Nonantibiotic Effects of Fluoroquinolones in Mammalian Cells.
Nonantibiotic Effects of Fluoroquinolones in Mammalian Cells.
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m115.671222
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发表时间:
2015-09-04
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Maher LJ 3rd
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Badal S;Her YF;Maher LJ 3rd
Background: Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases regulate epigenetic control, collagen maturation, and HIF degradation. Results: Iron chelation by fluoroquinolone antibiotics results in DNA and histone hypermethylation, suppression of collagen prolyl hydroxylation, and inhibition of HIF mRNA translation. Conclusion: Dioxygenase inhibition may explain renal toxicity and tendinopathy side effects of fluoroquinolones. Significance: This study suggests mechanisms for obscure fluoroquinolone-associated side effects and possible novel applications of these antibiotics as HIF antagonists. Fluoroquinolones (FQ) are powerful broad-spectrum antibiotics whose side effects include renal damage and, strangely, tendinopathies. The pathological mechanisms underlying these toxicities are poorly understood. Here, we show that the FQ drugs norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and enrofloxacin are powerful iron chelators comparable with deferoxamine, a clinically useful iron-chelating agent. We show that iron chelation by FQ leads to epigenetic effects through inhibition of α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases that require iron as a co-factor. Three dioxygenases were examined in HEK293 cells treated with FQ. At sub-millimolar concentrations, these antibiotics inhibited jumonji domain histone demethylases, TET DNA demethylases, and collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylases, leading to accumulation of methylated histones and DNA and inhibition of proline hydroxylation in collagen, respectively. These effects may explain FQ-induced nephrotoxicity and tendinopathy. By the same reasoning, dioxygenase inhibition by FQ was predicted to stabilize transcription factor HIF-1α by inhibition of the oxygen-dependent hypoxia-inducible transcription factor prolyl hydroxylation. In dramatic contrast to this prediction, HIF-1α protein was eliminated by FQ treatment. We explored possible mechanisms for this unexpected effect and show that FQ inhibit HIF-1α mRNA translation. Thus, FQ antibiotics induce global epigenetic changes, inhibit collagen maturation, and block HIF-1α accumulation. We suggest that these mechanisms explain the classic renal toxicities and peculiar tendinopathies associated with FQ antibiotics.