Chen Meng-Chuan, Hsu Wen-Lin, Hwang Pai-An, Chou Tz-Chong
Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11483, Taiwan.
School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97002, Taiwan.
Mar Drugs. 2015 Jul 17;13(7):4436-51. doi: 10.3390/md13074436.
Activation of hypoxia-induced hypoxia-inducible factors-1 (HIF-1) plays a critical role in promoting tumor angiogenesis, growth and metastasis. Low molecular weight fucoidan (LMWF) is prepared from brown algae, and exhibits anticancer activity. However, whether LMWF attenuates hypoxia-induced angiogenesis in bladder cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms involved remain unclear. This is the first study to demonstrate that LMWF can inhibit hypoxia-stimulated H2O2 formation, HIF-1 accumulation and transcriptional activity vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secretion, and the migration and invasion in hypoxic human bladder cancer cells (T24) cells. LMWF also downregulated hypoxia-activated phosphorylation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR/p70S6K/4EBP-1 signaling in T24 cells. Blocking PI3K/AKT or mTOR activity strongly diminished hypoxia-induced HIF-1α expression and VEGF secretion in T24 cells, supporting the involvement of PI3K/AKT/mTOR in the induction of HIF-1α and VEGF. Additionally, LMWF significantly attenuated angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo evidenced by reduction of tube formation of hypoxic human umbilical vascular endothelial cells and blood capillary generation in the tumor. Similarly, administration of LMWF also inhibited the HIF-1α and VEGF expression in vivo, accompanied by a reduction of tumor growth. In summary, under hypoxia conditions, the antiangiogenic activity of LMWF in bladder cancer may be associated with suppressing HIF-1/VEGF-regulated signaling pathway.
缺氧诱导的缺氧诱导因子-1(HIF-1)的激活在促进肿瘤血管生成、生长和转移中起关键作用。低分子量岩藻多糖(LMWF)由褐藻制备而成,并具有抗癌活性。然而,LMWF是否能减轻缺氧诱导的膀胱癌细胞血管生成以及其中涉及的分子机制仍不清楚。这是第一项证明LMWF可抑制缺氧刺激的H2O2形成、HIF-1积累以及转录活性、血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)分泌,以及缺氧人膀胱癌细胞(T24细胞)的迁移和侵袭的研究。LMWF还下调了T24细胞中缺氧激活的PI3K/AKT/mTOR/p70S6K/4EBP-1信号通路的磷酸化。阻断PI3K/AKT或mTOR活性可强烈减少T24细胞中缺氧诱导的HIF-1α表达和VEGF分泌,支持PI3K/AKT/mTOR参与HIF-1α和VEGF的诱导。此外,LMWF显著减轻了体外和体内的血管生成,这通过缺氧人脐静脉内皮细胞的管腔形成减少和肿瘤中毛细血管生成减少得到证明。同样,给予LMWF也在体内抑制了HIF-1α和VEGF表达,并伴有肿瘤生长的减少。总之,在缺氧条件下,LMWF在膀胱癌中的抗血管生成活性可能与抑制HIF-1/VEGF调节的信号通路有关。