: Targeting necroptosis is considered a promising therapeutic strategy in cancer, including Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), one of the most lethal brain tumors. Necroptosis is a mechanism of programmed cell death overcoming the apoptosis resistance mechanism underlying GBM tumorigenesis and malignant progression. N6-isopentenyladenosine (iPA), adenosine modified with isoprenoid derivative, displays antitumor activity in different cancer models. In previous studies, we demonstrated that iPA interferes with EGFR signaling reducing glioma cell viability. Here, we show that iPA induces necroptosis in glioblastoma cell lines and in primary cells established from tumor explants, without affecting the viability of non-cancerous brain cell lines, (Normal Human Astrocyte). The activation of RIP1, RIP3, and MLKL and the upregulation of necrosome formation were increased upon iPA treatment while caspase-3, caspase-8, and PARP were not activated in GBM cells. Co-treatment with specific necroptosis inhibitor necrostatin-1 (Nec-1) or Necrosulfonamide (NSA) prevented cell death caused by iPA treatment while the general caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fluoromethylketone (z-VAD-fmk) did not elicit any effect, suggesting that this molecule induces caspase-independent necroptosis. These results suggest that iPA treatment can be able to bypass the apoptosis resistance mechanism in glioblastoma thereby offering higher therapeutic efficacy.

N6-isopentenyladenosine induces cell death through necroptosis in human glioblastoma cells / Pagano, Cristina; Navarra, Giovanna; Coppola, Laura; Avilia, Giorgio; Pastorino, Olga; Della Monica, Rosa; Buonaiuto, Michela; Torelli, Giovanni; Caiazzo, Pasquale; Bifulco, Maurizio; Laezza, Chiara. - In: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. - ISSN 2058-7716. - 8:1(2022), p. 173. [10.1038/s41420-022-00974-x]

N6-isopentenyladenosine induces cell death through necroptosis in human glioblastoma cells

Pagano, Cristina;Navarra, Giovanna;Coppola, Laura;Pastorino, Olga;Della Monica, Rosa;Buonaiuto, Michela;Bifulco, Maurizio;Laezza, Chiara
2022

Abstract

: Targeting necroptosis is considered a promising therapeutic strategy in cancer, including Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), one of the most lethal brain tumors. Necroptosis is a mechanism of programmed cell death overcoming the apoptosis resistance mechanism underlying GBM tumorigenesis and malignant progression. N6-isopentenyladenosine (iPA), adenosine modified with isoprenoid derivative, displays antitumor activity in different cancer models. In previous studies, we demonstrated that iPA interferes with EGFR signaling reducing glioma cell viability. Here, we show that iPA induces necroptosis in glioblastoma cell lines and in primary cells established from tumor explants, without affecting the viability of non-cancerous brain cell lines, (Normal Human Astrocyte). The activation of RIP1, RIP3, and MLKL and the upregulation of necrosome formation were increased upon iPA treatment while caspase-3, caspase-8, and PARP were not activated in GBM cells. Co-treatment with specific necroptosis inhibitor necrostatin-1 (Nec-1) or Necrosulfonamide (NSA) prevented cell death caused by iPA treatment while the general caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fluoromethylketone (z-VAD-fmk) did not elicit any effect, suggesting that this molecule induces caspase-independent necroptosis. These results suggest that iPA treatment can be able to bypass the apoptosis resistance mechanism in glioblastoma thereby offering higher therapeutic efficacy.
2022
N6-isopentenyladenosine induces cell death through necroptosis in human glioblastoma cells / Pagano, Cristina; Navarra, Giovanna; Coppola, Laura; Avilia, Giorgio; Pastorino, Olga; Della Monica, Rosa; Buonaiuto, Michela; Torelli, Giovanni; Caiazzo, Pasquale; Bifulco, Maurizio; Laezza, Chiara. - In: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. - ISSN 2058-7716. - 8:1(2022), p. 173. [10.1038/s41420-022-00974-x]
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