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Ursolic Acid Inhibits Collective Cell Migration and Promotes JNK-Dependent Lysosomal Associated Cell Death in Glioblastoma Multiforme Cells
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Deimante Zizyte,
Julie Rose Mae Mondala ,
Zhonglei He,
Lorna Lynam,
Mathilde Lecourt ,
Carlos Barcia,
Orla Howe ,
James F. Curtin
Pharmaceuticals, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Start page: 91
Swansea University Author:
Gill Conway
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/ph14020091
Abstract
Ursolic acid (UA) is a bioactive compound which has demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in a variety of cancer cell lines. UA activates various signalling pathways in Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and offers a promising starting point in drug discovery; however, understanding the relationship between...
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| ISSN: | 1424-8247 |
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MDPI AG
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65437 |
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Ursolic acid (UA) is a bioactive compound which has demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in a variety of cancer cell lines. UA activates various signalling pathways in Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and offers a promising starting point in drug discovery; however, understanding the relationship between cell death and migration has yet to be elucidated. UA induces a dose dependent cytotoxic response demonstrated by flow cytometry and biochemical cytotoxicity assays. Inhibitor and fluorescent probe studies demonstrate that UA induces a caspase independent, JNK dependent, mechanism of cell death. Migration studies established that UA inhibits GBM collective cell migration in a time dependent manner that is independent of the JNK signalling pathway. Cytotoxicity induced by UA results in the formation of acidic vesicle organelles (AVOs), speculating the activation of autophagy. However, inhibitor and spectrophotometric analysis demonstrated that autophagy was not responsible for the formation of the AVOs. Confocal microscopy and isosurface visualisation determined co-localisation of lysosomes with the previously identified AVOs, thus providing evidence that lysosomes are likely to be playing a role in UA induced cell death. Collectively, our data identify that UA rapidly induces a lysosomal associated mechanism of cell death in addition to UA acting as an inhibitor of GBM collective cell migration. |
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ursolic acid; cell death; migration; lysosomes; nutraceuticals |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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This work is supported by the Irish Research Council IRCSET grant (G.E.C), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and European Regional Development Fund Grant number SAF2015-64123-P (C.B. and G.P.C). |
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91 |