TY - JOUR T1 - Azoxystrobin Induces Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Leukemia Cells Independent of p53 Expression JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 1307 LP - 1312 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.15598 VL - 42 IS - 3 AU - SHUNSUKE TAKAHASHI AU - TAKAHISA SHINOMIYA AU - YUKITOSHI NAGAHARA Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/42/3/1307.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: Azoxystrobin (AZOX), a methoxyacrylate derivative, has potent antimicrobial and antitumor activities. Here, we report the anticancer effects of AZOX on the p53-negative human myelogenous leukemia cell line HL-60RG and the p53 positive human T-cell leukemia cell line MOLT-4F. Materials and Methods: Using both leukemia cells, the anticancer effect of AZOX treatment was analyzed throughout the cell cycle. Results: AZOX damaged both cell lines dose-dependently, and the cell damage rates were almost the same in both lines. Cell cycle distribution analysis showed that the treated MOLT-4F cells arrested at the S phase, whereas HL-60RG cells increased during the subG1 phase, suggesting that cell death was occurring. AZOX-induced cell death in HL-60RG was inhibited with the addition of uridine, which is used as a substrate for the salvage pathway of pyrimidine nucleotides. Conclusion: AZOX has p53-independent anticancer effects in leukemia cells, but the mechanisms underlying the damage differ between cell lines. ER -