Suppressive Effect of Delta-Tocotrienol on Hypoxia Adaptation of Prostate Cancer Stem-like Cells
| Autor: | Nantiga Virgona, Tomohiro Yano, Nobuya Shiozawa, Ayami Sato, Hiromi Sato, Saki Kaneko, Chiaki Sato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine Cancer Research Cell Survival Mice Nude 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Cancer stem cell Tumor Cells Cultured medicine Animals Humans Vitamin E Cytotoxic T cell Viability assay Hypoxia Mice Inbred BALB C Dose-Response Relationship Drug Chemistry SOXB1 Transcription Factors Prostatic Neoplasms Vitamins General Medicine medicine.disease Adaptation Physiological Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays Cell Hypoxia Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic 030104 developmental biology Oncology Hypoxia-inducible factors Docetaxel 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cancer cell Neoplastic Stem Cells Cancer research Stem cell medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Anticancer Research. 38 |
| ISSN: | 1791-7530 0250-7005 |
| DOI: | 10.21873/anticanres.12362 |
| Popis: | Background/aim A hallmark of the progression of prostate cancer to advanced disease is the acquisition of androgen-independent growth. This malignant phenotype is characterized by resistance to conventional treatments and predisposes to formation of hypoxic regions containing stem-like cancer cells. Unfortunately, an effective therapy to target prostate cancer stem cells under hypoxia has not yet been established. In this report, we studied whether δ-tocotrienol (T3), a vitamin E family member that has exhibited the most potent anti-cancer activity, could suppress the survival of prostate cancer stem-like cells. Materials and methods PC3 stem-like cells were isolated from PC3 parental cells using a three-dimensional culture system. The stemness of the isolated PC3 stem-like cells was confirmed by evaluation of resistance to an anticancer agent (docetaxel) and tumor formation capacity in a xenograft model. The effects of δ-T3 on PC3 stem-like cells under a hypoxia condition were examined by WST-8 (cell viability), real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blotting. Results δ-T3 demonstrated a cytotoxic effect on prostate cancer stem-like cells in a dose dependent manner and a reduction in the protein levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α. Additionally, a specific inhibitor toward HIF-1α induced cytotoxicity on PC3 cells, but selective inhibition of HIF-2α had no effect. Conclusion Overall, these results suggest that δ-T3 could inhibit the survival of prostate cancer stem-like cells under hypoxia, primarily through the inactivation of HIF-1α signaling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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