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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Laboratory, Japan Energy Corporation, Saitama 335-8502 [Y. K., H. H.]; Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka 804-8550 [K. T., M. T., T. K., N. N.]; Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 170-0017 [S. S., T. Y.]; Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032 [T. T.]; Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657 [R. F., M. Y., S. H.]; and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation [Y. K., T. K., N. N., R. F., M. Y.], Japan
| ABSTRACT |
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-hydroxamide-
-aminosuberic acid and pipecolic acid, respectively, (a) the tetrapeptide structure (n = 1) was better than the octapeptide one (n = 2); (b) AA2 and AA3 should be hydrophobic; and (c) the combination of amino acid chirality should be LDLD for the strongest inhibition of HDAC in cells (LDLD > LLLD, LDLL > LLDL). cyclo(-L-Asu(NHOH)-D-Tyr(Me)-L-Ile-D-Pro-) or CHAP31 was selected as one of the strongest CHAPs, and its biological activity was characterized further. CHAP31 was much more stable in the presence of cultured cells (t1/2 > 3000 h) than trichostatin A (t1/2 = 14.7 h) or trapoxin A (t1/2 = 2.10 h). CHAP31 exhibited antitumor activity in C57BL x DBA/2 F1 (BD2F1) mice bearing B16/BL6 tumor cells. Furthermore, CHAP31 inhibited the growth in four of five human tumor lines implanted into nude mice. These results suggest CHAP31 to be promising as a novel therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. | INTRODUCTION |
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receptor fused to the promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein from the promoter of RA-inducible genes (19, 20, 21)
. In fact, a recent trial study on the coadministration of RA with sodium phenylbutyrate, an HDAC inhibitor, for acute promyelocytic leukemia suggested its usefulness in such a combination therapy (22)
. Other applications of HDAC inhibitors than cancer treatment, such as antimalaria drugs (23)
and additives for the efficient expression of adenovirus vectors for gene therapy (24
, 25)
, are also promising.
Several structurally unrelated HDAC inhibitors have been isolated, e.g., TSA (Fig. 1
; Ref. 13
), TPX (Fig. 1
; Ref. 8
), FK228 (16)
, HC-toxin I (26)
, chlamydocin (26)
, apicidin (23)
, and depudecin (27)
, from natural sources. However, we have only limited information about the structure suitable for strong inhibition of HDAC, both in cell-free and cellular situations, because no comparative studies have been reported on their biological activities. Recently, some synthetic compounds having HDAC inhibitory activity have been reported (17
, 28, 29, 30)
, but their activity was about 101000-fold weaker than that of the naturally derived strong HDAC inhibitors such as TSA and TPX. The functional group of TSA responsible for the inhibition of HDAC is the hydroxamic acid moiety (12)
, which chelates a zinc ion in the active-site pocket, whereas that of TPX and other related compounds was suggested to be the epoxyketone structure at the end of the side chain of a constituent amino acid, Aoe (8)
. In a previous study (31)
, we synthesized cyclic peptide compounds having a hydroxamic acid side chain instead of the epoxyketone (CHAP), which corresponded to TPX, Cyl-1 and -2 (Fig. 1)
, WF-3161, chlamydocin, and HC-toxin, and showed that they all strongly and reversibly inhibited HDAC. These results suggest that the side chain of the Aoe-containing cyclic tetrapeptide is a substrate mimic, and that the replacement of the epoxyketone with the hydroxamic acid converted it to an inhibitor chelating the zinc like TSA.
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| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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Cell Lines.
Murine melanoma B16/BL6, human melanoma LOX-IMVI, and human lung cancer DMS114 were obtained from the National Cancer Institute (Frederick, MD). Human stomach cancers MKN-7 and MKN-74, and human breast cancer BSY-1 were described elsewhere (32
, 33)
. B16/BL6 cells were cultured in Eagles MEM supplemented with 10% FBS, and the human lines were cultured in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 5% FBS, 100 units/ml penicillin, and 100 µg/ml streptomycin under a 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37°C in a humidified chamber. Mouse myeloma SP2/O-Ag14 was obtained from the RIKEN cell bank (Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan) and cultured in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FBS.
Synthesis of CHAPs.
CHAPs used in this study were synthesized according to one of the following 3 strategies: strategy 1, liquid-phase synthesis of linear peptide and subsequent liquid-phase cyclization; strategy 2, solid-phase synthesis of linear peptide and subsequent cyclization upon cleavage from resin; and strategy 3, solid-phase synthesis of linear peptide and subsequent cleavage from resin and then liquid-phase cyclization. The cyclic peptide precursors were converted to corresponding hydroxamates (CHAPs) by side chain modification (31
, 34
, 35)
. The resulting CHAPs were purified by RP-HPLC (column, YMC-Pack ODS A323; 10 x 250 mm; elution, isocratic with 25% CH3CN/0.1% TFA) and characterized by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. The purity of all CHAPs synthesized in the present study was determined by RP-HPLC (column, Wako Pak C18; 4.6 x 150 mm; elution, 10- 100% linear gradient of CH3CN/0.1% TFA over 30 min) to be >95%. The details of the synthesis of CHAPs will be reported elsewhere.
HDAC Assay.
The activity of CHAPs and related compounds toward HDAC was measured using HDAC prepared from mouse melanoma B16/BL6 cells as an enzyme source and a radio-acetylated histone H4 peptide as its substrate. HDAC of B16/BL6 was prepared according to the method reported previously (13)
, with minor modifications. Approximately 1 x 108 cells were suspended in 5 ml of buffer-A [15 mM potassium phosphate, 5% glycerol, 0.2 mM EDTA, and 1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol (pH 7.5)], homogenized by a Teflon homogenizer, and centrifuged (at 2,500 x g for 10 min). The pellet was resuspended in 2 ml of buffer-A containing 1 M (NH4)2SO4, sonicated by a tip-type sonicator (TAITEC ULTRS Homogenizer VP-5S), and centrifuged (at 100,000 x g for 1 h). The concentration of (NH4)2SO4 in the supernatant was elevated to 3.5 M, and the insoluble materials were collected by centrifugation (at 100,000 x g for 1 h). After the pellet had been resuspended in buffer-A (0.5 ml), the solvent was changed to buffer-A (12 ml) by gel filtration (PD-10; Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Buckinghamshire, England) to yield a partially purified HDAC.
The NH2-terminal peptide of histone H4 with an added COOH-terminal cysteine residue (SGRGKGGKGLGKGGAKRHRKVC) was purchased from Sawady Technology (Tokyo, Japan). This peptide (1 mg) dissolved in 4 ml of 20 mM Na2B4O7 (pH 9.3) was mixed with 23 MBq of [3H]acetic anhydride (NET018A; NEN) in dry dioxane (100 µl) under ice cooling and stirred for 30 min. After 6 ml of 50 mM acetic acid had been added, the reaction mixture was applied onto a SepPack C18 Cartridge (Waters Co., Milford, MA) that had been conditioned with 50 mM acetic acid. The cartridge was washed with 30 ml of 50 mM acetic acid, and then the [3H]-labeled substrate was eluted by 2 ml of ethanol:water (1:1).
HDAC inhibitory activity of CHAPs was determined as follows. A solution of partially purified HDAC (80 µl) and inhibitors (dissolved in 10 µl of buffer-A containing 0.1% BSA) were mixed and preincubated for 30 min on ice. The enzymatic reaction was started by adding 10 µl of the [3H]-labeled substrate diluted with buffer-A containing 0.1% BSA at the final concentration of
5 µg/ml. After the reaction mixture had been incubated for 3 h at 37°C, the reaction was stopped by adding 25 µl of an acid solution (1 M HCl and 0.2 M acetic acid). The reaction was linearly dependent on time and the amount of enzyme under these conditions. The released [3H]-acetic acid was extracted with 1 ml of ethyl acetate, and 0.8 ml of the solvent layer was mixed with 4 ml of liquid scintillator solution (ClearSol I; Nacalai Tesque, Osaka, Japan) for determination of its radioactivity. The degree of HDAC inhibition of compounds was calculated based on the control inhibition by 10 µM TSA (100% inhibition) and compared in terms of their IC50s.
MHC Class-I Molecule Up-Regulating Assay.
The activity of CHAPs and related compounds to induce the expression of MHC class-I molecules was determined by the method reported previously (11)
. Briefly, 24 h after 5000 B16/BL6 cells had been introduced into each well of a 96-well microplate (200 µl), test samples were added. After an additional 72 h of incubation, the cell-surface expression of the MHC class-I molecules was measured by a cell ELISA method. The degree of MHC class-I up-regulating activity of the compounds was compared with respect to their concentrations for 2-fold up-regulation (Cx2) of the MHC class-I molecules.
Cell Proliferation Assay.
The cell proliferation inhibitory activity of CHAPs and related compounds was determined by measuring the bioreducing activity of viable cells by using a Promega CellTiter 96 Aqueous Non-radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay kit. The degree of cell proliferation inhibitory activity of compounds was expressed as their IC50s.
Detection of Histone Acetylation.
Effects of CHAPs on the degree of core histone acetylation were determined by Western blotting using an anti-acetyllysine monoclonal antibody. A hybridoma AL3D5 producing an anti-acetyllysine monoclonal antibody was obtained by immunizing female BALB/c mice with an acetyllysine-containing peptide (Gly-acetyllysine-
-aminocaproic acid-Cys) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin and fusing their spleen cells with myeloma SP2/O-AG14 (36
, 37)
. The antibody was purified by affinity gels immobilized with acetyllysine-containing peptides. After treatment with CHAPs, cells were harvested with 62.5 mM Tris-HCl and 2% SDS (pH 6.8), sonicated, boiled with 2-mercaptoethanol, and the lysates were then applied to SDS-12% PAGE. After being transferred to a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane, acetylated histones were probed with AL3D5 monoclonal antibody and detected using an ECL system (Amersham) according to the manufacturers instructions. No large changes in histone contents in cells were observed even after the treatment with CHAPs (data not shown).
Degradation of HDAC Inhibitors in the Presence of Cultured Cells.
The stability of HDAC inhibitors in the presence of cultured cells was determined by measuring the residual MHC class-I up-regulating activity in the cell-cultured media. One hundred pmol of TSA, TPX A, or CHAP31 were mixed with 1.5 x105 B16/BL6 cells in 1 ml of culture medium and incubated at 37°C in a humidified chamber in the presence of 5% CO2. The culture media were sampled at various time points and frozen. The up-regulation activity of MHC class-I molecules in each sample was evaluated as described above.
In Vivo Antitumor Activity.
To evaluate the antitumor activity of compounds against murine melanoma B16/BL6, we inoculated C57BL x DBA/2 F1 (hereafter called BD2F1) mice (males, 7 weeks of age; Japan Charles River, Inc.) s.c. with 106 cells. Six days after the implantation, the mice were divided into groups consisting of animals bearing almost the same size of tumor (day -1). To evaluate the antitumor activity of CHAP31 against human tumor lines, we inoculated nude mice (BALB/c genetic background; females, 7 weeks of age; Japan Charles River, Inc.) s.c. with 3 mm3 tumor fragments, which had been grown as s.c. tumors in the nude mice. When the tumors had reached 100300 mm3 in volume, the animals were divided randomly into groups consisting of six mice per group (day 0) as reported previously (38)
. Test compounds were dissolved in PBS containing 10% polyoxyethylated hydrogenated castor oil (Uniox HC-60; NOF Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), and injected i.v. via a tail vein on days 0, 3, 6, and 9. We evaluated the tumor size by measuring its length and width (in mm) to calculate the tumor weight by using the following formula: tumor volume (mm3) = 0.5 x (length) x (width)2. The statistical significance of the effects of drugs versus control was analyzed by Dunnetts multiple comparison test.
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10-fold; and >>,
100-fold). This is probably attributable to the higher membrane permeability of the configurations with more hydrophobicity, because the retention times of the LDLD isomers in RP-HPLC analysis were longer than those of the other isomers (Table 1)
Effects of Methylene Chain Length between Hydroxamic Acid and Cyclic Tetrapeptide Core.
We previously reported that CHAP with a five-carbon-long spacer between the carbonyl group of their hydroxamic acid and the cyclic tetrapeptide core was much more effective than that with six or four carbons in inhibiting recombinant HDAC1 (31)
. Also, to confirm that the CHAP with the five-carbon-long spacer is better than CHAPs with other chain lengths for inhibition in cells, we compared the MHC-inducing and cell proliferation inhibitory activities of CHAPs with different methylene chain lengths (four, five, and six). As shown in Table 1
, CHAPs with the chain length of five (CHAP1 and CHAP31) were the most effective, followed by those with the length of six (CHAP17 and CHAP43) and then by those with four (CHAP18 and CHAP42). These results indicate that one of the four amino acids constituting CHAP should be Asu(NHOH).
Comparison of the Proline Position.
All natural Aoe-containing cyclic peptide antibiotics contain one Pro or pipecolic acid (Pip2) at the second (HC-toxin) or the fourth position, when Aoe is fixed at the first position. We therefore investigated the appropriate position of Pro in CHAP (Table 1
; CHAP27, 131, and 132). When Asu(NHOH) instead of Aoe was fixed at the first position, Pro at the fourth position (CHAP27) was the best for both cell-free HDAC inhibition and cellular MHC class-I molecule expression.
Effects of Amino Acid Replacement at the Second and Third Positions.
Because we concluded that Asu(NHOH) and Pro should be located at the first and fourth positions, respectively, next we analyzed the effect of amino acid replacement at the second and third positions (Table 1)
. When the hydrophobic residues of D-form at the second position (D-Phe in CHAP27 and D-Tyr(Me) in CHAP31) were replaced with less hydrophobic ones (D-Ala in CHAP88 and D-Tyr in CHAP77), their MHC-inducing activities significantly decreased (2542-fold), whereas no change in HDAC inhibitory activity was observed. On the other hand, when L-Phe at the second position in CHAP1 was replaced with L-Ala (CHAP80), its HDAC inhibitory activity was augmented (
3-fold), but MHC-inducing activity was weakened (
3-fold). The hydrophobic amino acids at the third position (L-Phe in CHAP27 and L-Ile in CHAP31) were also important for MHC-inducing activity, because the replacement of them with L-Ala reduced their MHC-inducing activity (7.725-fold) without significant influence on the HDAC inhibitory activities. These results indicate that hydrophobic D- and L-amino acids are appropriate for the second and the third positions, respectively, to constitute strong HDAC inhibitors effective in cells.
Histone Acetylation Induced by CHAPs.
To confirm the ability of CHAPs to inhibit HDAC in cells, we used Western blotting to analyze histone acetylation in B16/BL6 cells treated with CHAPs. We here compared the effect of isomers having different DL combinations (CHAP27, -1, -38, and -39) after 6 h of treatment. As shown in Fig. 2A
, CHAP27 markedly augmented the acetylation of cellular histones at 10 nM but not at 1 nM. CHAP1 and CHAP38 were effective at 100 and 1000 nM, respectively. CHAP39 could not induce acetylation of histones even at 1000 nM. These effective concentrations correlate well with the up-regulation of their MHC molecules (Table 1)
, confirming that MHC-inducing activity serves as one of the most sensitive markers for the detection of HDAC inhibition in cells. Fig. 2B
illustrates the effects of CHAP31, which is the most effective compound, both in enzyme and cellular assays (Table 1)
, on histone acetylation in B16/BL6 cells. As shown in this figure, CHAP31 induced cellular histone acetylation at 10 nM, indicating its potent activity on HDAC in cells.
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| DISCUSSION |
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The present study also provides some fundamental requirements for the inhibition of cellular HDAC by CHAP. Previously we showed that CHAP with an aliphatic chain length of five, which corresponds to that of acetylated lysine, is stronger than those with other lengths in inhibiting the recombinant HDAC1 enzyme (31)
. Here we showed that this rule was also fulfilled for the MHC-inducing and proliferation-inhibiting activities in cells (Table 1)
. On the other hand, the activity of the LDLD isomer was significantly stronger than that of LDLL or LLLD, although they showed almost the same enzyme-inhibiting activity (Table 1)
. Because the LDLD configuration has not been found in the natural Aoe-containing counterparts (e.g., LLLD for TPX and LDLL for Cyl-1/2), these results suggest that CHAPs corresponding to the natural products are not always appropriate for the inhibition of HDAC in cells (see Table 1
; CHAP1 versus CHAP27, CHAP56 versus CHAP57, CHAP30 versus CHAP31, and CHAP49 versus CAHP50). Because the retention times of LDLD isomers in RP-HPLC were longer than those of the corresponding LDLL and LLLD isomers (Table 1)
, the more hydrophobic nature of LDLD isomers might be more beneficial in allowing them to penetrate the cell membrane more efficiently than other isomers. In accordance with this speculation, replacement of the second or the third amino acid of CHAPs by a less hydrophobic one reduced their cellular activity without a decrease in the HDAC-inhibiting activity (Table 1)
. However, because CHAPs that had almost the same HDAC-inhibiting activity and retention times (e.g., CHAP31 versus CHAP56) elicited cellular activities with different potency (Table 1)
, other factors distinct from simple hydrophobicity may also contribute to the differences in cellular activity induced by CHAPs. Examining the precise explanation for the differences between enzyme inhibitory activity and cellular activity will be the next task.
Recently, FK228 (16)
and MS-275 (17)
, potent antitumor agents under clinical investigation, were shown to inhibit HDACs. Thus, HDAC is considered as one of the important targets for new anticancer drugs. However, TSA and TPX, known potent inhibitors of HDAC, do not show sufficient antitumor activity, probably because of their instability in vivo. On the basis of the potency of HDAC inhibition and MHC-inducing activity, we selected CHAP31, which fulfills all of the above requirements for strong HDAC inhibitors. CHAP31 brought about acetylation of core histones in B16/BL6 cells (Fig. 2B)
, and its stability in the presence of cultured cells was much better than that of TSA or TPX A (Fig. 3)
. Because the effective concentration of CHAP31 in plasma had been estimated to be maintained for several hours when administered i.v. at a dose of several mg/kg, based on our preliminary pharmacokinetic study in rats (a half-life of ß-phase was
50 min, and the plasma concentration 3 h after 10 mg/kg i.v. administration was
330 nM, as determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry), we expected this compound to be effective in tumor-bearing murine models. In fact, CHAP31 inhibited the growth of tumor in mice inoculated with the B16/BL6 murine melanoma line (Fig. 4)
or with several human cancer lines (Fig. 5)
. These data confirm that HDAC inhibitors bear great potential as antitumor agents. Thus, CHAP31 is a promising candidate for antitumor drugs having strong HDAC-inhibiting activity. Although the most probable mechanism of antitumor effects of CHAP31 in transplant models is the inhibition of HDAC in tumor cells, it is possible that some other factors such as its antivessel toxicity and other host toxicity may contribute to the antitumor activity to some extent. The cause of the difference in the sensitivity among tumor lines in transplant models is currently unclear. Comparison of histone acetylation among tumors will be helpful to answer these questions. In the present animal study, toxicity on body weight gain was observed at every effective dose of CHAP31. Although we have not determined the inhibitory potency against the HDAC isoforms other than HDAC1 and -6, a relatively wide spectrum of CHAP31 might be responsible for such a low response/toxicity ratio. Additional in vivo studies will be needed to elucidate a detailed correlation between in vitro activities and in vivo antitumor effects of CHAPs.
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| FOOTNOTES |
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1 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Institute of Medicinal Molecular Design, Kadokawa Hongo Building 4F, 5-24-5 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Phone: 81-3-5689-4052; Fax: 81-3-5689-4054; E-mail: ykomatsu{at}immd.co.jp ![]()
2 The abbreviations used are: HDAC, histone deacetylase; RA, retinoic acid; TSA, trichostatin A; TPX, trapoxin; Aoe, (2S, 9S)-2-amino-9, 10-epoxy-8-oxodecanoic acid; Asu(NHOH),
-hydroxamide-
-aminosuberic acid; CHAP, cyclic hydroxamic-acid-containing peptide; SAR, structure-activity relationship; FBS, fetal bovine serum; CDDP, cis-platinum (II) diamine dichloride; RP-HPLC; reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography; Pip, pipecolic acid; Asu,
-aminosuberic acid; Api,
-aminopirrelic acid; Aaz,
-aminoazelaic acid. ![]()
Received 11/21/00. Accepted 4/ 3/01.
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