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Sun ZH, Liu YH, Liu JD, Xu DD, Li XF, Meng XM, Ma TT, Huang C, Li J. MeCP2 Regulates PTCH1 Expression Through DNA Methylation in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Inflammation 2018; 40:1497-1508. [PMID: 28573530 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-017-0591-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease, in which pathogenesis is not clear. Many research demonstrated that fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) play a key role in RA pathogenesis, join in the cartilage injury and hyperplasia of the synovium, and contribute to the release of inflammatory cytokines. We used adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats as RA animal models. The methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) enables the suppressed chromatin structure to be selectively detected in AA FLSs. Overexpression of this protein leads to an increase of integral methylation levels. Some research has confirmed the hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays an important role in RA pathogenesis; furthermore, patched 1 (PTCH1) is a negative fraction of Hh signaling pathway. We used 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-azadc) as DNA methylation inhibitor. In our research, we found MeCP2 reduced PTCH1 expression in AA FLSs; 5-azadc obstructed the loss of PTCH1 expression. 5-Azadc, treatment of AA FLSs, also blocks the release of inflammatory cytokines. In order to probe the potential molecular mechanism, we assumed the epigenetic participation in the regulation of PTCH1. Results demonstrated that PTCH1 hypermethylation is related to the persistent FLS activation and inflammation in AA rats. Knockdown of MeCP2 using small-interfering RNA technique added PTCH1 expression in AA FLSs. Our results indicate that DNA methylation may offer molecule mechanisms, and the reduced PTCH1 methylation level could regulate inflammation through knockdown of MeCP2. Graphical Abstract PTCH1 is an inhibitory protein of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. Increased expression of PTCH1 can inhibit the expression of Gli1 and Shh, thereby inhibiting the activation of Hedgehog signaling pathway. Inactivated Hedgehog signaling pathway inhibits the secretion of IL-6 and TNF-α. MeCP2 mediates hypermethylation of PTCH1 gene and decreases the expression of PTCH1 protein, thus activating Hedgehog signaling pathway and increasing secretion of IL-6 and TNF-α.
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- Zheng-Hao Sun
- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China. .,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Institute for Liver Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road No. 81, Hefei, 230032, China.
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Fiorini L, Tribalat MA, Sauvard L, Cazareth J, Lalli E, Broutin I, Thomas OP, Mus-Veteau I. Natural paniceins from mediterranean sponge inhibit the multidrug resistance activity of Patched and increase chemotherapy efficiency on melanoma cells. Oncotarget 2016; 6:22282-97. [PMID: 26068979 PMCID: PMC4673163 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Multidrug resistance has appeared to mitigate the efficiency of anticancer drugs and the possibility of successful cancer chemotherapy. The Hedgehog receptor Patched is a multidrug transporter expressed in several cancers and as such it represents a new target to circumvent chemotherapy resistance. We report herein that paniceins and especially panicein A hydroquinone, natural meroterpenoids produced by the Mediterranean sponge Haliclona (Soestella) mucosa, inhibit the doxorubicin efflux activity of Patched and enhance the cytotoxicity of this chemotherapeutic agent on melanoma cells in vitro. These results are supported by the molecular docking performed on the structure of the bacterial drug efflux pump AcrB and on the Patched model built from AcrB structure. Docking calculations show that panicein A hydroquinone interacts with AcrB and Patched model close to the doxorubicin binding site. This compound thus appears as the first antagonist of the doxorubicin efflux activity of Patched. The use of inhibitors of Patched drug efflux activity in combination with classical chemotherapy could represent a novel approach to reduce tumor drug resistance, recurrence and metastasis.
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- Laura Fiorini
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 7275, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 7275, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Valbonne, France.,Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 7275, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 7275, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Valbonne, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, UMR 8015, CNRS - Faculte de Pharmacie, Paris, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France.,Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale, UMR 7263, CNRS, IRD, Université Aix-Marseille, Université Avignon, Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 7275, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Valbonne, France
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Verma RK, Yu W, Singh SP, Shankar S, Srivastava RK. Anthothecol-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles inhibit pancreatic cancer stem cell growth by modulating sonic hedgehog pathway. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015. [PMID: 26199979 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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UNLABELLED Anthothecol, a limonoid isolated from plant Khaya anthotheca (Meliaceae), is an antimalarial compound. The objectives of this study were to examine the molecular mechanisms by which anthothecol-encapsulated PLGA-nanoparticles (Antho-NPs) regulate the behavior of pancreatic cancer stem cells (CSCs). Antho-NPs inhibited cell proliferation and colony formation, and induced apoptosis in pancreatic CSCs and cancer cell lines, but had no effects on human normal pancreatic ductal epithelial cells. Antho-NPs inhibited self-renewal capacity of pancreatic CSCs isolated from human and Kras(G12D) mice. Furthermore, antho-NPs suppressed cell motility, migration and invasion by up-regulating E-cadherin and inhibiting N-cadherin and Zeb1. In addition, Antho-NPs inhibited pluripotency maintaining factors and stem cell markers, suggesting their inhibitory role on CSC population. Anthothecol disrupted binding of Gli to DNA, and inhibited Gli transcription and Gli target genes. Our studies establish preclinical significance of Antho-NPs for the treatment and/or prevention of pancreatic cancer. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR Despite medical advances, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains poor. The search for an effective treatment has been under intensive research for some time. In this article, the authors investigated the efficacy and mechanism of anthothecol (an antimalarial compound), encapsulated by PLGA nanoparticles (Antho-NPs), against pancreatic cancer cell lines. It was found that Antho-NPs acted via the Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and inhibited cancer stem cell growth. These results have provided important basis for further clinical trials.
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- Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Centre of Bioinformatics (IIDS), University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP, India
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- Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Missouri-School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Yimamumaimaitijiang•Abula, Li DW, Yi C, Li HJ. Functional significance of expression of Hedgehog pathway components Shh, Ptch1, Smo and Gli1 in human pancreatic cancer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2015; 23:2894-2900. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v23.i18.2894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To detect the expression of Hedgehog pathway components Sonic Hedgehog (Shh), Patched1 (Ptch1), Smoothened (Smo) and glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1 (Gli1) genes in pancreatic cancer, and to discuss their biological significance.
METHODS: Expression of Shh, Ptch1, Smo and Gli1 mRNAs was evaluated by RT-PCR in 48 cases of pancreatic cancer and matched tumor adjacent tissue.
RESULTS: The relative expression levels of Shh, Ptch1, Smo and Gli1 mRNAs in pancreatic cancer were 0.652 ± 0.036, 0.604 ± 0.063, 0.493 ± 0.011 and 0.512 ± 0.052, respectively, significantly higher than those in tumor adjacent tissue (0.312 ± 0.013, 0.319 ± 0.053, 0.214 ± 0.046 and 0.247 ± 0.059) (P < 0.05). Overexpression of these genes was associated with tumor differentiation (P < 0.05), but not with age, gender, tumorous size, TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, or CA19-9 (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSION: The expression of Shh, Ptch1, Smo and Gli1 is increased in human pancreatic cancer. The genesis and development of pancreatic cancer may be associated with the abnormal activation of Hedgehog signaling pathway.
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Pancreatic cancer is critical for developed countries, where its rate of diagnosis has been increasing steadily annually. In the past decade, the advances of pancreatic cancer research have not contributed to the decline in mortality rates from pancreatic cancer-the overall 5-year survival rate remains about 5% low. This number only underscores an obvious urgency for us to better understand the biological features of pancreatic carcinogenesis, to develop early detection methods, and to improve novel therapeutic treatments. To achieve these goals, animal modeling that faithfully recapitulates the whole process of human pancreatic cancer is central to making the advancements. In this review, we summarize the currently available animal models for pancreatic cancer and the advances in pancreatic cancer animal modeling. We compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of three major categories of these models: (1) carcinogen-induced; (2) xenograft and allograft; and (3) genetically engineered mouse models. We focus more on the genetically engineered mouse models, a category which has been rapidly expanded recently for their capacities to mimic human pancreatic cancer and metastasis, and highlight the combinations of these models with various newly developed strategies and cell-lineage labeling systems.
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- Wanglong Qiu
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave, ICRC 10-04, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave, ICRC 10-04, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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