Abstract
Cancer continues to be a prominent global threat, and current chemotherapy options often involve tubulin-targeting compounds disrupting microtubule function. Autophagy's role in cancer varies across cell types, tumor stages, and carcinogenic stimuli. Recent attention has focused on autophagy as a response to antimitotic drugs. Our study spotlights TubA, a myxobacteria-derived peptide with potent antimitotic properties, demonstrating notable antiproliferative effects on diverse cancer cell lines at low concentrations. Remarkably, TubA proved more effective than TubB, another myxobacterial compound. In MCF-7 cells, TubA induced autophagy, increasing LC3-I lipidation to LC3-II and enhancing lysosomal activity and acidity. Intriguingly, TubA triggered an intrinsic apoptotic pathway mediated by autophagy, evidenced by increased cathepsin B activity, cytosolic leakage, and subsequent apoptosis through cytochrome c release. In summary, our findings indicate that TubA promotes cell death via cytotoxic autophagic activity in the MCF-7 cancer cell line.
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