Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Nov 6;21(21):8336. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218336.
Cordycepin, a bioactive constituent from the fungus , could inhibit cancer cell proliferation and promote cell death via induction of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and autophagy. Our novel finding from microarray analysis of cordycepin-treated MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells is that cordycepin down-regulated the mRNA levels of and genes in MA-10 cells. Meanwhile, the IPA-MAP pathway prediction result showed that cordycepin inhibited MA-10 cell proliferation by suppressing FGFs/FGFRs pathways. The in vitro study further revealed that cordycepin decreased FGF9-induced MA-10 cell proliferation by inhibiting the expressions of p-ERK1/2, p-Rb and E2F1, and subsequently reducing the expressions of cyclins and CDKs. In addition, a mouse allograft model was performed by intratumoral injection of FGF9 and/or intraperitoneal injection of cordycepin to MA-10-tumor bearing C57BL/6J mice. Results showed that FGF9-induced tumor growth in cordycepin-treated mice was significantly smaller than that in a PBS-treated control group. Furthermore, cordycepin decreased FGF9-induced FGFR1-4 protein expressions in vitro and in vivo. In summary, cordycepin inhibited FGF9-induced testicular tumor growth by suppressing the ERK1/2, Rb/E2F1, cell cycle pathways, and the expressions of FGFR1-4 proteins, suggesting that cordycepin can be used as a novel anticancer drug for testicular cancers.
虫草素是真菌中的一种生物活性成分,可通过诱导细胞周期停滞、细胞凋亡和自噬来抑制癌细胞增殖并促进细胞死亡。我们通过对虫草素处理的 MA-10 小鼠睾丸间质肿瘤细胞进行微阵列分析的新发现是,虫草素下调了 MA-10 细胞中 和 基因的 mRNA 水平。同时,IPA-MAP 通路预测结果表明,虫草素通过抑制 FGFs/FGFRs 通路抑制 MA-10 细胞增殖。体外研究进一步表明,虫草素通过抑制 p-ERK1/2、p-Rb 和 E2F1 的表达,减少细胞周期蛋白和 CDK 的表达,从而降低 FGF9 诱导的 MA-10 细胞增殖。此外,通过向 MA-10 肿瘤 bearing C57BL/6J 小鼠瘤内注射 FGF9 和/或腹腔内注射虫草素进行小鼠同种异体移植模型。结果表明,虫草素处理组的 FGF9 诱导肿瘤生长明显小于 PBS 处理对照组。此外,虫草素降低了体外和体内 FGF9 诱导的 FGFR1-4 蛋白表达。总之,虫草素通过抑制 ERK1/2、Rb/E2F1、细胞周期通路和 FGFR1-4 蛋白的表达,抑制 FGF9 诱导的睾丸肿瘤生长,表明虫草素可作为治疗睾丸癌的新型抗癌药物。