PMID- 24763050 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150518 LR - 20211203 IS - 2041-4889 (Electronic) VI - 5 IP - 4 DP - 2014 Apr 24 TI - Identification of ML-9 as a lysosomotropic agent targeting autophagy and cell death. PG - e1193 LID - 10.1038/cddis.2014.156 [doi] AB - The growing number of studies suggested that inhibition of autophagy enhances the efficacy of Akt kinase inhibitors in cancer therapy. Here, we provide evidence that ML-9, a widely used inhibitor of Akt kinase, myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) and stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1), represents the 'two-in-one' compound that stimulates autophagosome formation (by downregulating Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway) and inhibits their degradation (by acting like a lysosomotropic agent and increasing lysosomal pH). We show that ML-9 as a monotherapy effectively induces prostate cancer cell death associated with the accumulation of autophagic vacuoles. Further, ML-9 enhances the anticancer activity of docetaxel, suggesting its potential application as an adjuvant to existing anticancer chemotherapy. Altogether, our results revealed the complex effect of ML-9 on autophagy and indentified ML-9 as an attractive tool for targeting autophagy in cancer therapy through dual inhibition of both the Akt pathway and the autophagy. FAU - Kondratskyi, A AU - Kondratskyi A AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Yassine, M AU - Yassine M AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Slomianny, C AU - Slomianny C AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Kondratska, K AU - Kondratska K AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Gordienko, D AU - Gordienko D AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Dewailly, E AU - Dewailly E AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Lehen'kyi, V AU - Lehen'kyi V AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Skryma, R AU - Skryma R AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. FAU - Prevarskaya, N AU - Prevarskaya N AD - Inserm U-1003, Equipe labellisee par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140424 PL - England TA - Cell Death Dis JT - Cell death & disease JID - 101524092 RN - 0 (Azepines) RN - 105637-50-1 (ML 9) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Azepines/*pharmacology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation/drug effects MH - Homeostasis/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration/drug effects MH - Lysosomes/*drug effects/ultrastructure MH - Male MH - Models, Biological MH - Phagosomes/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/metabolism/*pathology/ultrastructure MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC4001310 EDAT- 2014/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/20 06:00 PMCR- 2014/04/01 CRDT- 2014/04/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/02/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/02/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cddis2014156 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cddis.2014.156 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Dis. 2014 Apr 24;5(4):e1193. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2014.156.