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The effect of cycloprodigiosin hydrochloride (cPrG · HCl), a H+/Cl− symporter, on five human breast cancer cell lines (KPL-1, T-47D, MCF-7, MKL-F, and MDA-MB-231), a human breast epithelial cell line (HBL-100), and a human fibroblast cell line (WI-38–40) was examined. cPrG · HCl inhibited the growth of all five breast cancer cell lines (IC50: 0.46–0.62 μM) and slightly inhibited HBL-100 and WI-38–40 cell growth (IC50: 1.75 μM and 2.26 μM respectively). cPrG · HCl treatment in KPL-1 cells increased the pH of acidic organelles, decreased intracellular pH, and caused apoptosis, which was confirmed by the appearance of a sub-G1 population by flow cytometry and DNA fragmentation. In addition, cPrG · HCl-induced apoptosis was strongly suppressed by imidazole, a cell-permeable base, suggesting that intracellular acidification was essential for the apoptosis. Further, cPrG · HCl treatment up-regulated Bax and Bak expression, down-regulated Bcl-2 expression, and activated caspase-3. Therefore, the intracellular acidification by cPrG · HCl treatment suppressed the growth of human breast cancer cell lines by inducing apoptosis.
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Received: 20 August 1999 / Accepted: 1 November 1999
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Yamamoto, D., Kiyozuka, Y., Uemura, Y. et al. Cycloprodigiosin hydrochloride, a H+/Cl− symporter, induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 126, 191–197 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004320050032
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004320050032