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Identification of a Novel Synthetic Triterpenoid, Methyl-2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate, That Potently Induces Caspase-mediated Apoptosis in Human Lung Cancer Cells1

Kevin B. Kim, Reuben Lotan, Ping Yue, Michael B. Sporn, Nanjoo Suh, Gordon W. Gribble, Tadashi Honda, Gen Sheng Wu, Waun Ki Hong and Shi-Yong Sun
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Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Therefore, new agents targeting prevention and treatment of lung cancer are urgently needed. In the present study, we demonstrate that a novel synthetic triterpenoid methyl-2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate (CDDO-Me) is a potent inducer of apoptosis in human non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells. The concentrations required for a 50% decrease in cell survival (IC50) ranged from 0.1 to 0.3 μm. CDDO-Me induced rapid apoptosis and triggered a series of effects associated with apoptosis including a rapid release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, activation of procaspase-9, -7, -6, and -3, and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and lamin A/C. Moreover, the caspase-3 inhibitor Z-DEVD-FMK and the pan caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK suppressed CDDO-Me-induced apoptosis. These results indicate that CDDO-Me induced apoptosis in human NSCLC cells via a cytochrome c-triggered caspase activation pathway. CDDO-Me did not alter the level of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins, and no correlation was found between cell sensitivity to CDDO-Me and basal Bcl-2 expression level. Furthermore, overexpression of Bcl-2 did not protect cells from CDDO-Me-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that CDDO-Me induces apoptosis in NSCLC cells irrespective of Bcl-2 expression level. In addition, no correlation was found between cell sensitivity to CDDO-Me and p53 status, suggesting that CDDO-Me induce a p53-independent apoptosis. Our results demonstrate that CDDO-Me may be a good candidate for additional evaluation as a potential therapeutic agent for human lung cancers and possibly other types of cancer.

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  • ↵1 Supported by the Tobacco Settlement Funds as appropriated by the Texas State Legislature. W. K. H. is an American Cancer Society Clinical Professor. R. L. is the incumbent of the Irving and Nadine Mansfield and Robert David Levitt Cancer Research Chair.

  • ↵2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Box 432, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: (713) 745-5062; Fax: (713) 792-7976; E-mail: ssun{at}mdanderson.org

  • ↵3 The abbreviations used are: CDDO, 2-cyano-3, 12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate; CDDO-Me, methyl-2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate; NSCLC, non-small cell lung carcinoma; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (Tdt)-mediated nick end labeling; SRB, sulforhodamine B; PI, propidium iodide; PPARγ, peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor γ.

  • ↵4 P. Yue, R. Lotan, and S-Y. Sun, unpublished observations.

  • ↵5 P. Yue, R. Lotan, and S-Y. Sun, unpublished observations.

    • Accepted November 2, 2001.
    • Received August 15, 2001.
    • Revision received October 23, 2001.
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Identification of a Novel Synthetic Triterpenoid, Methyl-2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate, That Potently Induces Caspase-mediated Apoptosis in Human Lung Cancer Cells1
Kevin B. Kim, Reuben Lotan, Ping Yue, Michael B. Sporn, Nanjoo Suh, Gordon W. Gribble, Tadashi Honda, Gen Sheng Wu, Waun Ki Hong and Shi-Yong Sun
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Identification of a Novel Synthetic Triterpenoid, Methyl-2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate, That Potently Induces Caspase-mediated Apoptosis in Human Lung Cancer Cells1
Kevin B. Kim, Reuben Lotan, Ping Yue, Michael B. Sporn, Nanjoo Suh, Gordon W. Gribble, Tadashi Honda, Gen Sheng Wu, Waun Ki Hong and Shi-Yong Sun
Mol Cancer Ther January 1 2002 (1) (3) 177-184;
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