Wang Ran, Zhang Qian, Peng Xin, Zhou Chang, Zhong Yuxu, Chen Xi, Qiu Yuling, Jin Meihua, Gong Min, Kong Dexin
Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Research Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Sci Rep. 2016 May 31;6:27071. doi: 10.1038/srep27071.
Until now, there is not yet antitumor drug with dramatically improved efficacy on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Marine organisms are rich source of novel compounds with various activities. We isolated stellettin B (Stel B) from marine sponge Jaspis stellifera, and demonstrated that it induced G1 arrest, apoptosis and autophagy at low concentrations in human NSCLC A549 cells. G1 arrest by Stel B might be attributed to the reduction of cyclin D1 and enhancement of p27 expression. The apoptosis induction might be related to the cleavage of PARP and increase of ROS generation. Moreover, we demonstrated that Stel B induced autophagy in A549 cells by use of various assays including monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), tandem mRFP-GFP-LC3 fluorescence microscopy, and western blot detection of the autophagy markers of LC3B, p62 and Atg5. Meanwhile, Stel B inhibited the expression of PI3K-p110, and the phosphorylation of PDK1, Akt, mTOR, p70S6K as well as GSK-3β, suggesting the correlation of blocking PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway with the above antitumor activities. Together, our findings indicate the antitumor potential of Stel B for NSCLC by targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
到目前为止,尚未有对非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)疗效显著提高的抗肿瘤药物。海洋生物是具有各种活性的新型化合物的丰富来源。我们从海洋海绵星状杰氏海绵中分离出星骨素B(Stel B),并证明其在低浓度下可诱导人NSCLC A549细胞发生G1期阻滞、凋亡和自噬。Stel B引起的G1期阻滞可能归因于细胞周期蛋白D1的减少和p27表达的增强。凋亡诱导可能与PARP的裂解和ROS生成的增加有关。此外,我们通过包括单丹磺酰尸胺(MDC)染色、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、串联mRFP-GFP-LC3荧光显微镜以及对自噬标志物LC3B、p62和Atg5的蛋白质印迹检测等各种实验,证明Stel B在A549细胞中诱导自噬。同时,Stel B抑制PI3K-p110的表达以及PDK1、Akt、mTOR、p70S6K和GSK-3β的磷酸化,表明阻断PI3K/Akt/mTOR通路与上述抗肿瘤活性之间存在相关性。总之,我们的研究结果表明Stel B通过靶向PI3K/Akt/mTOR通路对NSCLC具有抗肿瘤潜力。