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Here we report that (\u2212)-8,9-dehydroneopeltolide (8,9-DNP), a more accessible synthetic analogue, shows potent cytotoxicity against human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells preferentially under energy stress conditions. Nuclear morphology analysis, as well as DNA ladder assay, indicated that 8,9-DNP induced significant nuclear condensation\/fragmentation and DNA fragmentation, and these  events could be suppressed by preincubating the cells with a pan-caspase inhibitor,  N-benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethylketone (zVAD). Immunoblot analysis demonstrated the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria and the cleavage of  full-length caspase-3 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). These results indicated that 8,9-DNP induced caspase-dependent apoptotic programmed cell death under energy stress conditions. It was also found that 8,9-DNP induced non-apoptotic cell death in the presence\/absence of zVAD under energy stress conditions. Immunoblot analysis showed the intracytosolic release of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), although it did not further translocate to the nucleus. It appears most likely that, in the presence of zVAD, 8,9-DNP triggered necrotic cell death as a result of severe intracellular ATP depletion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md12115576","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,20]],"date-time":"2014-11-20T11:03:08Z","timestamp":1416481388000},"page":"5576-5589","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Programmed Cell Death Induced by (\u2212)-8,9-Dehydroneopeltolide in Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells under Energy Stress Conditions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5343-9023","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haruhiko","family":"Fuwa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mizuho","family":"Sato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Makoto","family":"Sasaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"412","DOI":"10.1021\/np060597h","article-title":"Neopeltolide, a macrolide from a lithistid sponge of the family Neopeltidae","volume":"70","author":"Wright","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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