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Temozolomide, sirolimus and chloroquine is a new therapeutic combination that synergizes to disrupt lysosomal function and cholesterol homeostasis in GBM cells

Sanford P.C. Hsu, John S. Kuo, Hsin-Chien Chiang, Hsin-Ell Wang, Yu-Shan Wang, Cheng-Chung Huang, Yi-Chun Huang, Mau-Shin Chi, . P. Mehta and Kwan-Hwa Chi _

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Oncotarget. 2018; 9:6883-6896. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.23855

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Abstract

Sanford P.C. Hsu1,2,*, John S. Kuo3,*, Hsin-Chien Chiang4, Hsin-Ell Wang5, Yu-Shan Wang4, Cheng-Chung Huang4, Yi-Chun Huang4, Mau-Shin Chi6, Minesh P. Mehta7 and Kwan-Hwa Chi5,7

1Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

2School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

3Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

4JohnPro Biotech Inc., Taipei, Taiwan

5Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

6Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

7Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL, USA

*These authors contributed equally to the work

Correspondence to:

Kwan-Hwa Chi, email: [email protected]

Minesh P. Mehta, email: [email protected]

Keywords: autophagy; rapamycin; chloroquine; lysosome cell death; cholesterol

Received: March 31, 2017     Accepted: December 22, 2017     Published: January 03, 2018

ABSTRACT

Glioblastoma (GBM) cells are characterized by high phagocytosis, lipogenesis, exocytosis activities, low autophagy capacity and high lysosomal demand are necessary for survival and invasion. The lysosome stands at the cross roads of lipid biosynthesis, transporting, sorting between exogenous and endogenous cholesterol. We hypothesized that three already approved drugs, the autophagy inducer, sirolimus (rapamycin, Rapa), the autophagy inhibitor, chloroquine (CQ), and DNA alkylating chemotherapy, temozolomide (TMZ) could synergize against GBM. This repurposed triple therapy combination induced GBM apoptosis in vitro and inhibited GBM xenograft growth in vivo. Cytotoxicity is caused by induction of lysosomal membrane permeabilization and release of hydrolases, and may be rescued by cholesterol supplementation. Triple treatment inhibits lysosomal function, prevents cholesterol extraction from low density lipoprotein (LDL), and causes clumping of lysosome associated membrane protein-1 (LAMP-1) and lipid droplets (LD) accumulation. Co-treatment of the cell lines with inhibitor of caspases and cathepsin B only partially reverse of cytotoxicities, while N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) can be more effective. A combination of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation from cholesterol depletion are the early event of underling mechanism. Cholesterol repletion abolished the ROS production and reversed the cytotoxicity from QRT treatment. The shortage of free cholesterol destabilizes lysosomal membranes converting aborted autophagy to apoptosis through either direct mitochondria damage or cathepsin B release. This promising anti-GBM triple therapy combination severely decreases mitochondrial function, induces lysosome-dependent apoptotic cell death, and is now poised for further clinical testing and validation.


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