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  • Title: Comparison of the efficacy of 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) and other staurosporine analogs to abrogate cisplatin-induced cell cycle arrest in human breast cancer cell lines.
    Author: Lee SI, Brown MK, Eastman A.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1999 Dec 01; 58(11):1713-21. PubMed ID: 10571245.
    Abstract:
    DNA-damaging agents such as cisplatin arrest cell cycle progression at either the G1, S, or G2 phase, although the G1 arrest is seen only in cells expressing the wild-type p53 tumor suppressor protein. Caffeine has been shown to abrogate the S and G2 arrest in p53-defective cells and to enhance cytotoxicity, but at concentrations too toxic to administer to humans. We have reported that 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) also overcomes S and G2 phase arrest and enhances the cytotoxicity of cisplatin. We show here that UCN-01 at non-cytotoxic concentrations abrogated S and G2 arrest induced by cisplatin in two p53-defective human breast cancer cell lines. UCN-01 pushed the cells through S phase and mitosis, with subsequent apoptosis. Inhibition of mitosis with nocodazole reduced the apoptosis induced by UCN-01 plus cisplatin. Seven staurosporine analogs were compared for their ability to abrogate cell cycle arrest. Staurosporine was as effective as UCN-01 at abrogating S and G2 arrest, but the concentrations required were cytotoxic. K252a abrogated S phase arrest but failed to abrogate G2 arrest because alone it induced G2 arrest. Hence, K252a did not enhance cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity because it failed to push the cells through a lethal mitosis. None of the other analogs influenced cell cycle progression at the concentrations tested. Accordingly, UCN-01 was the only analog that overcame cell cycle arrest and enhanced the cytotoxicity of cisplatin while exhibiting no cytotoxicity of its own. Hence, UCN-01 remains the most promising candidate for testing clinically in combination with cisplatin.
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