Abstract
The azaspiracids are a group of marine toxins recently described that currently includes 20 analogues. Not much is known about their mechanism of action, although effects on some cellular functions have been found in vitro. We used the reported effects on cell viability, actin cytoskeleton, and caspase activation to study the structure-activity relationship of AZA-1 and AZA-2 and the role of the carboxylic acid moiety in toxicity. AZA-1, AZA-2, and the synthetic AZA-2-methyl ester (AZA-2-ME), where the C1 carboxylic acid moiety of AZA-2 was esterified to the corresponding methyl ester moiety, induced a reduction of cell viability in neuroblastoma and hepatocyte cell lines with similar potency and kinetics. Interestingly, the mast cell line HMC-1 was resistant to AZA-induced cytotoxicity. Actin cytoskeleton alterations and caspase activation appeared after treatment with AZA-1, AZA-2, AZA-2-ME, and biotin-AZA-2 (AZA-2 labeled with biotin at C1) in neuroblastoma cells with similar qualitative, quantitative, and kinetics characteristics. Irreversibility of AZA effects on the actin cytoskeleton and cell morphology after short incubations with the toxin were common to AZA-1, AZA-2, and AZA-2-ME; however, 10-fold higher concentration...Continue Reading
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