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  • Title: 2-Methoxyestradiol and paclitaxel have similar effects on the cell cycle and induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cells.
    Author: Perez-Stable C.
    Journal: Cancer Lett; 2006 Jan 08; 231(1):49-64. PubMed ID: 16356831.
    Abstract:
    2-Methoxyestradiol (2-ME) is an endogenous metabolite of estradiol with promise for cancer chemotherapy, including advanced prostate cancer. We have focused on events related to cell cycle arrest (G1 and G2/M) and induction of apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells. Treatment with 2-ME increased cyclin B1 protein and its associated kinase activity followed by later inhibition of cyclin A-dependent kinase activity and induction of apoptosis. Similar results were obtained with paclitaxel (taxol), a clinically relevant agent used to treat advanced prostate cancer. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors prevented 2-ME and paclitaxel-mediated increase in cyclin B1-dependent kinase activity and blocked induction of apoptosis. Reduction of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) protein by 2-ME and paclitaxel correlated with increased apoptosis. Lower doses of 2-ME and paclitaxel resulted in G1 (but not G2/M) cell cycle arrest in the p53 wild type LNCaP cell line, but with minimal induction of apoptosis. We suggest that 2-ME and paclitaxel-mediated induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cells requires activation of cyclin B1-dependent kinase that arrests cells in G2/M and subsequently leads to the induction of apoptotic cell death.
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