Abstract
Background: Breast cancer mortality has been stable or decreasing in the world, its incidence and recurrence rates have sharply risen worldwide in the recent years.
Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological significance and potential function of GRP78 in the development and progression of breast cancer. To explore the effects of neoisoliquiritigenin (NISL) in breast cancer and the underlying mechanism.
Method: GRP78 was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using breast cancer tissue microarrays (TMAs), and the association between GRP78 levels and clinicopathological factors and prognosis was analyzed. The functional effects of GRP78 on breast cancer were validated by an MTT assay, foci formation assay, Matrigel invasion assay and mouse xenograft assay. The effects of NISL were tested by an MTT assay, apoptosis assay and mouse xenograft assay. A LigandFit algorithm, ATPase activity assay, western blot and IHC assay were used to discover the underlying mechanism of the effects of NSIL.
Results: GRP78 was highly expressed in breast cancer cell lines and tissues. In addition, high expression of GRP78 was correlated to poor outcomes and distant metastasis. Functional experiments showed that GRP78 promoted breast cancer proliferation and invasion in vitro and in vivo. NISL inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in breast cancer by directly binding to GRP78 to regulate the β-catenin pathway.
Conclusion: Taken together, these results highlighted the significance of GRP78 in breast cancer development and suggested NISL as a natural candidate to inhibit breast cancer by targeting GRP78 and β-catenin signaling.
Keywords: Neoisoliquiritigenin, GRP78, β-catenin signaling, breast cancer, progression, biomarker.
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title:Neoisoliquiritigenin Inhibits Tumor Progression by Targeting GRP78-β- catenin Signaling in Breast Cancer
Volume: 18 Issue: 4
Author(s): Hailin Tang, Fu Peng, Xiaojia Huang, Xinhua Xie, Bo Chen, Jiangang Shen, Fei Gao, Jieshu You, Xiaoming Xie*Jianping Chen*
Affiliation:
- Department of Breast Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou,China
- School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong
Keywords: Neoisoliquiritigenin, GRP78, β-catenin signaling, breast cancer, progression, biomarker.
Abstract: Background: Breast cancer mortality has been stable or decreasing in the world, its incidence and recurrence rates have sharply risen worldwide in the recent years.
Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological significance and potential function of GRP78 in the development and progression of breast cancer. To explore the effects of neoisoliquiritigenin (NISL) in breast cancer and the underlying mechanism.
Method: GRP78 was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using breast cancer tissue microarrays (TMAs), and the association between GRP78 levels and clinicopathological factors and prognosis was analyzed. The functional effects of GRP78 on breast cancer were validated by an MTT assay, foci formation assay, Matrigel invasion assay and mouse xenograft assay. The effects of NISL were tested by an MTT assay, apoptosis assay and mouse xenograft assay. A LigandFit algorithm, ATPase activity assay, western blot and IHC assay were used to discover the underlying mechanism of the effects of NSIL.
Results: GRP78 was highly expressed in breast cancer cell lines and tissues. In addition, high expression of GRP78 was correlated to poor outcomes and distant metastasis. Functional experiments showed that GRP78 promoted breast cancer proliferation and invasion in vitro and in vivo. NISL inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in breast cancer by directly binding to GRP78 to regulate the β-catenin pathway.
Conclusion: Taken together, these results highlighted the significance of GRP78 in breast cancer development and suggested NISL as a natural candidate to inhibit breast cancer by targeting GRP78 and β-catenin signaling.
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Tang Hailin , Peng Fu , Huang Xiaojia , Xie Xinhua , Chen Bo , Shen Jiangang , Gao Fei , You Jieshu , Xie Xiaoming *, Chen Jianping *, Neoisoliquiritigenin Inhibits Tumor Progression by Targeting GRP78-β- catenin Signaling in Breast Cancer, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2018; 18 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009617666170914155355
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009617666170914155355 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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