF-7c3 and U937 cells, suggesting that Mcl-1 protein, unlike Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, is not a target for Pc 4-PDT, probably due to its localization to sites removed from those of Pc 4 binding. The 28-kDa cleaved fragment of Mcl-1, which has proapoptotic activity, was produced in PDT-treated lymphoid-derived cells, but not in cells of epithelial origin, suggesting that PDT-induced rapid and extensive apoptosis in lymphoma cells may result in part from the sensitivity of their Mcl-1 to caspase cleavage, removing an important negative control on apoptosis.Oncogene (2005) 24, 6987–6992. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208837; published online 20 June 2005
- Subjects
CANCER cells; LYMPHOCYTIC leukemia; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; LYMPHOID tissue; EPITHELIAL cells; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION
- Publication
Oncogene, 2005, Vol 24, Issue 46, p6987
- ISSN
0950-9232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.onc.1208837