β-lactam Structured, 4-(4-(Methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-1-pentyl-3-phenoxyazetidin-2-one: Selectively Targets Cancerous B Lymphocyte Mitochondria

Title:β-lactam Structured, 4-(4-(Methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-1-pentyl-3-phenoxyazetidin-2-one: Selectively Targets Cancerous B Lymphocyte Mitochondria

Volume: 17 Issue: 9

Author(s): Nahal Pirahmadi, Afshin Zarghi, Ahmad Salimi, Hadi Arefi and Jalal Pourahmad*

Affiliation:

• Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran

Keywords: Mitochondria, cox-2 inhibitors, β lactam, apoptosis, acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Abstract: Background: β lactam-structured Cox-2 inhibitors, possesses anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects.

Objective: In this research, the actions of a synthetic β lactam-structured Cox-2 inhibitor with 4-(4- (Methylsulfonyl) phenyl)-1-pentyl-3-phenoxyazetidin-2-one on cellular viability of cancerous lymphoblast obtained from patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and normal lymphocytes obtained from healthy donors were compared.

Methods: % the cell viability of cancerouslymphoblasts and normal lymphocytes treated with β lactam derivatives were assayed with MTT test. Early apoptosis and necrosis were detected by double staining of annexin V/ propidium iodide and activity of caspase 3 as the final mediator in apoptotic mode of cell death was evaluated by colorimetric assay.

Results: Our results showed that β lactam derivatives inhibited the proliferation of cancerous lymphoblast but not normal lymphocytes in a concentration-dependent mode by inducing apoptosis. Treatment with β lactam derivatives resulted in a rapid loss of mitochondrial trans-membrane potential and induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, and cytochrome c release in cytosol of mitochondria resulted in activation of procaspase-9 and formation of active apoptosome.

Conclusion: These findings suggest that 4-(4-(Methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-1-pentyl-3-phenoxyazetidin-2-one as a β lactam could induce ROS-mediated death signaling throughmitochondrial pathway that results in apoptosis in only cancerous lymphoblast cells. The stimulationof apoptosis by β lactams may provide a pivotal mechanismfor their anticancer effect in acute lymphocytic leukemia cells.

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Pirahmadi Nahal, Zarghi Afshin, Salimi Ahmad, Arefi Hadi and Pourahmad Jalal*, β-lactam Structured, 4-(4-(Methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-1-pentyl-3-phenoxyazetidin-2-one: Selectively Targets Cancerous B Lymphocyte Mitochondria, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2017; 17 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871520617666170213144113

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871520617666170213144113	Print ISSN 1871-5206
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-5992