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Abstract Title:

Anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of lichen-derived compound protolichesterinic acid are not mediated by its lipoxygenase-inhibitory activity.

Abstract Source:

Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2015 Jul ;98:39-47. Epub 2015 Apr 29. PMID: 25964147

Abstract Author(s):

M Bessadóttir, F F Eiríksson, S Becker, M H Ögmundsdóttir, S Ómarsdóttir, M Thorsteinsdóttir, H M Ögmundsdóttir

Article Affiliation:

M Bessadóttir

Abstract:

Lipoxygenases (LOXs) and their products are involved in several biological functions and have been associated with carcinogenesis. Protolichesterinic acid (PA), a lichen metabolite, inhibits 5- and 12-LOX and has anti-proliferative effects on various cancer cell lines. Here, PA was shown to inhibit proliferation of multiple myeloma cells, RPMI 8226 and U266, and pancreatic cancer cells AsPC-1. Apoptosis was induced only in multiple myeloma cells. Cell-cycle associated changes in expression and sub-cellular localization of 5- and 12-LOX were not affected by PA but increased cytoplasmic localisation was found to accompany morphological changes at later stages. Assessment by mass spectrometry showed that PA entered the pancreatic cancer cells. However, effects on LOX metabolites were only evident after treatment with concentrations exceeding those having anti-proliferative effects and no effects were measurable in the myeloma cells. We conclude that the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of PA are not mediated directly through inhibition of LOX activity.

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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