Geldanamycin induces mitotic catastrophe and subsequent apoptosis in human glioma cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology
Motohiro NomuraDavid Zagzag

Abstract

Geldanamycin (GA) binds to heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and interferes with its function which is to protect various cellular proteins involved in signaling, growth control, and survival from ubiquitination and subsequent degradation by the proteasome. Recently, we demonstrated that GA inhibited migration of glioma cells in vitro associated with downregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1 alpha) and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (Zagzag et al., 2003, J Cell Physiol 196:394-402). Here, we have investigated the mechanisms through which GA treatment of the T98G glioma cell line induces apoptosis. We found that GA treatment induced cell death in a caspase-dependent manner through activation of caspase-3 and PARP cleavage together with release of cytochrome c and apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) from the mitochondria. Use of synchronized T98G cells showed that GA treatment of glioma cells during S-phase enhanced cytotoxicity followed by M-phase arrest, resulting in mitotic catastrophe. In addition, apoptosis was associated with the downregulation of the survival protein, phosphorylated Akt (pAkt), an important signaling protein in the PI3K pathway, that is overexpressed in many cancers including gliomas. Given...Continue Reading

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