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help_save_serena@yahoo.co.uk - 09 May 2008 21:03 GMT I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of cancer. Serena has been suffering from neuroplastoma - a tumour in the adrenal glands - for the past 18 months.
She has spent most of her life in hospital undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but in January this year we were told Serena was in remission.
Serena spent the past few weeks at home living like a normal little girl for the first time. But two weeks ago she was readmitted to hospital, where doctors told her the cancer had returned.
Medics say there is no more they can do, except offer treatments that can prolong her life. Her only apparent hope of beating the disease is to undergo revolutionary treatment in America
If she does not have the treatment she may only have weeks or months to live.
Please, Please help us save our baby.. You can see her story in two local newspapers online.
http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.2249915.0.please_hel p_my_baby_girl.php
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=250080&command=display Content&sourceNode=250082&home=yes&more_nodeId1=250133&contentPK=20578157
Please help us raise support for serena by reposting this message elsewhere or by emailing it to your contacts.
Thankyou
J - 10 May 2008 01:33 GMT > I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to > save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If she does not have the treatment she may only have weeks or months > to live. MIBG is available in UK (for a diferent tumor.) http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=7193
St. Bart's, in London, is doing experimental treatments. < http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080321/cancer_project_0803 21/20080321?hub=TopStories > Ask to have her transferred there. Best wishes J
ironjustice - 11 May 2008 00:59 GMT On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroplastoma <<
NeuroBlastoma ..
The treatment has been known for quite some time ..
Deferoxamine has been shown to reverse this.
It is an iron chelator ..
CANCERLIT® AUTHOR: Fan L, Iyer J, Zhu S, Frick KK, Wada RK, Eskenazi AE, Berg PE, Ikegaki N, Kennett RH, Frantz CN TITLE: Inhibition of N-myc expression and induction of apoptosis by iron chelation in human neuroblastoma cells. SOURCE: Cancer Res; 61(3):1073-9 2001 UI: 21115842 ABSTRACT: Neuroblastoma is the second most common solid malignancy of childhood. Enhanced expression of the amplified N-myc gene in the tumor cells may be associated with poor patient prognosis and may contribute to tumor development and progression. The use of deferoxamine mesylate (DFO), an iron chelator, to treat neuroblastoma is being investigated in national clinical studies. We show here by TUNEL assay and DNA laddering that DFO induces apoptosis in cultured human neuroblastoma cells, which is preceded by a decrease in the expression of N-myc and the altered expression of some other oncogenes (up-regulating c-fos and down-regulating c-myb) but not housekeeping genes. The decrease in N-myc expression is iron-specific but does not result from inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase, because specific inhibition of this iron-containing enzyme by hydroxyurea does not affect N-myc protein levels. Nuclear run-on and transient reporter gene expression experiments show that the decrease in N-myc expression occurs at the level of initiation of transcription and by inhibiting N-myc promoter activity. Comparison across neuroblastoma cell lines of the amount of residual cellular N-myc protein with the extent of apoptosis measured as pan-caspase activity after 48 h of iron chelation reveals no correlation, suggesting that the decrease in N-myc expression is unlikely to mediate apoptosis. In conclusion, chelation of cellular iron by DFO may alter the expression of multiple genes affecting the malignant phenotype by multiple pathways. Given the clinical importance of N-myc overexpression in neuroblastoma malignancy, decreasing N-myc expression by DFO might be useful as an adjunct to current MESH TERMS: Aphidicolin/Pharmacology Apoptosis/*Drug Effects Deferoxamine/*Pharmacology Gene Expression/Drug Effects Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/Drug Effects Genes, Reporter/Drug Effects Genes, myc/*Drug Effects/Genetics Human Hydroxyurea/Pharmacology Inhibitory Concentration 50 Iron/Metabolism Iron Chelating Agents/ *Pharmacology Neuroblastoma/Genetics/*Metabolism/*Pathology Promoter Regions (Genetics)/Drug Effects Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/Antagonists and Inhib/*Biosynthesis Proto-Oncogenes/Drug Effects RNA, Messenger/Biosynthesis/Genetics Substrate Specificity Support, Non- U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Transcription, Genetic/Drug Effects Tumor Cells, Cultured LANGUAGE: ENG PUBLICATION TYPE: JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLE ABBREVIATION: Cancer Res YEAR: 2001 ADDRESS: Department of Pediatrics and the Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA. ENTRY MONTH: 200104 CAS NO.: 0 (Iron Chelating Agents) 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc) 0 (RNA, Messenger) 127-07-1 (Hydroxyurea) 38966-21-1 (Aphidicolin) 70-51-9 (Deferoxamine) 7439-89-6 (Iron) ID: NS34432\NS\NINDS
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The role of iron in cell cycle progression and the proliferation of neoplastic cells.
Le N, Richardson D.
The Iron Metabolism and Chelation Group, The Heart Research Institute, 145 Missenden Rd, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Sydney, Australia
Iron (Fe) is an obligate requirement for life and it is well known that Fe depletion leads to G(1)/S arrest and apoptosis. These facts, together with studies showing that Fe chelators can inhibit the growth of aggressive tumours such as neuroblastoma, suggest that Fe-deprivation may be an important therapeutic strategy. To optimise the anti-proliferative effects of Fe chelators, the role of Fe in cell cycle control requires intense investigation. For many years, Fe chelators were known to prevent the activity of the R2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (RR) that catalyzes the conversion of ribonucleotides into deoxyribonucleotides (dNTPs) for DNA synthesis. In addition, Fe depletion may also inhibit the newly identified p53- inducible form of this molecule called p53R2. This protein has the same Fe-binding sites as found in R2, and its activity is thought to supply dNTPs for the critical process of DNA repair. Iron chelation also causes hypophosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and decreases the expression of cyclins A, B and D, which are vital for cell cycle progression. Other regulatory molecules whose expression is affected by Fe depletion include p53 and hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha). The levels of p53 increase following Fe chelation via the ability of HIF-1alpha to bind and stabilize p53. The activity of HIF-1alpha is controlled by an Fe-dependent enzyme known as HIF-alpha prolyl hydroxylase (PH). Chelation of Fe from this enzyme inhibits its activity, leading to stabilization of HIF-1alpha and the subsequent effects on downstream targets critical for angiogenesis and tumour growth. The levels of p53 may also increase after Fe chelation by phosphorylation of this protein at serine-15 and -37. This prevents the interaction of p53 with murine double minute-2 (mdm-2) and its degradation. Iron chelation also markedly increases the mRNA levels of the p53-inducible cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitor, p21(WAF1/ CIP1). Surprisingly, the increase in p21(WAF1/CIP1) mRNA was not reciprocated at the protein level, and this may result in cell cycle dysregulation. This review will focus on the molecular mechanisms induced following Fe chelation and the role of Fe in cell cycle progression.
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> I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to > save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thankyou Marc Bissonnette - 11 May 2008 07:31 GMT > On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroplastoma << > > NeuroBlastoma .. > > The treatment has been known for quite some time .. Just when we thought a spammer couldn't sink to newer lows...
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ironjustice - 11 May 2008 14:21 GMT On May 10, 11:31 pm, Marc Bissonnette <dragnet\_@_/internalysis.com> wrote: Just when we thought a spammer couldn't sink to newer lows... <<
"iron chelation might be useful".
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Heather - 11 May 2008 19:27 GMT >> On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroplastoma >> << [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Just when we thought a spammer couldn't sink to newer lows... Which one, Marc?? Ferrous Farthead or unknown Serena spammer??
Marc Bissonnette - 12 May 2008 15:25 GMT >>> On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroplastoma >>> << [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Which one, Marc?? Ferrous Farthead or unknown Serena spammer?? Ferrous for sure - Reserving judgement on Serena solely because I didn't bother to see if it was legit or not :)
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ironjustice - 12 May 2008 16:06 GMT On May 12, 7:25 am, Marc Bissonnette <dragnet\_@_/internalysis.com> wrote:Looking for a new ISP? <<
Salesman ..
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Mr... spammer ..
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> >>> On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroplastoma > >>> << [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > - Show quoted text - ironjustice - 11 May 2008 14:40 GMT On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:Neuroblastoma <<
"Deferoxamine has antitumor activity"
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[Cancer Research 50, 4929-4930, August 15, 1990] © 1990 American Association for Cancer Research
Effects of a Single Course of Deferoxamine in Neuroblastoma Patients1 Alberto Donfrancesco2, Giovanni Deb, Carlo Dominici, Domenico Pileggi, Manuel A. Castello and Lawrence Helson Pediatric Oncology Service, Ospedale Bambino Gesu' [A. D., G. D., D. P.] and Department of Pediatrics, University "La Sapienza" [C. D., M. A. C.], Rome, Italy, and Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, New York, New York [L. H.]
A phase II trial of a single 5-day course of deferoxamine in 9 patients with neuroblastomas was completed. Within 2 days of completion of treatment responses were observed in 7 of 9 patients and there was no drug toxicity. These responses were a decrease in bone marrow infiltration and, in one patient, a measurable reduction in her tumor mass. We conclude that deferoxamine given as an 8-h i.v. infusion daily for 5 days at 150 mg/kg/day has antitumor activity.
1 This work was supported by the Neuroblastoma Foundation of New York.
2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Servizio di Oncologia, Ospedale Bambino Gesu', Piazza S. Onofrio, 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Received 9/11/89. Revised 4/16/90.
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> I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to > save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thankyou ironjustice - 11 May 2008 14:56 GMT On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroblastoma <<
Role of deferoxamine in tumor therapy DONFRANCESCO A. (1) ; DEB G. (1) ; DE SIO L. (1) ; COZZA R. (1) ; CASTELLANO A. (1) ; (1) Department of Oncology, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, ITALIE
Abstract Several studies are consistent with the hypothesis that available iron may have some role in promoting tumor cell growth with different biological mechanisms. For this reason, several studies have been carried out to demonstrate the antitumor activity of deferoxamine (DFO), an iron chelator with a high affinity for ferritin-bound iron. In particular, the effects of DFO have been studied in patients with neuroblastoma, where ferritin is in part tumor derived and high concentrations correlate with poor outcome. To date, in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrating the antitumor effects of DFO are very promising, but further investigations are required to establish an exact role for DFO in the treatment of cancer. Revue / Journal Title Acta haematologica ISSN 0001-5792 CODEN ACHAAH Source / Source 1996, vol. 95, no 1 (93 p.) (16 ref.), pp. 66-69 Langue / Language Anglais
Editeur / Publisher Karger, Basel, SUISSE (1948) (Revue)
Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords Neuroblastoma ; Chemical bond ; Iron ; Ferritin ; Chemotherapy ; Antidote ; Chelating agent ; Generalization ; Treatment efficiency ; Human ; Nervous system diseases ; Autonomic neuropathy ; Malignant tumor ; Mots-clés français / French Keywords Neuroblastome ; Liaison chimique ; Fer ; Ferritine ; Chimiothérapie ; Antidote ; Chélateur ; Déféroxamine ; Généralisation ; Efficacité traitement ; Homme ; Système nerveux pathologie ; Système nerveux sympathique pathologie ; Tumeur maligne ; Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords Neuroblastoma ; Enlace químico ; Hierro ; Ferritina ; Quimioterapia ; Antídoto ; Quelante ; Generalización ; Eficacia tratamiento ; Hombre ; Sistema nervioso patología ; Sistema nervioso simpático patología ; Tumor maligno ; Localisation / Location INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 5518, 35400005293239.0070
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> I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to > save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thankyou ironjustice - 11 May 2008 15:00 GMT On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:neuroblastoma <<
"Desferrioxamine is already in clinical trial for neuroblastoma"
http://www.nature.com/bjp/journal/v135/n6/full/0704507a.html
Paper British Journal of Pharmacology (2002) 135, 1393–1402; doi:10.1038/ sj.bjp.0704507
Desferrithiocin is a more potent antineoplastic agent than desferrioxamine Anthony Kicic1, Anita C G Chua1 and Erica Baker1
1Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Western Australia, Australia
Correspondence: Erica Baker, Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Western Australia, Australia. E- mail: baker@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Received 24 October 2001; Accepted 15 November 2001.
Top of pageAbstract Desferrithiocin (DFT) is an orally effective Fe chelator, with a similar high affinity and selectivity for Fe to desferrioxamine (DFO), which has been shown clinically to possess antineoplastic activity. In this study, DFT was assessed for antineoplastic potential in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HCC). This was done as there are few treatments for this aggressive neoplasm. The effects of DFT on cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, Fe uptake and toxicity were examined. To establish whether DFT was selective for cancer cells a comparison was made with normal (non-proliferating) hepatocytes and non-tumorigenic (proliferating) fibroblasts (SWISS-3T3). DFT was a potent inhibitor of HCC proliferation (IC5040 M). DFO also inhibited HCC proliferation under the same conditions, but was much less active (IC50=110 – 210 M). When saturated with Fe, the activity of DFT, like DFO, was greatly diminished, suggesting it may act by depriving the cells of Fe or inactivating essential Fe pool(s). Indeed DFT rapidly decreased Fe uptake from Tf-59Fe by hepatoma cells and also by normal hepatocytes. However, DFT (and DFO) had much less effect on cell survival in hepatocytes and fibroblasts than in hepatoma cells. DFT may, like DFO, inhibit the cell cycle in the S phase of DNA synthesis. Both chelators showed low toxicity. These results indicate that DFT has potent antineoplastic activity in HCC. Further investigation into the DFT class of Fe chelators seems warranted, particularly in view of its high activity in relation to DFO, a chelator which is already in clinical trial for neuroblastoma.
Keywords: Desferrithiocin, desferrioxamine, Fe chelators, Fe uptake, hepatocellular carcinoma
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"Cytotoxicity of deferoxamine for neuroblastoma cell lines"
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 6, 886-897, March 1, 2007. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-04-0331 © 2007 American Association for Cancer Research
Research Articles: Therapeutics, Targets, and Development
A fluorescence microplate cytotoxicity assay with a 4-log dynamic range that identifies synergistic drug combinations Tomas Frgala, Ondrej Kalous, Robert T. Proffitt and C. Patrick Reynolds Developmental Therapeutics Program, USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and Division Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
Requests for reprints: C. Patrick Reynolds, Developmental Therapeutics Program, USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, MS#57, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Phone: 323-669-5646; Fax: 323-664-9226. E-mail: preynolds@chla.usc.edu
Abstract
Purpose: Cytotoxicity assays in 96-well tissue culture plates allow rapid sample handling for multicondition experiments but have a limited dynamic range. Using DIMSCAN, a fluorescence digital image system for quantifying relative cell numbers in tissue culture plates, we have developed a 96-well cytotoxicity assay with a >4-log dynamic range. Methods: To overcome background fluorescence that limits detection of viable cells with fluorescein diacetate, we used 2'4'5'6'- tetrabromofluorescein (eosin Y) to quench background fluorescence in the medium and in nonviable cells to enhance the reduction of background fluorescence achieved with digital image thresholding. The sensitivity and linearity of the new assay were tested with serial dilutions of neuroblastoma and leukemia cell lines. DIMSCAN was compared with other in vitro cytotoxicity assays: 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide, colony formation, and trypan blue dye exclusion. Results: Without background fluorescence reduction, scans produced a nearly flat curve across various cell concentrations from 100 to 106 cells per well. Either digital image thresholding or eosin Y dramatically reduced background fluorescence, and combining them achieved a linear correlation (r > 0.9) of relative fluorescence to viable cell number over >4 logs of dynamic range, even in the presence of 4 x 104 nonviable cells per well. Cytotoxicity of deferoxamine for neuroblastoma cell lines measured by the DIMSCAN assay achieved dose-response curves similar to data obtained by manual trypan blue counts or colony formation in soft agar but with a wider dynamic range. Long-term cultures documented the clonogenic ability of viable cells detected by DIMSCAN over the entire dynamic range. The cytotoxicity of two drug combinations (buthionine sulfoximine + melphalan or fenretinide + safingol) was tested using both DIMSCAN and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays, and the wider dynamic range of DIMSCAN facilitated detection of synergistic interactions. Conclusion: DIMSCAN offers the ability to rapidly and efficiently conduct cytotoxicity assays in 96-well plates with a dynamic range of >4 logs. This assay enables rapid testing of anticancer drug combinations in microplates. [Mol Cancer Ther 2007;6(3):886–97]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes Grant support: National Cancer Institute grants CA82830 and CA81403, Ashley Barrasso Foundation, and Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Research Institute Career Development Award (T. Frgala).
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Note: Certain intellectual property rights pertaining to the contents of this article are retained by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as described in U.S. patents 6,459,805 and 6,665,430.
Received 12/10/04; revised 12/ 9/06; accepted 2/ 1/07.
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> I am writing to you today as A desperate father pleading for help to > save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thankyou ironjustice - 11 May 2008 15:24 GMT On May 9, 1:03 pm, help_save_ser...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:Neuroblastoma <<
"Neuroblastoma is extremely sensitive to inhibition by deferrioxamine"
Cancer Res. 1993 Sep 1;53 (17):3968-75 8358725 (P,S,E,B) Neuroblastoma sensitivity to growth inhibition by deferrioxamine: evidence for a block in G1 phase of the cell cycle.
[My paper] C Brodie, G Siriwardana, J Lucas, R Schleicher, N Terada, A Szepesi, E Gelfand, P Seligman Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262. Iron (Fe) is known to be necessary for cellular proliferation. Previous studies have suggested that neuroblastoma cells appear to be relatively sensitive to growth inhibition by a specific Fe chelator, deferrioxamine (DFO), in vitro. Also, DFO has been recently used for the treatment of neuroblastoma patients. In this paper we demonstrate that neuroblastoma cell proliferation in vitro is extremely sensitive to inhibition by DFO as compared to another cell line with almost identical growth kinetics. Neuroblastoma cells treated with DFO adapt appropriately to Fe chelation as measured by marked upregulation of transferrin receptor mRNA, increased functional transferrin receptor, and decreased cellular ferritin concentration. Further studies that quantitated cellular incorporation of 59Fe from added transferrin-59Fe in the presence of DFO indicated that neuroblastoma cells were more sensitive to inhibition of Fe incorporation by the chelator as compared to the other cell line. Neuroblastoma cells treated with DFO showed a consistent arrest in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. For cells taken from the "resting" state this block occurred before the vast majority of cells had entered S or G2-M phases of the cell cycle. Further evidence that neuroblastoma cells were arrested before the G1- S interface was provided when cells inhibited by DFO and released into aphidicolin exhibit arrest at the G1-S interface, whereas release from aphidicolin into DFO resulted in entry into S phase. Also, DFO-treated cells exhibited a decrease in both p34cdc2 immunoreactive protein as well as kinase activity. The results of these latter studies strongly indicate evidence for a Fe requirement for malignant cell proliferation before the onset of DNA synthesis. Our results also provide a basis for further studies that will better define a therapeutic approach to patients with neuroblastoma utilizing DFO treatment. Mesh-terms: Aphidicolin :: pharmacology; Cell Count :: drug effects; Cell Division :: drug effects; Deferoxamine :: administration & dosage; Deferoxamine :: pharmacology; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Ferritin :: metabolism; G1 Phase :: drug effects; Glioma :: drug therapy; Glioma :: metabolism; Glioma :: pathology; Human; Iron :: metabolism; Neuroblastoma :: drug therapy; Neuroblastoma :: metabolism; Neuroblastoma :: pathology; Receptors, Transferrin :: metabolism; S Phase :: drug effects; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Transferrin :: metabolism; Tumor Cells, Cultured;
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"Effective antiproliferative agents"
Title: The iron metabolism of the human neuroblastoma cell: lack of relationship between the efficacy of iron chelation and the inhibition of DNA synthesis. Author: Richardson, D R : Ponka, P Citation: J-Lab-Clin-Med. 1994 Nov; 124(5): 660-71 Abstract: The mechanisms of iron uptake from transferrin and the effects of iron chelators on these processes were investigated in human neuroblastoma cells. This study was performed because numerous reports have indicated that neuroblastoma cells contain iron-rich ferritin and are also especially sensitive to iron chelation by deferoxamine. The mechanisms of iron and transferrin uptake were examined in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-MC by using human transferrin labeled with iodine 125 and iron 59. Internalized and membrane-bound 59Fe and 125I-transferrin were separated with the protease pronase. Total internalized and membrane 125I-transferrin uptake was biphasic with time, whereas total and internalized 59Fe uptake was linear. Iron uptake from transferrin was prevented by incubation at 4 degrees C and also by lysosomotrophic agents. In addition, 59Fe uptake occurred by two processes. The first process was consistent with receptor-mediated endocytosis involving internalization of transferrin bound to specific binding sites. Iron uptake also occurred by a second process, which was not saturable up to a transferrin concentration of 0.06 mg/ml. In terms of quantitative iron uptake, however, the second process was far less important than receptor-mediated endocytosis. Deferoxamine (0.25 mmol/L) only slightly increased 59Fe release from prelabeled cells; the orally effective iron chelator pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone (0.25 mmol/ L) was six times more effective. Moreover, when pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone (0.2 mmol/L) was added together with labeled transferrin over a 2-hour incubation, 59Fe uptake from transferrin decreased to 18% of the control value, whereas deferoxamine (0.2 mmol/ L) had no appreciable effect. Even though deferoxamine (0.1 mmol/L) had little effect on 59Fe uptake or release, it reduced uptake of tritiated thymidine to 33% of the control value after a 24-hour incubation. Three analogs of pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone, pyridoxal benzoyl hydrazone (#101), pyridoxal p-methoxybenzoyl hydrazone (#107), and pyridoxal m-fluorobenzoyl hydrazone (#109), had chelation activities comparable to that of pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone and were more effective than either deferoxamine or pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone at preventing tritiated thymidine uptake. These results suggest that the pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone analogs have potential as effective antiproliferative agents and deserve further investigation. Review References: None Notes: None Language: English Publication Type: Journal-Article Keywords: DNA antagonists and inhibitors : Iron metabolism : Neuroblastoma metabolism URL: http://www.mosby.com/lab
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