Differential apoptotic response of human cancer cells to organoselenium compounds

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
Maiko SuzukiHidemi Rikiishi

Abstract

Selenium (Se) compounds are well known to inhibit cell proliferation and induce cell death in human cancer cells. Respective chemical forms of Se are intracellularly metabolized via complicated pathways, which target distinct molecules and exhibit varying degrees of anti-carcinogenicity in different cancer types; however, the precise mechanisms by which Se activates apoptosis remain poorly understood. The effects of Se compounds, Se-methylselenocysteine (MSC), selenomethionine (SeMet), and selenite on cell proliferation, apoptosis and its pathway in established human carcinoma cell lines (HSC-3, -4, A549, and MCF-7) were investigated. Cancer cells were treated with each Se compound during different periods. Cell apoptosis, caspase activity and ER stress markers were analyzed by flow cytometric or immunoblotting analysis, respectively. We examined four cell lines for their sensitivity to MSC and SeMet in comparison with selenite. SeMet increased apoptotic cells in p53-positive A549 cells, whereas MSC increased apoptotic cells in p53-mutated HSC-3 cells. High activities of caspase-3, -8 and -9 were observed during apoptosis, and a pan-caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk, rescued the cell viability of HSC-3 cells exposed to MSC. In addit...Continue Reading

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