Functional activation of PPARγ in human upper aerodigestive cancer cell lines
Autor: | George Harris, Frank G. Ondrey, Patrick M. Gaffney, Simon K. Wright, Raed Abu Ghazallah, Beverly Wuertz, Wendy A. Miller |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Mouth neoplasm chemistry.chemical_classification Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Reporter gene medicine.drug_class Cell growth Cancer Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor Biology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Ciglitazone medicine Cancer research Thiazolidinedione Clonogenic assay Molecular Biology |
Zdroj: | Molecular Carcinogenesis. 56:149-162 |
ISSN: | 0899-1987 |
DOI: | 10.1002/mc.22479 |
Popis: | Upper aerodigestive cancer is an aggressive malignancy with relatively stagnant long-term survival rates over 20 yr. Recent studies have demonstrated that exploitation of PPARγ pathways may be a novel therapy for cancer and its prevention. We tested whether PPARγ is expressed and inducible in aerodigestive carcinoma cells and whether it is present in human upper aerodigestive tumors. Human oral cancer CA-9-22 and NA cell lines were treated with the PPAR activators eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA), 15-deoxy-δ- 12,14-prostaglandin J2 (PG-J2), and the thiazolidinedione, ciglitazone, and evaluated for their ability to functionally activate PPARγ luciferase reporter gene constructs. Cellular proliferation and clonogenic potential after PPARγ ligand treatment were also evaluated. Aerodigestive cancer specimens and normal tissues were evaluated for PPARγ expression on gene expression profiling and immunoblotting. Functional activation of PPARγ reporter gene constructs and increases in PPARγ protein were confirmed in the nuclear compartment after PPARγ ligand treatment. Significant decreases in cell proliferation and clonogenic potential resulted from treatment. Lipid accumulation was induced by PPARγ activator treatment. 75% of tumor specimens and 100% of normal control tissues expressed PPARγ RNA, and PPARγ protein was confirmed in 66% of tumor specimens analyzed by immunoblotting. We conclude PPARγ can be functionally activated in upper aerodigestive cancer and that its activation downregulates several features of the neoplastic phenotype. PPARγ expression in human upper aerodigestive tract tumors and normal cells potentially legitimizes it as a novel intervention target in this disease. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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