RRC ID 44974
著者 Oku Y, Tareyanagi C, Takaya S, Osaka S, Ujiie H, Yoshida K, Nishiya N, Uehara Y.
タイトル Multimodal effects of small molecule ROCK and LIMK inhibitors on mitosis, and their implication as anti-leukemia agents.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract Accurate chromosome segregation is vital for cell viability. Many cancer cells show chromosome instability (CIN) due to aberrant expression of the genes involved in chromosome segregation. The induction of massive chromosome segregation errors in such cancer cells by small molecule inhibitors is an emerging strategy to kill these cells selectively. Here we screened and characterized small molecule inhibitors which cause mitotic chromosome segregation errors to target cancer cell growth. We screened about 300 chemicals with known targets, and found that Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase (ROCK) inhibitors bypassed the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), which delays anaphase onset until proper kinetochore-microtubule interactions are established. We investigated how ROCK inhibitors affect chromosome segregation, and found that they induced microtubule-dependent centrosome fragmentation. Knockdown of ROCK1 and ROCK2 revealed their additive roles in centrosome integrity. Pharmacological inhibition of LIMK also induced centrosome fragmentation similar to that by ROCK inhibitors. Inhibition of ROCK or LIMK hyper-stabilized mitotic spindles and impaired Aurora-A activation. These results suggested that ROCK and LIMK are directly or indirectly involved in microtubule dynamics and activation of Aurora-A. Furthermore, inhibition of ROCK or LIMK suppressed T cell leukemia growth in vitro, but not peripheral blood mononuclear cells. They induced centrosome fragmentation and apoptosis in T cell leukemia cells. These results suggested that ROCK and LIMK can be a potential target for anti-cancer drugs.
巻・号 9(3)
ページ e92402
公開日 2014-1-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0092402
PII PONE-D-13-37151
PMID 24642638
PMC PMC3958508
MeSH Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology* Apoptosis Cell Line, Tumor Centrosome / drug effects Chromosomal Instability Chromosome Segregation / drug effects DNA Fragmentation Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor Humans Leukemia / drug therapy Lim Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints / drug effects* Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology* rho-Associated Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
IF 2.74
引用数 13
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 HeLa/Fucci2(RCB2867) Jurkat ATN-1(RCB1440) TL-MOR(RCB1881)