Lovastatin Enhances Cytotoxicity of Temozolomide via Impairing Autophagic Flux in Glioblastoma Cells.

Drug resistance to temozolomide (TMZ) contributes to the majority of tumor recurrence and treatment failure in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Autophagy has been reported to play a role in chemoresistance in various types of cancer, including GBM. The anticancer effect of statins is aro...

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Publicado en:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 13
Autores principales: Zhu, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Pingde, Li, Ning, Kiang, Karrie Mei Yee, Cheng, Stephen Yin, Wong, Vincent Kam-Wai, Leung, Gilberto Ka-Kit
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 9/23/2019
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        atl: Lovastatin Enhances Cytotoxicity of Temozolomide via Impairing Autophagic Flux in Glioblastoma Cells.
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          Zhu, Zhiyuan
          Zhang, Pingde
          Li, Ning
          Kiang, Karrie Mei Yee
          Cheng, Stephen Yin
          Wong, Vincent Kam-Wai
          Leung, Gilberto Ka-Kit
        affil: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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          Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
          Lovastatin Pharmacodynamics
          Temozolomide Pharmacodynamics
          Drug Combinations
          Drug Synergism
          Glioma Prevention and Control
          Cell Line, Tumor Drug Effects
          Cell Death Drug Effects
          Human
          Temozolomide Therapeutic Use
          Lovastatin Therapeutic Use
          Biological Assay Methods
          Colony-Forming Units Assay
          Flow Cytometry
          Blotting, Western
          Transferases Drug Effects
          Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins Drug Effects
          Signal Transduction Drug Effects
          Chemotherapy, Cancer
          Treatment Outcomes
          Apoptosis Drug Effects
          Autophagy Drug Effects
      ab: Drug resistance to temozolomide (TMZ) contributes to the majority of tumor recurrence and treatment failure in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Autophagy has been reported to play a role in chemoresistance in various types of cancer, including GBM. The anticancer effect of statins is arousing great research interests and has been demonstrated to modulate autophagic function. In this study, we investigated the combinational effects of lovastatin and TMZ on treating U87 and U251 GBM cell lines. Cytotoxicity was measured by MTT and colony formation assays; apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry; the cellular autophagic function was detected by the EGFP-mRFP-LC3 reporter and western blot assay. The results showed that lovastatin might enhance the cytotoxicity of TMZ, increase the TMZ-induced cellular apoptosis, and impair the autophagic flux in GBM cells. Lovastatin triggered autophagy initiation possibly by inhibiting the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Moreover, lovastatin might impair the autophagosome-lysosome fusion machinery by suppressing LAMP2 and dynein. These results suggested that lovastatin could enhance the chemotherapy efficacy of TMZ in treating GBM cells. The mechanism may be associated with impaired autophagic flux and thereby the enhancement of cellular apoptosis. Combining TMZ with lovastatin could be a promising strategy for GBM treatment.
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