3,3'-二吲哚甲烷对FOXO3a/β-连环蛋白/糖原合成酶激酶-3β信号通路的调节有助于抑制前列腺癌细胞的增殖并诱导其凋亡。
Regulation of FOXO3a/beta-catenin/GSK-3beta signaling by 3,3'-diindolylmethane contributes to inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cells.
作者信息
Li Yiwei, Wang Zhiwei, Kong Dejuan, Murthy Shalini, Dou Q Ping, Sheng Shijie, Reddy G Prem Veer, Sarkar Fazlul H
机构信息
Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
出版信息
J Biol Chem. 2007 Jul 20;282(29):21542-50. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M701978200. Epub 2007 May 23.
Previous studies from our laboratory have shown anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) through regulation of Akt and androgen receptor (AR) in prostate cancer cells. However, the mechanism by which DIM regulates Akt and AR signaling pathways has not been fully investigated. It has been known that FOXO3a and glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta), two targets of activated Akt, interact with beta-catenin, regulating cell proliferation and apoptotic cell death. More importantly, FOXO3a, GSK-3beta, and beta-catenin are all AR coregulators and regulate the activity of AR, mediating the development and progression of prostate cancers. Here, we investigated the molecular effects of B-DIM, a formulated DIM with higher bioavailability, on Akt/FOXO3a/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin/AR signaling in hormone-sensitive LNCaP and hormone-insensitive C4-2B prostate cancer cells. We found that B-DIM significantly inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt and FOXO3a and increased the phosphorylation of beta-catenin, leading to the inhibition of cell growth and induction of apoptosis. We also found that B-DIM significantly inhibited beta-catenin nuclear translocation. By electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, we found that B-DIM inhibited FOXO3a binding to the promoter of AR and promoted FOXO3a binding to the p27(KIP1) promoter, resulting in the alteration of AR and p27(KIP1) expression, the inhibition of cell proliferation, and the induction of apoptosis in both androgen-sensitive and -insensitive prostate cancer cells. These results suggest that B-DIM-induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis induction are partly mediated through the regulation of Akt/FOXO3a/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin/AR signaling. Therefore, B-DIM could be a promising non-toxic agent for possible treatment of hormone-sensitive but most importantly hormone-refractory prostate cancers.
我们实验室之前的研究表明,3,3'-二吲哚甲烷(DIM)通过调节前列腺癌细胞中的Akt和雄激素受体(AR)发挥抗增殖和促凋亡作用。然而,DIM调节Akt和AR信号通路的机制尚未得到充分研究。已知激活的Akt的两个靶点FOXO3a和糖原合酶激酶-3β(GSK-3β)与β-连环蛋白相互作用,调节细胞增殖和凋亡性细胞死亡。更重要的是,FOXO3a、GSK-3β和β-连环蛋白均为AR共调节因子,调节AR的活性,介导前列腺癌的发生和发展。在此,我们研究了具有更高生物利用度的配方DIM(B-DIM)对激素敏感的LNCaP和激素不敏感的C4-2B前列腺癌细胞中Akt/FOXO3a/GSK-3β/β-连环蛋白/AR信号传导的分子效应。我们发现,B-DIM显著抑制Akt和FOXO3a的磷酸化,并增加β-连环蛋白的磷酸化,导致细胞生长受到抑制并诱导凋亡。我们还发现,B-DIM显著抑制β-连环蛋白的核转位。通过电泳迁移率变动分析和染色质免疫沉淀分析,我们发现B-DIM抑制FOXO3a与AR启动子的结合,并促进FOXO3a与p27(KIP1)启动子的结合,导致AR和p27(KIP1)表达改变,抑制雄激素敏感和不敏感前列腺癌细胞的增殖并诱导其凋亡。这些结果表明,B-DIM诱导的细胞生长抑制和凋亡诱导部分是通过调节Akt/FOXO3a/GSK-3β/β-连环蛋白/AR信号传导介导的。因此,B-DIM可能是一种有前景的无毒药物,可用于治疗激素敏感但最重要的是激素难治性前列腺癌。