TY - JOUR
T1 - Induction of non-apoptotic cell death by morphinone in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells
AU - Takeuchi, Risa
AU - Hoshijima, Hiroshi
AU - Nagasaka, Hiroshi
AU - Chowdhury, Shahead Ali
AU - Kikuchi, Hirotaka
AU - Kanda, Yumiko
AU - Kunii, Shiro
AU - Kawase, Masami
AU - Sakagami, Hiroshi
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - As previously suggested, codeinone (oxidation product of codeine) induces non-apoptotic cell death, characterized by marginal caspase activation and the lack of DNA fragmentation in HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells, which was inhibited by N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Whether, morphinone, an oxidative metabolite of morphine, also induced a similar type of cell death in HL-60 cells was investigated. Morphinone showed slightly higher cytotoxic activity against human tumor cell lines (oral squamous cell carcinoma HSC-2, HSC-3, HSC-4, NA, Ca9-22, promyelocytic leukemia HL-60, cervical carcinoma HeLa) than against normal oral human cells (gingival fibroblast HGF, pulp cells HPC, periodontal ligament fibroblast HPLF). Morphinone also induced an almost undetectable level of internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in the HL-60 cells. Morphinone did not activate caspase-8 or -9 in these cells. Morphinone dose-dependently activated caspase-3 in both HL-60 and HSC-2 cell lines, but to a much lesser extent than actinomycin D. Electron microscopy demonstrated that morphinone induced mitochondrial shrinkage, vacuolization and production of autophagosome and the loss of cell surface microvilli, without destruction of cell surface and nuclear membranes in the HL-60 cells. The autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (0.3-10 mM) slightly inhibited the morphinone-induced cytotoxicity, when corrected for its own cytotoxicity. These data suggest that morphinone induces non-apoptotic cell death in HL-60 cells.
AB - As previously suggested, codeinone (oxidation product of codeine) induces non-apoptotic cell death, characterized by marginal caspase activation and the lack of DNA fragmentation in HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells, which was inhibited by N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Whether, morphinone, an oxidative metabolite of morphine, also induced a similar type of cell death in HL-60 cells was investigated. Morphinone showed slightly higher cytotoxic activity against human tumor cell lines (oral squamous cell carcinoma HSC-2, HSC-3, HSC-4, NA, Ca9-22, promyelocytic leukemia HL-60, cervical carcinoma HeLa) than against normal oral human cells (gingival fibroblast HGF, pulp cells HPC, periodontal ligament fibroblast HPLF). Morphinone also induced an almost undetectable level of internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in the HL-60 cells. Morphinone did not activate caspase-8 or -9 in these cells. Morphinone dose-dependently activated caspase-3 in both HL-60 and HSC-2 cell lines, but to a much lesser extent than actinomycin D. Electron microscopy demonstrated that morphinone induced mitochondrial shrinkage, vacuolization and production of autophagosome and the loss of cell surface microvilli, without destruction of cell surface and nuclear membranes in the HL-60 cells. The autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (0.3-10 mM) slightly inhibited the morphinone-induced cytotoxicity, when corrected for its own cytotoxicity. These data suggest that morphinone induces non-apoptotic cell death in HL-60 cells.
KW - Anticancer drugs
KW - Mitochondria
KW - Morphinone
KW - Non-apoptotic cell death
KW - Tumor-specificity
KW - α,β-unsaturated ketones
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17094451
AN - SCOPUS:33750697911
SN - 0250-7005
VL - 26
SP - 3343
EP - 3348
JO - Anticancer Research
JF - Anticancer Research
IS - 5 A
ER -
