Aktas Canan Cakir, Zeybek N Dilara, Piskin A Kevser
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2015 Sep;47(9):680-6. doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmv066. Epub 2015 Jul 22.
Voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) activity enhances cell behaviors related to metastasis, such as motility, invasion, and oncogene expression. Neonatal alternative splice form of Nav1.5 isoform is expressed in metastatic breast cancers. Furthermore, aberrant Notch signaling pathway can induce oncogenesis and may promote the progression of breast cancers. In this study, we aimed to analyze the effect of the nNav1.5 inhibitor phenytoin and Notch signal inhibitor N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine-t-butyl ester (DAPT) on triple negative breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) via inhibition of nNav1.5 VGSC activity and Notch signaling, respectively. In order to determine the individual and combined effects of these inhibitors, the 4-[3-(4-iyodophenyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-2H-5-tetrazolio]-1,3-benzene disulfonate (WST-1) test, wound healing assay, and zymography were performed to detect the proliferation, lateral motility, and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) activity, respectively. The expressions of nNav1.5, Notch4, MMP9, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP1) were also detected by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. DAPT caused an antiproliferative effect when the doses were higher than 10 µM, whereas phenytoin showed no inhibitory action either alone or in combination with DAPT on the MDA-MB-231 cells. Furthermore, it was found that the lateral motility was inhibited by both inhibitors; however, this inhibitory effect was partially rescued when they were used in combination. Meanwhile, the results showed that the MMP9 activity and the ratio of MMP9 mRNA to TIMP1 mRNA were only decreased by DAPT. Thus, we conclude that the combined effect of DAPT and phenytoin is not as beneficial as using DAPT alone on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.
电压门控钠通道(VGSC)活性增强与转移相关的细胞行为,如运动性、侵袭和癌基因表达。Nav1.5亚型的新生儿替代剪接形式在转移性乳腺癌中表达。此外,异常的Notch信号通路可诱导肿瘤发生,并可能促进乳腺癌的进展。在本研究中,我们旨在分别通过抑制nNav1.5 VGSC活性和Notch信号,分析nNav1.5抑制剂苯妥英和Notch信号抑制剂N-[N-(3,5-二氟苯乙酰基)-L-丙氨酰基]-S-苯基甘氨酸叔丁酯(DAPT)对三阴性乳腺癌细胞系(MDA-MB-231)的影响。为了确定这些抑制剂的单独作用和联合作用,进行了4-[3-(4-碘苯基)-2-(4-硝基苯基)-2H-5-四氮唑]-1,3-苯二磺酸盐(WST-1)试验、伤口愈合试验和酶谱分析,分别检测增殖、侧向运动性和基质金属蛋白酶-9(MMP9)活性。还通过定量实时逆转录聚合酶链反应检测nNav1.5、Notch4、MMP9和金属蛋白酶组织抑制剂-1(TIMP1)的表达。当剂量高于10 µM时,DAPT产生抗增殖作用,而苯妥英单独或与DAPT联合使用对MDA-MB-231细胞均无抑制作用。此外,发现两种抑制剂均抑制侧向运动性;然而,当它们联合使用时,这种抑制作用部分得到挽救。同时,结果表明,仅DAPT降低了MMP9活性以及MMP9 mRNA与TIMP1 mRNA的比值。因此,我们得出结论,DAPT和苯妥英联合使用对MDA-MB-231乳腺癌细胞的效果不如单独使用DAPT有益。