Cancer Letters   2016 年 383 卷 1 期

2016.12.01

2-Methoxy-5((3,4,5-trimethosyphenyl)seleninyl) phenol (SQ) is a novel synthesized combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) analog that can be classified as a microtubule inhibitor. Our previous study demonstrated that SQ induced G2/M phase arrest and promoted apoptosis progression in breast cancer cells. In the present study, we found that SQ dissociated the MDM2-p53 complex and directly induced MDM2 degradation through the ubiquitin-dependent proteasome pathway in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231??cells. Further, p53 was activated by SQ through regulation of its transcription, translation, and post-translation modification. More specifically, we demonstrated that SQ induced caspase-dependent but p53-independent apoptosis, and this apoptosis is associated with the inhibition of MDM2. We also showed that SQ exhibited superior in??vivo efficacy and low toxicity than CA-4. The immunofluorescence histochemistry study indicated that SQ also inhibited MDM2 expression in??vivo. In summary, we report for the first time that SQ shows excellent anti-breast cancer activity in??vivo and in??vitro and induces p53-independent apoptosis, which is associated with MDM2 inhibition. Therefore, the novel compound SQ has potential for therapeutic treatment of both wild-type and mutant p53 breast cancer.