PUBLICATION
Nitrovin (difurazone), an antibacterial growth promoter, induces ROS-mediated paraptosis-like cell death by targeting thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1)
- Authors
- Zhao, L., Zhong, B., Zhu, Y., Zheng, H., Wang, X., Hou, Y., Lu Data Analysis, J.J., Ai, N., Guo, X., Ge, W., Ma, Y.Y., Chen, X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-230310-35
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- Biochemical pharmacology 210: 115487 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ai, Nana, Ge, Wei
- Keywords
- Glioblastoma, Nitrovin, Paraptosis, ROS, TrxR1
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Apoptosis*
- Cell Death
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Glutathione/metabolism
- Humans
- Nitrovin
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Thioredoxin Reductase 1*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 36893814 Full text @ Biochem. Pharmacol.
Citation
Zhao, L., Zhong, B., Zhu, Y., Zheng, H., Wang, X., Hou, Y., Lu Data Analysis, J.J., Ai, N., Guo, X., Ge, W., Ma, Y.Y., Chen, X. (2023) Nitrovin (difurazone), an antibacterial growth promoter, induces ROS-mediated paraptosis-like cell death by targeting thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1). Biochemical pharmacology. 210:115487.
Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal malignant tumors in the human brain, with only a few chemotherapeutic drugs available after surgery. Nitrovin (difurazone) is widely used as an antibacterial growth promoter in livestock. Here, we reported that nitrovin might be a potential anticancer lead. Nitrovin showed significant cytotoxicity to a panel of cancer cell lines. Nitrovin induced cytoplasmic vacuolation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, MAPK activation, and Alix inhibition but had no effect on caspase-3 cleavage and activity, suggesting paraptosis activation. Nitrovin-induced cell death of GBM cells was significantly reversed by cycloheximide (CHX), N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), glutathione (GSH), and thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1) overexpression. Vitamins C and E, inhibitors of pan-caspase, MAPKs, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress failed to do so. Nitrovin-triggered cytoplasmic vacuolation was reversed by CHX, NAC, GSH, and TrxR1 overexpression but not by Alix overexpression. Furthermore, nitrovin interacted with TrxR1 and significantly inhibited its activity. In addition, nitrovin showed a significant anticancer effect in a zebrafish xenograft model, which was reversed by NAC. In conclusion, our results showed that nitrovin induced non-apoptotic and paraptosis-like cell death mediated by ROS through targeting TrxR1. Nitrovin might be a promising anticancer lead for further development.
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