Department of Breast Cancer Center, Samsung Medical Center, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea.
Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea.
Molecules. 2021 Jun 15;26(12):3644. doi: 10.3390/molecules26123644.
Interleukin-1 (IL1) is a proinflammatory cytokine and promotes cancer cell proliferation and invasiveness in a diversity of cancers, such as breast and colon cancer. Here, we focused on the pharmacological effect of Entelon (ETL) on the tumorigenesis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells by IL1-alpha (IL1A). IL1A enhanced the cell growth and invasiveness of TNBC cells. We observed that abnormal IL1A induction is related with the poor prognosis of TNBC patients. IL1A also increased a variety of chemokines such as CCL2 and IL8. Interestingly, IL1A expression was reduced by the ETL treatment. Here, we found that ETL significantly decreased the MEK/ERK signaling pathway in TNBC cells. IL1A expression was reduced by UO126. Lastly, we studied the effect of ETL on the metastatic potential of TNBC cells. Our results showed that ETL significantly reduced the lung metastasis of TNBC cells. Our results showed that IL1A expression was regulated by the MEK/ERK- and PI3K/AKT-dependent pathway. Taken together, ETL inhibited the MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and suppressing the lung metastasis of TNBC cells through downregulation of IL1A. Therefore, we propose the possibility of ETL as an effective adjuvant for treating TNBC.
白细胞介素-1(IL1)是一种促炎细胞因子,可促进多种癌症(如乳腺癌和结肠癌)中的癌细胞增殖和侵袭性。在这里,我们专注于 Entelon(ETL)通过白细胞介素 1 阿尔法(IL1A)对三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)细胞肿瘤发生的药理作用。IL1A 增强了 TNBC 细胞的细胞生长和侵袭性。我们观察到异常的 IL1A 诱导与 TNBC 患者的不良预后有关。IL1A 还增加了多种趋化因子,如 CCL2 和 IL8。有趣的是,ETL 处理可降低 IL1A 的表达。在这里,我们发现 ETL 可显著降低 TNBC 细胞中的 MEK/ERK 信号通路。UO126 可降低 IL1A 的表达。最后,我们研究了 ETL 对 TNBC 细胞转移潜能的影响。结果表明,ETL 可显著降低 TNBC 细胞的肺转移。我们的结果表明,IL1A 的表达受 MEK/ERK 和 PI3K/AKT 依赖性通路调节。总之,ETL 通过下调 IL1A 抑制 MEK/ERK 和 PI3K/AKT 信号通路,并抑制 TNBC 细胞的肺转移。因此,我们提出 ETL 作为治疗 TNBC 的有效辅助剂的可能性。