PMID- 23135704 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131024 LR - 20121126 IS - 1791-2423 (Electronic) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Jan TI - The microtubule targeting agent PBOX-15 inhibits integrin-mediated cell adhesion and induces apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells. PG - 239-46 LID - 10.3892/ijo.2012.1688 [doi] AB - Although recent decades have seen an improved cure rate for newly diagnosed paediatric acute lymphoplastic leukaemia (ALL), the treatment options for adult ALL, T-cell ALL (T-ALL) and relapsed disease remain poor. We have developed a novel series of pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepine (PBOX) compounds and established their anticancer efficacy in a variety of human tumour cell types. Here, we demonstrate that PBOX-15 inhibits cell growth, and induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in both T-ALL and B-cell ALL (B-ALL) cells. In addition, prior to PBOX-15-induced apoptosis, PBOX-15 decreases ALL cell adhesion, spreading and migration. Concurrently, PBOX-15 differentially down-regulates beta1-, beta2- and alpha4-integrin expression in ALL cells and significantly decreases integrin-mediated cell attachment. PBOX-15 interferes with the lateral mobility and clustering of integrins in both B-ALL and T-ALL cells. These data suggest that PBOX-15 is not only effective in inducing apoptosis in ALL cells, but also has the potential to disrupt integrin-mediated adhesion of malignant lymphocytes, which represents a novel avenue for regulating leukaemic cell homing and migration. FAU - Lysaght, Joanne AU - Lysaght J AD - Department of Haematology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Verma, Navin K AU - Verma NK FAU - Maginn, Elaina N AU - Maginn EN FAU - Ryan, Jacqueline M AU - Ryan JM FAU - Campiani, Giuseppe AU - Campiani G FAU - Zisterer, Daniela M AU - Zisterer DM FAU - Williams, D Clive AU - Williams DC FAU - Browne, Paul V AU - Browne PV FAU - Lawler, Mark P AU - Lawler MP FAU - McElligott, Anthony M AU - McElligott AM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121106 PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (4-acetoxy-5-(1-(naphthyl))naphtho(2,3-b)pyrrolo(2,1-d)(1,4)oxazepine) RN - 0 (Integrins) RN - 0 (Oxazepines) RN - 0 (Pyrroles) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Adhesion/*drug effects MH - Cell Cycle Checkpoints/drug effects MH - Cell Movement/*drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Humans MH - Integrins/*metabolism MH - Microtubules/*drug effects MH - Oxazepines/*pharmacology MH - Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/drug therapy/metabolism/*pathology MH - Pyrroles/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2012/11/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/25 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/09/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/ijo.2012.1688 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2013 Jan;42(1):239-46. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1688. Epub 2012 Nov 6.