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  • Title: YC-1 induces S cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by activating checkpoint kinases.
    Author: Yeo EJ, Ryu JH, Chun YS, Cho YS, Jang IJ, Cho H, Kim J, Kim MS, Park JW.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 2006 Jun 15; 66(12):6345-52. PubMed ID: 16778212.
    Abstract:
    Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) seems central to tumor growth and progression because it up-regulates genes essential for angiogenesis and the hypoxic adaptation of cancer cells, which is why HIF-1alpha inhibition is viewed as a cancer therapy strategy. Paradoxically, HIF-1alpha also leads to cell cycle arrest or the apoptosis of cancer cells. Thus, the possibility cannot be ruled out that HIF-1alpha inhibitors unlock cell cycle arrest under hypoxic conditions and prevent cell death, which would limit the anticancer effect of HIF-1alpha inhibitors. Previously, we reported on the development of YC-1 as an anticancer agent that inhibits HIF-1alpha. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of YC-1 on hypoxia-induced cell cycle arrest and cell death. It was found that YC-1 does not reverse the antiproliferative effect of hypoxia, but rather that it induces S-phase arrest and apoptosis at therapeutic concentrations that inhibit HIF-1alpha and tumor growth; however, YC-1 did not stimulate cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate production in this concentration range. It was also found that YC-1 activates the checkpoint kinase-mediated intra-S-phase checkpoint, independently of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated kinase or ataxia-telangiectasia mutated and Rad3-related kinase. These results imply that YC-1 does not promote the regrowth of hypoxic tumors because of its cell cycle arrest effect. Furthermore, YC-1 may induce the combined anticancer effects of HIF-1alpha inhibition and cell growth inhibition.
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