Synergistic killing of human leukemia cells by antioxidants and trichostatin A

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
Jiuhong KangYingxian Ou

Abstract

Antioxidants and trichostatin A (TSA) are promising anticancer drugs, and are capable of enhancing the neoplastic toxicity of other chemicals that exert anticancer activity via different mechanisms. Since antioxidants and TSA (the specific inhibitor of histone deacetylase) are believed to combat cancer via different mechanisms, we sought to determine whether combining them would improve their anticancer activity in human leukemia cells (HL-60). HL-60 cells were treated with antioxidants (ascorbic acid, AA and N-acetyl-cysteine, NAC), TSA or their combination, and cell proliferation arrest, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and cell viability were measured as indicators of cell damage. Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the acetylation of histones were also measured. The cytotoxicity of AA, NAC and TSA increased in a time- and dose-dependent manner. AA (1, 2 and 4 mM) and NAC (0.2, 0.5 and 1 mM) were able to diminish ROS generation but showed no influence on histone acetylation in HL-60 cells. In contrast, TSA (20, 50, 100 and 200 nM) did not inhibit ROS generation but significantly increased histone acetylation, indicating a possible role for both scavenging ROS and increasing histone acetylation in the inducti...Continue Reading

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