Title
Could a plant derived protein potentiate the anticancer effects of a stem cell in brain cancer?
Date Issued
20 April 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bonturi C.
Motaln H.
Silva M.
Salu B.
de Brito M.
Costa L.
Torquato H.
Nunes N.
Turnšek T.
Oliva M.
Federal University of São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Impact Journals LLC
Abstract
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive brain tumor with poor overall survival bellow 2 years. The natural compounds with anti-cancer properties, are thus gaining attention for possible adjuvant GBM treatment. In various cancer models Enterolobium contortisiliquum Trypsin Inhibitor (EcTI) proved to have anti-cancer effects. Here, we investigated the EcTI effects on GBM U87 cells and on mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) compared to their direct coculture (MSC/U87). MSC are present in tumor stroma, modulating GBM cells phenotype, and also represent potential drug delivery vehicle due to their tumor tropism. We showed that in p53-wild type U87 cells, metabolic activity was less affected by EcTI as in MSC monocuture, but the metabolic rate of mixed coculture was significantly reduced at lower EcTI concentration. Under coculture condition, EcTI potentiated MSC induced cell cycle arrest, possible due to highly increased p53, p21 and lower D1 expression, but there was no effect on apoptosis. Accordingly, in the coculture EcTI also enhanced Ca2+ signalling mediated via bradykinin receptor 2, being associated with nitric oxide release that highly impaired proliferation and invasion. The mechanism did not seem to involve changes in cell adhesion but rather it down-regulated the β1 integrin signaling with associated p-FAK in U87 cells, both supporting inhibition of invasion. Finally, some cytokines were down-regulated, indicating that EcTI inhibition of signalling might be mediated by cytokines. In conclusion, these results indicate that in cocultured MSC/U87 cells EcTI impairs the metabolic activity, proliferation, and reduced invasion, possibly associated with observed cytokines secretion. In this context, we confirmed that the plant derived protein potentiated the anticancer effects, induced by MSC, as represented by GBM U87 cell line.
Start page
21296
End page
21312
Volume
9
Issue
30
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular Oncología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045853732
Source
Oncotarget
ISSN of the container
19492553
Sponsor(s)
Authors are grateful to Katarina Vidmar for assistance in the qRT-PCR analysis and Monika Primon for the authentication of MSC and U87-MG through fingerprint short tandem repeat analysis. This manuscript was reviewed by a professional science translator/editor to improve readability Nice Shindo, Ph.D. (niceshindo@gmail.com). We are grateful for the financial support from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) [2017/07972-9 and 2017/06630-7]; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) [23038.007762/2014-32, AUXPE 140/2015]; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) [401452/2016-6]; Financial support was also provided by the Slovenia Research Agency to Programme P1-0245.
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