Biological effects of a new vacuolar-H,-ATPase inhibitor in colon carcinoma cell lines

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Aug:1171:606-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04705.x.

Abstract

Vacuolar-H(+)-ATPase plays a critical role in the cellular balance of protons, thus regulating intracellular pH and contributing to apoptosis resistance, drug resistance, and invasive and metastatic behavior of cells. NiK-12192, a vacuolar-H(+)-ATPase inhibitor, caused a reduction in the volume and/or acidity of lysosomes, a polarization of alphavbeta5 integrin distribution, and a number of floating live cells, whereas signs of apoptosis appeared only after 72 h of treatment. In conclusion, NiK-12192, by affecting vacuolar- H(+)-ATPase activity (and intracellular pH), causes a modification of structures crucial for cell adhesion and induces cell death, likely by a modality involving an anoikis-mediated apoptosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Autophagy / drug effects
  • Benzamides / pharmacology*
  • Cell Adhesion / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Flow Cytometry
  • HCT116 Cells
  • HL-60 Cells
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration / drug effects
  • Indoles / pharmacology*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lysosomes / chemistry
  • Lysosomes / drug effects*
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / drug effects
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Phagosomes / drug effects
  • Phagosomes / metabolism
  • Phagosomes / ultrastructure
  • Receptors, Vitronectin / metabolism
  • Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / metabolism

Substances

  • 4-(5,6-dichloro-1H-indol-2-yl)-3-ethoxy-N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)benzamide
  • Benzamides
  • Indoles
  • Receptors, Vitronectin
  • integrin alphaVbeta5
  • Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases