Mitochondrially Targeted α-Tocopheryl SuccinateIs Antiangiogenic: Potential Benefit Against Tumor Angiogenesis but Caution Against Wound Healing
Author(s)
Rohlena, Jakub
Dong, Lan-Feng
Kluckova, Katarina
Zobalova, Renata
Goodwin, Jacob
Tilly, David
Stursa, Jan
Pecinova, Alena
Philimonenko, Anatoly
Hozak, Pavel
Banerjee, Jaideep
Ledvina, Miroslav
Sen, Chandan K
Houstek, Josef
Coster, Mark J
Neuzil, Jiri
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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Aims: A plausible strategy to reduce tumor progress is the inhibition of angiogenesis. Therefore, agents that efficiently suppress angiogenesis can be used for tumor suppression. We tested the antiangiogenic potential of a mitochondrially targeted analog of a-tocopheryl succinate (MitoVES), a compound with high propensity to induce apoptosis. Results: MitoVES was found to efficiently kill proliferating endothelial cells (ECs) but not contact-arrested ECs or ECs deficient in mitochondrial DNA, and suppressed angiogenesis in vitro by inducing accumulation of reactive oxygen species and induction of apoptosis in ...
View more >Aims: A plausible strategy to reduce tumor progress is the inhibition of angiogenesis. Therefore, agents that efficiently suppress angiogenesis can be used for tumor suppression. We tested the antiangiogenic potential of a mitochondrially targeted analog of a-tocopheryl succinate (MitoVES), a compound with high propensity to induce apoptosis. Results: MitoVES was found to efficiently kill proliferating endothelial cells (ECs) but not contact-arrested ECs or ECs deficient in mitochondrial DNA, and suppressed angiogenesis in vitro by inducing accumulation of reactive oxygen species and induction of apoptosis in proliferating/angiogenic ECs. Resistance of arrested ECs was ascribed, at least in part, to the lower mitochondrial inner transmembrane potential compared with the proliferating ECs, thus resulting in the lower level of mitochondrial uptake of MitoVES. Shorterchain homologs of MitoVES were less efficient in angiogenesis inhibition, thus suggesting a molecular mechanism of its activity. Finally, MitoVES was found to suppress HER2-positive breast carcinomas in a transgenic mouse as well as inhibit tumor angiogenesis. The antiangiogenic efficacy of MitoVES was corroborated by its inhibitory activity on wound healing in vivo. Innovation and Conclusion: We conclude that MitoVES, a mitochondrially targeted analog of a-tocopheryl succinate, is an efficient antiangiogenic agent of potential clinical relevance, exerting considerably higher activity than its untargeted counterpart. MitoVES may be helpful against cancer but may compromise wound healing.
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View more >Aims: A plausible strategy to reduce tumor progress is the inhibition of angiogenesis. Therefore, agents that efficiently suppress angiogenesis can be used for tumor suppression. We tested the antiangiogenic potential of a mitochondrially targeted analog of a-tocopheryl succinate (MitoVES), a compound with high propensity to induce apoptosis. Results: MitoVES was found to efficiently kill proliferating endothelial cells (ECs) but not contact-arrested ECs or ECs deficient in mitochondrial DNA, and suppressed angiogenesis in vitro by inducing accumulation of reactive oxygen species and induction of apoptosis in proliferating/angiogenic ECs. Resistance of arrested ECs was ascribed, at least in part, to the lower mitochondrial inner transmembrane potential compared with the proliferating ECs, thus resulting in the lower level of mitochondrial uptake of MitoVES. Shorterchain homologs of MitoVES were less efficient in angiogenesis inhibition, thus suggesting a molecular mechanism of its activity. Finally, MitoVES was found to suppress HER2-positive breast carcinomas in a transgenic mouse as well as inhibit tumor angiogenesis. The antiangiogenic efficacy of MitoVES was corroborated by its inhibitory activity on wound healing in vivo. Innovation and Conclusion: We conclude that MitoVES, a mitochondrially targeted analog of a-tocopheryl succinate, is an efficient antiangiogenic agent of potential clinical relevance, exerting considerably higher activity than its untargeted counterpart. MitoVES may be helpful against cancer but may compromise wound healing.
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Journal Title
Antioxidants & Redox Signaling
Volume
15
Issue
12
Subject
Biochemistry and cell biology
Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
Medical biochemistry and metabolomics not elsewhere classified
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences