Chemical genetics analysis of an aniline mustard anticancer agent reveals complex I of the electron transport chain as a target

Supplementary information is available at the Journal of Biological Chemistry website.

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Main Authors: Fedeles, Bogdan I. (Contributor), Zhu, Angela W. (Contributor), Young, Kellie S. (Contributor), Hillier, Shawn M. (Contributor), Proffitt, Kyle D. (Contributor), Essigmann, John M. (Contributor), Croy, Robert G. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Essigmann, John (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), 2012-02-17T19:22:00Z.
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100 1 0 |a Fedeles, Bogdan I.  |e author 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Essigmann, John  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Fedeles, Bogdan I.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Zhu, Angela W.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Young, Kellie S.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Hillier, Shawn M.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Proffitt, Kyle D.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Essigmann, John M.  |e contributor 
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700 1 0 |a Hillier, Shawn M.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Proffitt, Kyle D.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Essigmann, John M.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Croy, Robert G.  |e author 
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520 |a Supplementary information is available at the Journal of Biological Chemistry website. 
520 |a The antitumor agent 11β (CAS 865070-37-7), consisting of a DNA-damaging aniline mustard linked to an androgen receptor (AR) ligand, is known to form covalent DNA adducts and to induce apoptosis potently in AR-positive prostate cancer cells in vitro; it also strongly prevents growth of LNCaP xenografts in mice. The present study describes the unexpectedly strong activity of 11β against the AR-negative HeLa cells, both in cell culture and tumor xenografts, and uncovers a new mechanism of action that likely explains this activity. Cellular fractionation experiments indicated that mitochondria are the major intracellular sink for 11β; flow cytometry studies showed that 11β exposure rapidly induced oxidative stress, mitochondria being an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Additionally, 11β inhibited oxygen consumption both in intact HeLa cells and in isolated mitochondria. Specifically, 11β blocked uncoupled oxygen consumption when mitochondria were incubated with complex I substrates, but it had no effect on oxygen consumption driven by substrates acting downstream of complex I in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Moreover, 11β enhanced ROS generation in isolated mitochondria, suggesting that complex I inhibition is responsible for ROS production. At the cellular level, the presence of antioxidants (N-acetylcysteine or vitamin E) significantly reduced the toxicity of 11β, implicating ROS production as an important contributor to cytotoxicity. Collectively, our findings establish complex I inhibition and ROS generation as a new mechanism of action for 11β, which supplements conventional DNA adduct formation to promote cancer cell death. 
520 |a National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant R01 CA077743) 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Defense (Prostate Cancer Research Program Award DAMD17-98-1-8520) 
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773 |t Journal of Biological Chemistry