The iron chelator and OXPHOS inhibitor VLX600 induces mitophagy and an autophagy-dependent type of cell death in glioblastoma cells

Author:

Reisbeck Lisa1,Linder Benedikt1,Tascher Georg2,Bozkurt Süleyman2,Weber Katharina J.3456,Herold-Mende Christel7,van Wijk Sjoerd J. L.86,Marschalek Rolf9ORCID,Schaefer Liliana10ORCID,Münch Christian2,Kögel Donat16ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Center, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2. Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

3. Neurological Institute (Edinger Institute), Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

4. Frankfurt Cancer Institute (FCI), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

5. University Cancer Center Frankfurt (UCT), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

6. German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner site Frankfurt/Main, a partnership between DKFZ and University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

7. Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

8. Institute for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

9. Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Diagnostic Center of Acute Leukemia, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

10. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

Induction of cell-lethal autophagy represents a possible strategy to combat glioblastoma (GBM). Here, we demonstrate that the novel iron chelator and OXPHOS inhibitor VLX600 exerts pronounced tumor cell-killing effects in adherently cultured GBM cells and glioblastoma stem-like cell (GSC) spheroid cultures that depend on the iron-chelating function of VLX600 and on autophagy activation, underscoring the context-dependent role of autophagy in therapy responses. VLX600 represents an interesting novel drug candidate for the treatment of this tumor.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Deutsche Krebshilfe

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Cell Biology,Physiology

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