Substituted 2-hydroxy-N-(arylalkyl)benzamide sensitizes cancer cells to metabolic stress by disrupting actin cytoskeleton and inhibiting autophagic flux

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Authors

PÁCHNIKOVÁ Gabriela ULDRIJAN Stjepan IMRAMOVSKÝ Aleš KRYŠTOF Vladimír SLANINOVÁ Iva

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Toxicology in Vitro
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2016.09.006
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords Actin; Autophagy; Melanoma; Metabolic stress; Sorafenib; Substituted 2-hydroxy-N-(arylalkyl)benzamid
Description N-((R)-1-(4-chlorophenylcarbamoyl)-2-phenylethyl)-5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzamide (Compound 6k), was recently isolated during the preparation of amino acids esters with salicylanilides. We show here that 6k disrupts the dynamics of actin cytoskeleton in human melanoma cells, affecting processes essential for the maintenance and expansion of tumours such as cell adhesion, motility, proliferation, vesicular transport, and autophagic flux. We demonstrated that inhibition of autophagy by 6k increased the sensitivity of melanoma cells to metabolic stress induced by rotenone or nutrient starvation and potentiated the anti-proliferative activity of small molecule multikinase inhibitor sorafenib. Since autophagy plays an important role in survival of cancer cells subjected to chemotherapy, the above mentioned properties are interesting from clinical point of view as 6k could promote metabolic stress within the tumour microenvironment and potentiate the effect of cytostatics in combination therapy.
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