Anticancer efficacy of a difluorodiarylidenyl piperidone (HO-3867) in human ovarian cancer cells and tumor xenografts.
Anticancer efficacy of a difluorodiarylidenyl piperidone (HO-3867) in human ovarian cancer cells and tumor xenografts.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-09-1207
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发表时间:
2010-05
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Kuppusamy P
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作者:
Selvendiran K;Tong L;Bratasz A;Kuppusamy ML;Ahmed S;Ravi Y;Trigg NJ;Rivera BK;Kálai T;Hideg K;Kuppusamy P
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anticancer potency and mechanism of a novel difluorodiarylidenyl piperidone (H-4073) and its N-hydroxypyrroline modification (HO-3867) in human ovarian cancer. Studies were performed using established human ovarian cancer cell lines (A2870, A2780cDDP, OV-4, SKOV3, PA-1 and OVCAR3), as well as in a murine xenograft tumor (A2780) model. Both compounds were comparably and significantly cytotoxic to A2780 cells. However, HO-3867 demonstrated a preferential toxicity towards ovarian cancer cells, while sparing healthy cells. HO-3867 induced G2/M cell-cycle arrest in A2780 cells by modulating cell-cycle regulatory molecules p53, p21, p27, cdk2 and cyclin, and promoted apoptosis by caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation. It also caused an increase in the expression of functional Fas/CD95 and decreases in STAT3 (Tyr705) and JAK1 phosphorylation. There was a significant reduction in STAT3 downstream target protein levels including Bcl-xL, Bcl-2, survivin, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), suggesting that HO-3867 exposure disrupted the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway. In addition, HO-3867 significantly inhibited the growth of the ovarian xenografted tumors in a dosage-dependent manner without any apparent toxicity. Western-blot analysis of the xenograft tumor tissues showed that HO-3867 inhibited pSTAT3 (Tyr705 and Ser727) and JAK1 and increased apoptotic markers cleaved caspase-3 and PARP. HO-3867 exhibited significant cytotoxicity towards ovarian cancer cells by inhibition of the JAK/STAT3-signaling pathway. The study suggested that HO-3867 may be useful as a safe and effective anticancer agent for ovarian cancer therapy.