PMID- 27769712 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170131 LR - 20211203 IS - 1872-7786 (Electronic) IS - 0009-2797 (Linking) VI - 260 DP - 2016 Dec 25 TI - CWF-145, a novel synthetic quinolone derivative exerts potent antimitotic activity against human prostate cancer: Rapamycin enhances antimitotic drug-induced apoptosis through the inhibition of Akt/mTOR pathway. PG - 1-12 LID - S0009-2797(16)30470-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.10.014 [doi] AB - CWF-145, a synthetic 2-phenyl-4-quinolone derivative exerted potent cytotoxicity against prostate cancer. CWF-145 inhibited prostate cancer cell lines PC-3, DU-145 and LNCap. It had a very low IC(50) about 200 nM against castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) PC-3. We found that CWF-145 had a similar effect to clinical trial antimitotic agents in cancer cells and normal cells. CWF-145 arrested cell cycle at G2/M phase by binding to the beta-tubulin at the colchicine-binding site then disrupted microtubule polymerization. Furthermore, the damaged microtubule affected the Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. Our data showed that CWF-145 activated Akt and mTOR expression to increase emi1 accumulation and inhibit APC. The increased cyclin B1 and securin arrested cell cycle at G2/M phase. Moreover, we showed that Akt activation markedly increased resistance to microtubule-directed agents, including CWF-145, colchicine, and paclitaxel. Interestingly, rapamycin inhibited Akt-mediated therapeutic resistance, indicating that these effects were dependent on mTOR. Taken together, these observations suggest that activation of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway can promote resistance to chemotherapeutic agents that do not directly target metabolic regulation. These data may provide insight into potentially synergistic combinations of anticancer therapies. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Hung, Chao-Ming AU - Hung CM AD - Department of General Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Ying-Chao AU - Lin YC AD - Division of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Liu, Liang-Chih AU - Liu LC AD - Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Sheng-Chu AU - Kuo SC AD - School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Ho, Chi-Tang AU - Ho CT AD - Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. FAU - Way, Tzong-Der AU - Way TD AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biopharmaceutical and Food Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: tdway@mail.cmu.edu.tw. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161018 PL - Ireland TA - Chem Biol Interact JT - Chemico-biological interactions JID - 0227276 RN - 0 (Antimitotic Agents) RN - 0 (CWF-145) RN - 0 (Quinolones) RN - 0 (Tubulin) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antimitotic Agents/chemistry/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Cell Cycle Checkpoints/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Nude MH - Microtubules/drug effects/metabolism MH - Polymerization MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*pathology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Quinolones/chemistry/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Tubulin/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt/mTOR OT - CWF-145 OT - G2/M arrest OT - Prostate cancer OT - Rapamycin EDAT- 2016/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/01 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/09/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/10/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0009-2797(16)30470-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.10.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Biol Interact. 2016 Dec 25;260:1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.10.014. Epub 2016 Oct 18.