Butyric acid prodrugs are histone deacetylase inhibitors that show antineoplastic activity and radiosensitizing capacity in the treatment of malignant gliomas

Michal Entin-Meer*, Ada Rephaeli, Xiaodong Yang, Abraham Nudelman, Scott R. VandenBerg, Daphne Adele Haas-Kogan

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Abstract

Histone modification has emerged as a promising approach to cancer therapy. We explored the efficacy of a novel class of histone deacetylase inhibitors in the treatment of malignant gliomas. Treatment of glioma cell lines with two butyric acid derivatives, pivaloylomethyl butyrate (AN-9) and butyroyloxymethyl butyrate (AN-1), induced hyperacetylation, increased p21Cip1 expression, inhibited proliferation, and enhanced apoptosis. Histone deacetylase inhibitor-induced apoptosis was mediated primarily by caspase-8. Treatment of cells with AN-1 or AN-9 for 24 hours before exposure to γ-irradiation potentiated further caspase-8 activity and resultant apoptosis. Clonogenic survival curves revealed marked reductions in cell renewal capacity of U251 MG cells exposed to combinations of AN-1 and radiation. Preliminary in vivo experiments using human glioma cell lines grown as xenografts in mouse flanks suggest in vivo efficacy of AN-9. The data suggest that novel butyric acid prodrugs provide a promising treatment strategy for malignant gliomas as single agents and in combination with radiation therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1952-1961
Number of pages10
JournalMolecular Cancer Therapeutics
Volume4
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2005
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Cancer InstituteP50CA097257
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeP01NS042927

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