12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced apoptosis in LNCaP cells is mediated through ceramide synthase Journal Article
| Authors: | Garzotto, M.; White-Jones, M.; Jiang, Y.; Ehleiter, D.; Liao, W. C.; Haimovitz-Friedman, A.; Fuks, Z.; Kolesnick, R. |
| Article Title: | 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced apoptosis in LNCaP cells is mediated through ceramide synthase |
| Abstract: | Protein kinase C (PKC) activation is often antiapoptotic, although in a few cell types PKC initiates apoptosis by an unknown mechanism. Recent investigations showed that activation of PKCα by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) induced apoptosis in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. The present studies examine the mechanism of this effect and show that de novo ceramide generation through the enzyme ceramide synthase is required. TPA induced rapid ceramide generation, which was detectable by 1 h and increased linearly for 12 h. TPA-induced apoptosis was measurable by 12 h and was progressive for 48 h. Investigations into the mechanism of TPA-induced ceramide generation revealed that acid and neutral sphingomyelinase activities were not enhanced. However, TPA induced an increase in ceramide synthase activity that persisted for at least 16 h. Treatment with fumonisin B1, a specific natural inhibitor of ceramide synthase, abrogated both ceramide production and TPA-induced apoptosis. Ceramide analogues bypassed fumonisin B1 inhibition to initiate apoptosis directly. Thus, ceramide appears to be a necessary signal for TPA-induced apoptosis in LNCaP cells. This represents the first description of a pathway by which PKC may signal apoptosis. |
| Keywords: | controlled study; unclassified drug; human cell; apoptosis; cancer cell culture; enzyme activation; tumor cells, cultured; prostate cancer; protein kinase c; amidohydrolases; drug interactions; enzyme mechanism; carcinogens, environmental; carboxylic acids; ceramide; ceramides; sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase; phorbol 13 acetate 12 myristate; tetradecanoylphorbol acetate; carcinogens; ceramide synthase; synthetase; fumonisin b1; diacylglycerol kinase; humans; human; male; priority journal; article; fumonisins |
| Journal Title: | Cancer Research |
| Volume: | 58 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 0008-5472 |
| Publisher: | American Association for Cancer Research |
| Date Published: | 1998-05-15 |
| Start Page: | 2260 |
| End Page: | 2264 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 9605775 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 12 December 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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