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Cháirez-Ramírez MH, de la Cruz-López KG, García-Carrancá A. Polyphenols as Antitumor Agents Targeting Key Players in Cancer-Driving Signaling Pathways. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:710304. [PMID: 34744708 PMCID: PMC8565650 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.710304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Polyphenols constitute an important group of natural products that are traditionally associated with a wide range of bioactivities. These are usually found in low concentrations in natural products and are now available in nutraceuticals or dietary supplements. A group of polyphenols that include apigenin, quercetin, curcumin, resveratrol, EGCG, and kaempferol have been shown to regulate signaling pathways that are central for cancer development, progression, and metastasis. Here, we describe novel mechanistic insights on the effect of this group of polyphenols on key elements of the signaling pathways impacting cancer. We describe the protein modifications induced by these polyphenols and their effect on the central elements of several signaling pathways including PI3K, Akt, mTOR, RAS, and MAPK and particularly those affecting the tumor suppressor p53 protein. Modifications of p53 induced by these polyphenols regulate p53 gene expression and protein levels and posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, acetylation, and ubiquitination that influence stability, subcellular location, activation of new transcriptional targets, and the role of p53 in response to DNA damage, apoptosis control, cell- cycle regulation, senescence, and cell fate. Thus, deep understanding of the effects that polyphenols have on these key players in cancer-driving signaling pathways will certainly lead to better designed targeted therapies, with less toxicity for cancer treatment. The scope of this review centers on the regulation of key elements of cancer signaling pathways by the most studied polyphenols and highlights the importance of a profound understanding of these regulations in order to improve cancer treatment and control with natural products.
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- Manuel Humberto Cháirez-Ramírez
- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
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Chowdhury P, Jayroe JJ, White BE, Fenton ER. Effects of a natural polyphenol on nicotine-induced pancreatic cancer cell proliferation. Tob Induc Dis 2018; 16:50. [PMID: 31516447 PMCID: PMC6659559 DOI: 10.18332/tid/95159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Resveratrol (trans-3, 4’, 5-trihydroxystilbene), a phytoalexin derived from the skin of grapes and other fruits, has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Its anti-carcinogenic effects are closely associated with its antioxidant activity; thus, the use of resveratrol as a possible cancer chemo-preventive is considered to be an important area of investigation. In this study we have examined the inhibitory effects of resveratrol in nicotine induced proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells. METHODS Cultured AR42J cells were incubated with 100 μM nicotine for 3 min and with 100 μM resveratrol for 30 min, either alone or in combination. Proliferation assays were conducted for a period of 0 to 96 h in serum media, incubated with nicotine and resveratrol, and evaluated by MTT assay. Protein was measured in lysed cells and activation of MAPK signals was measured by western blot using purified p-ERK antibody. Co-localization of activated ERK signals was confirmed by FITC conjugated ERK antibody using immunofluorescence assay and confocal microscopy. Biomarker of lipid peroxidation was determined in cell lysates by malondialdehyde (MDA) bioassay. RESULTS Resveratrol significantly suppressed the nicotine-induced proliferation of acinar cells compared to untreated controls (p<0.05). Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) analysis revealed up-regulation of p-ERK expression by nicotine (p<0.05) that was suppressed significantly by resveratrol (p<0.05). Co-localization of activated ERK signals was confirmed by FITC conjugated ERK antibody, and this response was reduced significantly by resveratrol. Nicotine-induced malondialdehyde formation was also suppressed by resveratrol (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that resveratrol suppressed nicotine-induced AR42J cell proliferation. The proliferation of AR42J cells by nicotine is associated with activation of MAPK signals and induction of protein oxidation. Resveratrol suppressed lipid peroxidation and P-ERK activated signals induced by nicotine. We conclude that resveratrol acts as an effective antioxidant in reversing the nicotine induced pancreatic cancer cell proliferation.
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- Parimal Chowdhury
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States
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- University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), Little Rock, United States
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States
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Dang N, Meng X, Song H. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and cancer. Biomed Rep 2016; 4:515-518. [PMID: 27123240 PMCID: PMC4840641 DOI: 10.3892/br.2016.625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Nicotine, the primary addictive constituent of cigarettes, is believed to contribute to cancer promotion and progression through the activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), which are membrane ligand-gated cation channels. nAChRs activation can be triggered by the neurotransmitter Ach, or certain other biological compounds, such as nicotine. In recent years, genome-wide association studies have indicated that allelic variation in the α5-α3-β4 nAChR cluster on chromosome 15q24-15q25.1 is associated with lung cancer risk. The role of nAChRs in other types of cancer has also been reported. The present review highlights the role of nAChRs in types of human cancer.
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- Ningning Dang
- Department of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250013, P.R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250013, P.R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250013, P.R. China
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The Role of nAChR and Calcium Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Initiation and Progression. Cancers (Basel) 2015; 7:1447-71. [PMID: 26264026 PMCID: PMC4586778 DOI: 10.3390/cancers7030845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pancreatic cancer shows a strong correlation with smoking and the current therapeutic strategies have been relatively ineffective in improving the survival of patients. Efforts have been made over the past many years to understand the molecular events that drive the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer, especially in the context of smoking. It has become clear that components of tobacco smoke not only initiate these cancers, especially pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) through their mutagenic properties, but can also promote the growth and metastasis of these tumors by stimulating cell proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Studies in cell culture systems, animal models and human samples have shown that nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) activation enhances these tumor-promoting events by channeling signaling through multiple pathways. In this context, signaling through calcium channels appear to facilitate pancreatic cancer growth by itself or downstream of nAChRs. This review article highlights the role of nAChR downstream signaling events and calcium signaling in the growth, metastasis as well as drug resistance of pancreatic cancer.
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Ma X, Jia Y, Zu S, Li R, Jia Y, Zhao Y, Xiao D, Dang N, Wang Y. Alpha5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates nicotine-induced HIF-1α and VEGF expression in non-small cell lung cancer. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2014; 278:172-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Kang CY, Wang J, Axell-House D, Soni P, Chu ML, Chipitsyna G, Sarosiek K, Sendecki J, Hyslop T, Al-Zoubi M, Yeo CJ, Arafat HA. Clinical significance of serum COL6A3 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg 2014; 18:7-15. [PMID: 24002763 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2326-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Type VI collagen (COL6) forms a microfibrillar network often associated with type I collagen and constitutes a major component of the desmoplastic reaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). We have demonstrated recently that the α3 chain of COL6, COL6A3, is highly expressed in PDA tissue and undergoes tumor-specific alternative splicing. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic value and clinical significance of circulating COL6A3 protein and mRNA in PDA. COL6A3 levels in sera from patients with PDA (n = 44), benign lesions (n = 46) and age-matched healthy volunteers (n = 30) were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Predictive abilities of COL6A3 were examined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves from logistic regression models for PDA versus normal or benign serum levels. Expression levels were correlated with clinicopathological parameters. Real-time PCR was used to analyze the presence of COL6A3 mRNA containing alternative spliced exons E3, E4, and E6. Circulating COL6A3 protein levels were significantly elevated in PDA patients when compared to healthy sera (p = 0.0001) and benign lesions (p = 0.0035). The overall area under the ROC was 0.975. Log(COL6A3) alone provided good discrimination between PDA and benign lesions (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.817), but combined with CA19-9 provided excellent discrimination (AUC = 0.904). Interestingly, high COL6A3 serum levels were significantly associated with perineural invasion and cigarette smoking. Combined E3, E4, and E6 serum RNA values provided good sensitivity but low specificity. Our data demonstrate for the first time the potential clinical significance of circulating COL6A3 in the diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy.
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- Christopher Y Kang
- Departments of Surgery and the Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary &Related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut St, Suite 618 Curtis, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA
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Chowdhury P, Udupa KB. Effect of nicotine on exocytotic pancreatic secretory response: role of calcium signaling. Tob Induc Dis 2013; 11:1. [PMID: 23327436 PMCID: PMC3554538 DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-11-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Nicotine is a risk factor for pancreatitis resulting in loss of pancreatic enzyme secretion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mechanisms of nicotine-induced secretory response measured in primary pancreatic acinar cells isolated from Male Sprague Dawley rats. The study examines the role of calcium signaling in the mechanism of the enhanced secretory response observed with nicotine exposure. Methods Isolated and purified pancreatic acinar cells were subjected to a nicotine exposure at a dose of 100 μM for 6 minutes and then stimulated with cholecystokinin (CCK) for 30 min. The cell’s secretory response was measured by the percent of amylase released from the cells in the incubation medium Calcium receptor antagonists, inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptor blockers, mitogen activated protein kinase inhibitors and specific nicotinic receptor antagonists were used to confirm the involvement of calcium in this process. Results Nicotine exposure induced enhanced secretory response in primary cells. These responses remained unaffected by mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK’s) inhibitors. The effects, however, have been completely abolished by nicotinic receptor antagonist, calcium channel receptor antagonists and inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptor blockers. Conclusions The data suggest that calcium activated events regulating the exocytotic secretion are affected by nicotine as shown by enhanced functional response which is inhibited by specific antagonists… The results implicate the role of nicotine in the mobilization of both intra- and extracellular calcium in the regulation of stimulus-secretory response of enzyme secretion in this cell system. We conclude that nicotine plays an important role in promoting enhanced calcium levels inside the acinar cell.
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- Parimal Chowdhury
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, 4301 W Markham Street, Little Rock, 72205, Arkansas.
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Pelissier-Rota M, Lainé M, Ducarouge B, Bonaz B, Jacquier-Sarlin M. Role of Cholinergic Receptors in Colorectal Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Implications of Vagus Nerve Stimulation? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.46128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wang Q, Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Xiao W. Activation of uPAR is required for cigarette smoke extract-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung epithelial cells. Oncol Res 2013; 21:295-305. [PMID: 25198659 DOI: 10.3727/096504014x13946388749036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for lung cancer, which may contribute to lung cancer invasion and metastasis. However, the mechanism remains unclear. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical phenotypic alteration of cells that triggers invasion and metastasis. The urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) is originally thought to assist the directional invasion of migrating cells, and increasing evidences show that overexpression of uPAR in cancer cells promotes EMT. Therefore, we intend to study the role of uPAR in cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced EMT in lung epithelial cells. In this study, we showed that lung epithelial cells cultured after CSE treatment demonstrated changes consistent with EMT. E-cadherin was decreased, while vimentin, N-cadherin, and α-SMA expression was increased in both A549 and BEAS-2B cells. Cells acquired a mesenchymal-like morphology and increased cell motility and invasion. In addition, CSE-induced EMT was accompanied by increased expression of uPAR and activation of AKT downstream of uPAR. CSE-induced EMT and activation of AKT were blocked by uPAR gene silencing. Antagonizing PI3K also inhibits development of CSE-induced EMT. We conclude that CSE can induce EMT, and the activity of uPAR-dependent signal pathway in EMT is recapitulated in lung epithelial cells in vitro.
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- Qin Wang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
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Shi D, Guo W, Chen W, Fu L, Wang J, Tian Y, Xiao X, Kang T, Huang W, Deng W. Nicotine promotes proliferation of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by regulating α7AChR, ERK, HIF-1α and VEGF/PEDF signaling. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43898. [PMID: 22952803 PMCID: PMC3432052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Nicotine, the major component in cigarette smoke, can promote tumor growth and angiogenesis, but the precise mechanisms involved remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the mechanism of action of nicotine in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells. Nicotine significantly promoted cell proliferation in a dose and time-dependent manner in human NPC cells. The mechanism studies showed that the observed stimulation of proliferation was accompanied by the nicotine-mediated simultaneous modulation of α7AChR, HIF-1α, ERK and VEGF/PEDF signaling. Treatment of NPC cells with nicotine markedly upregulated the expression of α7AChR and HIF-1α proteins. Transfection with a α7AChR or HIF-1α-specific siRNA or a α7AChR-selective inhibitor significantly attenuated the nicotine-mediated promotion of NPC cell proliferation. Nicotine also promoted the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 but not JNK and p38 proteins, thereby induced the activation of ERK/MAPK signaling pathway. Pretreatment with an ERK-selective inhibitor effectively reduced the nicotine-induced proliferation of NPC cells. Moreover, nicotine upregulated the expression of VEGF but suppressed the expression of PEDF at mRNA and protein levels, leading to a significant increase of the ratio of VEGF/PEDF in NPC cells. Pretreatment with a α7AChR or ERK-selective inhibitor or transfection with a HIF-1α-specific siRNA in NPC cells significantly inhibited the nicotine-induced HIF-1α expression and VEGF/PEDF ratio. These results therefore indicate that nicotine promotes proliferation of human NPC cells in vitro through simultaneous modulation of α7AChR, HIF-1α, ERK and VEGF/PEDF signaling and suggest that the related molecules such as HIF-1α might be the potential therapeutic targets for tobacco-associated diseases such as nasopharyngeal carcinomas.
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- Dingbo Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Targeted Therapy Drug of Guangdong, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Targeted Therapy Drug of Guangdong, Guangzhou, China
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Wittel UA, Momi N, Seifert G, Wiech T, Hopt UT, Batra SK. The pathobiological impact of cigarette smoke on pancreatic cancer development (review). Int J Oncol 2012; 41:5-14. [PMID: 22446714 PMCID: PMC3589138 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite extensive efforts, pancreatic cancer remains incurable. Most risk factors, such as genetic disposition, metabolic diseases or chronic pancreatitis cannot be influenced. By contrast, cigarette smoking, an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer, can be controlled. Despite the epidemiological evidence of the detrimental effects of cigarette smoking with regard to pancreatic cancer development and its unique property of being influenceable, our understanding of cigarette smoke-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis is limited. Current data on cigarette smoke-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis indicate multifactorial events that are triggered by nicotine, which is the major pharmacologically active constituent of tobacco smoke. In addition to nicotine, a vast number of carcinogens have the potential to reach the pancreatic gland, where they are metabolized, in some instances to even more toxic compounds. These metabolic events are not restricted to pancreatic ductal cells. Several studies show that acinar cells are also greatly affected. Furthermore, pancreatic cancer progenitor cells do not only derive from the ductal epithelial lineage, but also from acinar cells. This sheds new light on cigarette smoke-induced acinar cell damage. On this background, our objective is to outline a multifactorial model of tobacco smoke-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis.
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- Uwe A Wittel
- Department of General- and Visceral Surgery, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Momi N, Kaur S, Ponnusamy MP, Kumar S, Wittel UA, Batra SK. Interplay between smoking-induced genotoxicity and altered signaling in pancreatic carcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis 2012; 33:1617-28. [PMID: 22623649 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Despite continuous research efforts directed at early diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer (PC), the status of patients affected by this deadly malignancy remains dismal. Its notoriety with regard to lack of early diagnosis and resistance to the current chemotherapeutics is due to accumulating signaling abnormalities. Hoarding experimental and epidemiological evidences have established a direct correlation between cigarette smoking and PC risk. The cancer initiating/promoting nature of cigarette smoke can be attributed to its various constituents including nicotine, which is the major psychoactive component, and several other toxic constituents, such as nitrosamines, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These predominant smoke-constituents initiate a series of oncogenic events facilitating epigenetic alterations, self-sufficiency in growth signals, evasion of apoptosis, sustained angiogenesis, and metastasis. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning these events is crucial for the prevention and therapeutic intervention against PC. This review presents various interconnected signal transduction cascades, the smoking-mediated genotoxicity, and genetic polymorphisms influencing the susceptibility for smoking-mediated PC development by modulating pivotal biological aspects such as cell defense/tumor suppression, inflammation, DNA repair, as well as tobacco-carcinogen metabolization. Additionally, it provides a large perspective toward tumor biology and the therapeutic approaches against PC by targeting one or several steps of smoking-mediated signaling cascades.
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- Navneet Momi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5870, USA
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Nishioka T, Kim HS, Luo LY, Huang Y, Guo J, Chen CY. Sensitization of epithelial growth factor receptors by nicotine exposure to promote breast cancer cell growth. Breast Cancer Res 2011; 13:R113. [PMID: 22085699 PMCID: PMC3326555 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Revised: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Tobacco smoke is known to be the main cause of lung, head and neck tumors. Recently, evidence for an increasing breast cancer risk associated with tobacco smoke exposure has been emerging. We and other groups have shown that nicotine, as a non-conventional carcinogen, has the potential to facilitate cancer genesis and progression. However, the underlying mechanisms by which the smoke affects the breast, rather than the lung, remain unclear. Here, we examine possible downstream signaling pathways of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and their role in breast cancer promotion. Methods Using human benign MCF10A and malignant MDA-MB-231 breast cells and specific inhibitors of possible downstream kinases, we identified nAChR effectors that were activated by treatment with nicotine. We further tested the effects of these effector pathways on the regulation of E2F1 activation, cell cycle progression and on Bcl-2 expression and long-term cell survival. Results In this study, we demonstrated a novel signaling mechanism by which nicotine exposure activated Src to sensitize epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mediated pathways for breast cancer cell growth promotion. After the ligation of nAChR with nicotine, EGFR was shown to be activated and then internalized in both MCF10A and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Subsequently, Src, Akt and ERK1/2 were phosphorylated at different time points following nicotine treatment. We further demonstrated that through Src, the ligation of nicotine with nAChR stimulated the EGFR/ERK1/2 pathway for the activation of E2F1 and further cell progression. Our data also showed that Akt functioned directly downstream of Src and was responsible for the increase of Bcl-2 expression and long-term cell survival. Conclusions Our study reveals the existence of a potential, regulatory network governed by the interaction of nicotine and nAChR that integrates the conventional, mitogenic Src and EGFR signals for breast cancer development.
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- Takashi Nishioka
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 00215, USA
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Nicotine overrides DNA damage-induced G1/S restriction in lung cells. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18619. [PMID: 21559516 PMCID: PMC3084701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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As an addictive substance, nicotine has been suggested to facilitate pro-survival activities (such as anchorage-independent growth or angiogenesis) and the establishment of drug resistance to anticancer therapy. Tobacco smoking consists of a variety of carcinogens [such as benzopyrene (BP) and nitrosamine derivatives] that are able to cause DNA double strand breaks. However, the effect of nicotine on DNA damage-induced checkpoint response induced by genotoxins remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the events occurred during G(1) arrest induced by γ-radiation or BP in nicotine-treated murine or human lung epithelial cells. DNA synthesis was rapidly inhibited after exposure to γ-radiation or BP treatment, accompanied with the activation of DNA damage checkpoint. When these cells were co-treated with nicotine, the growth restriction was compromised, manifested by upregulation of cyclin D and A, and attenuation of Chk2 phosphorylation. Knockdown of cyclin D or Chk2 by the siRNAs blocked nicotine-mediated effect on DNA damage checkpoint activation. However, nicotine treatment appeared to play no role in nocodazole-induced mitotic checkpoint activation. Overall, our study presented a novel observation, in which nicotine is able to override DNA damage checkpoint activated by tobacco-related carcinogen BP or γ-irradiation. The results not only indicates the potentially important role of nicotine in facilitating the establishment of genetic instability to promote lung tumorigenesis, but also warrants a dismal prognosis for cancer patients who are smokers, heavily exposed second-hand smokers or nicotine users.
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Epigenetic effects and molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis induced by cigarette smoke: an overview. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2011; 2011:654931. [PMID: 21559255 PMCID: PMC3087891 DOI: 10.1155/2011/654931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cigarette smoking is one of the major causes of carcinogenesis. Direct genotoxicity induced by cigarette smoke leads to initiation of carcinogenesis. Nongenotoxic (epigenetic) effects of cigarette smoke also act as modulators altering cellular functions. These two effects underlie the mechanisms of tumor promotion and progression. While there is no lack of general reviews on the genotoxic and carcinogenic potentials of cigarette smoke in lung carcinogenesis, updated review on the epigenetic effects and molecular mechanisms of cigarette smoke and carcinogenesis, not limited to lung, is lacking. We are presenting a comprehensive review of recent investigations on cigarette smoke, with special attentions to nicotine, NNK, and PAHs. The current understanding on their molecular mechanisms include (1) receptors, (2) cell cycle regulators, (3) signaling pathways, (4) apoptosis mediators, (5) angiogenic factors, and (6) invasive and metastasis mediators. This review highlighted the complexity biological responses to cigarette smoke components and their involvements in tumorigenesis.
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Nishioka T, Guo J, Yamamoto D, Chen L, Huppi P, Chen CY. Nicotine, through upregulating pro-survival signaling, cooperates with NNK to promote transformation. J Cell Biochem 2010; 109:152-61. [PMID: 19911375 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cigarette smoking is a mixture of thousands of compounds, many of which are carcinogens, such as NNK [4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone]. Nicotine, as an addictive substance in cigarette, has been shown to promote growth of non-neuronal cells. It is unclear how nicotine cooperates with tobacco-related carcinogens during tumorigenesis. Here, by concurrent treatment of nicotine and NNK, we investigate the effect of the cooperation of these two compounds on cell growth and apoptosis in various different lung epithelial (RLE) or cancer (LKR) cells. We demonstrated that short-term nicotine exposure moderately activated mitogenic signaling pathways (such as PKC, ERK, and Akt) and a mediocre protection against cisplatin-mediated apoptosis. In contrast, NNK strongly stimulated mitogenic signaling and rendered the cells a high resistance to cisplatin. The pre-ligation of nAChR by nicotine interfered with NNK-mediated mitogenic signaling and resistance to cisplatin, the magnitude of which was similar as that exposed to nicotine alone. Interestingly, a week after the exposure to nicotine or nicotine plus NNK, Bcl-2 expression was augmented, accompanied with the increased resistance to cisplatin-induced apoptosis. In comparison, long-term NNK treatment provided very little protection of the cells from cisplatin. We also showed that the combination treatment promoted more cells to grow in an anchorage-independent fashion than NNK exposure alone. Thus, the data suggest that through occupying nAChR, nicotine appears to modulate NNK-mediated signaling and persistently sustain pro-survival activities to promote transformation.
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- Takashi Nishioka
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Rodella LF, Filippini F, Bonomini F, Bresciani R, Reiter RJ, Rezzani R. Beneficial effects of melatonin on nicotine-induced vasculopathy. J Pineal Res 2010; 48:126-32. [PMID: 20050989 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2009.00735.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Tobacco smoking is responsible for death of many people each year and increases the risk of developing numerous disorders, particularly cardiovascular disease and cancer. Among the components of cigarette smoke, nicotine is known to excert proatherosclerotic, prothrombotic and proangiogenic effects on vascular endothelial cells. The current study was designed to investigate the mechanisms by which nicotine induces endothelial dysfunction and further to examine whether melatonin protects against nicotine-induced vasculopathy. Four groups of male rats (controls, melatonin-treated, nicotine treated [100 microg/mL in drinking water], and nicotine plus melatonin [5 mg/kg/day] treated) were used in this study. After 28 days all the animals were killed by decapitation and the aorta was removed. We evaluated the hydroxyproline content, and the different expression of proteins involved in several types of stress (ERK1/2), in fibrosis (TGF-beta1, NF-kappaB) and in recruitment of circulating leukocytes onto the vessel wall, including intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1). These metabolic pathways are important in the development of nicotine-induced atherosclerosis and hypertension. Our results show that nicotine induces marked structural and functional alterations in the aorta. Nicotine receptor binding results in activation and phosphorylation of ERK 1/2. This enzyme, in turn, activates both TGF-beta1 and NF-kappaB; they stimulate respectively the synthesis of type I collagen, responsible of fibrosis, and moreover ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and reactive oxygen species. Based on these findings, melatonin is able to minimize the negative effects of nicotine by blocking the activation of ERK and the other signalling pathways in which this enzyme is involved.
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- L F Rodella
- Division of Human Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Chipitsyna G, Gong Q, Anandanadesan R, Alnajar A, Batra SK, Wittel UA, Cullen DM, Akhter MP, Denhardt DT, Yeo CJ, Arafat HA. Induction of osteopontin expression by nicotine and cigarette smoke in the pancreas and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Int J Cancer 2009; 125:276-85. [PMID: 19358273 PMCID: PMC4465299 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal disease with etiological association with cigarette smoking. Nicotine, an important component of cigarettes, exists at high concentrations in the bloodstream of smokers. Osteopontin (OPN) is a secreted phosphoprotein that confers on cancer cells a migratory phenotype and activates signaling pathways that induce cell survival, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. Here, we investigated the potential molecular basis of nicotine's role in PDA through studying its effect on OPN. Nicotine significantly (p < 0.02) increased OPN mRNA and protein secretion in PDA cells through activation of the OPN gene promoter. The OPN mRNA induction was inhibited by the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, mechamylamine. Further, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein inhibited the nicotine-mediated induction of OPN, suggesting that mitogen activated protein kinase signaling mechanism is involved. Nicotine activated the phosphorylation of ERK1/2, but not p38 or c-Jun NH2-terminal MAP kinases. Inhibition of ERK1/2 activation reduced the nicotine-induced OPN synthesis. Rats exposed to cigarette smoke showed a dose-dependent increase in pancreatic OPN that paralleled the rise of pancreatic and plasma nicotine levels. Analysis of cancer tissue from invasive PDA patients, the majority of whom were smokers, showed the presence of significant amounts of OPN in the malignant ducts and the surrounding pancreatic acini. Our data suggest that nicotine may contribute to PDA pathogenesis through upregulation of OPN. They provide the first insight into a nicotine-initiated signal transduction pathway that regulates OPN as a possible tumorigenic mechanism in PDA.
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- Galina Chipitsyna
- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary & related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Airoldi L, Magagnotti C, Iannuzzi AR, Marelli C, Bagnati R, Pastorelli R, Colombi A, Santaguida S, Chiabrando C, Schiarea S, Fanelli R. Effects of cigarette smoking on the human urinary proteome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 381:397-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dasgupta P, Rizwani W, Pillai S, Kinkade R, Kovacs M, Rastogi S, Banerjee S, Carless M, Kim E, Coppola D, Haura E, Chellappan S. Nicotine induces cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in a variety of human cancer cell lines. Int J Cancer 2009; 124:36-45. [PMID: 18844224 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cigarette smoking is strongly correlated with the onset of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nicotine, an active component of cigarettes, has been found to induce proliferation of lung cancer cell lines. In addition, nicotine can induce angiogenesis and confer resistance to apoptosis. All these events are mediated through the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) on lung cancer cells. In this study, we demonstrate that nicotine can promote anchorage-independent growth in NSCLCs. In addition, nicotine also induces morphological changes characteristic of a migratory, invasive phenotype in NSCLCs on collagen gel. These morphological changes were similar to those induced by the promigratory growth factor VEGF. The proinvasive effects of nicotine were mediated by alpha7-nAChRs on NSCLCs. RT-PCR analysis showed that the alpha7-nAChRs were also expressed on human breast cancer and pancreatic cancer cell lines. Nicotine was found to promote proliferation and invasion in human breast cancer. The proinvasive effects of nicotine were mediated via a nAChR, Src and calcium-dependent signaling pathway in breast cancer cells. In a similar fashion, nicotine could also induce proliferation and invasion of Aspc1 pancreatic cancer cells. Most importantly, nicotine could induce changes in gene expression consistent with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), characterized by reduction of epithelial markers like E-cadherin expression, ZO-1 staining and concomitant increase in levels of mesenchymal proteins like vimentin and fibronectin in human breast and lung cancer cells. Therefore, it is probable that the ability of nicotine to induce invasion and EMT may contribute to the progression of breast and lung cancers.
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- Piyali Dasgupta
- Drug Discovery Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Bose C, Udupa KB. Erythropoietin enhancement of rat pancreatic tumor cell proliferation requires the activation of ERK and JNK signals. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008; 295:C394-405. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00423.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Erythropoietin (EPO) regulates the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid cells by binding to its specific transmembrane receptor EPOR. Recent studies, however, have shown that the EPOR is additionally present in various cancer cells and EPO induces the proliferation of these cells, suggesting a different function for EPO other than erythropoiesis. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine EPOR expression and the role of EPO in the proliferation and signaling cascades involved in this process, using the rat pancreatic tumor cell line AR42J. Our results showed that AR42J cells expressed EPOR, and EPO significantly enhanced their proliferation. Cell cycle analysis of EPO-treated cells indicated an increased percentage of cells in the S phase, whereas cell numbers in G0/G1 phase were significantly reduced. Phosphorylation of extracellular regulatory kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and c-Jun NH2terminal kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2) was rapidly stimulated and sustained after EPO addition. Treatment of cells with mitogen-activated protein/ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD98059 or JNK inhibitor SP600125 significantly inhibited EPO-enhanced proliferation and also increased the fraction of cells in G0/G1 phase. Furthermore, the inhibition of JNK using small interference RNA (siRNA) suppressed EPO-enhanced proliferation of AR42J cells. Taken together, our results indicate that AR42J cells express EPOR and that the activation of both ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 by EPO is essential in regulating proliferation and the cell cycle. Thus both appear to play a key role in EPO-enhanced proliferation and suggest that the presence of both is required for EPO-mediated proliferation of AR42J cells.
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Walker A, Udupa KB, Chowdhury P. Mitogenic and functional responses by nicotine and hydrogen peroxide in AR42J cells: a comparative study. Tob Induc Dis 2008; 4:5. [PMID: 18822160 PMCID: PMC2556029 DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-4-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the oxidative effects of nicotine by examining the mitogenic and functional responses in AR42J cells. As a control and for comparison, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used as a source of known oxidative biomarker. Responses were examined by determining cell proliferation through the activation of ERK signaling, basal and CCK-stimulated cell function and measuring lipid peroxidation. AR42J cells have been exposed to either a non-cytotoxic dose of 20 muM H2O2 for 15 min or to 100 muM of nicotine for 3 min respectively. Nicotine and H2O2 at these dose and time intervals produced similar levels of malondialdyde (MDA) production and p-ERK1/2 activation. Immunofluorescence studies employing specific antibody to p-ERK1/2 confirmed the latter. Nicotine-induced increase in the proliferation of AR42J cells was significantly higher in comparison to H2O2 exposed cells. CCK-stimulated cell function induced by nicotine was significantly higher in AR42J cells as compared to the response by H2O2. These results suggest that nicotine- induced mitogenic and functional response in AR42J cells are associated with ERK signaling and increase in reactive oxygen species production. The data suggests that nicotine-induced mitogenic response in AR42J cells closely identifies the response induced by an oxidative biomarker.
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- Azida Walker
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
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Chowdhury P, Walker A. A cell-based approach to study changes in the pancreas following nicotine exposure in an animal model of injury. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2008; 393:547-55. [PMID: 18204935 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-007-0267-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is a recognized risk factor for the induction of pancreatic diseases and is suspected to play a major role in the development of pancreatic cancer in smokers. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was designed to characterize the mechanisms of nicotine-induced injury to the pancreas. AR42Jcells, a stable mutant pancreatic tumor cell line, was chosen for the study because of its stability in culture media and also because of its known secretory capacity, which is like that of a normal pancreatic acinar cell. It is hypothesized that nicotine-induced effects on the pancreas are triggered by oxidative stress induced in pancreatic acinar cell via oxidative stress signaling pathways. RESULTS The results from our study showed that, in vitro, nicotine induced generation of oxygen free radicals measured as malondialdehyde, an end product of lipid peroxidation. Treatment of AR42J cells with nicotine induced p-ERK 1/2 activation as confirmed by Western blot and immunofluorescence imaging of cytoplasmic localization of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signals. Nicotine enhanced AR42J cell proliferation and cholecystokinin-stimulated amylase release in AR42J cells. These effects of nicotine were confirmed by simultaneous studies conducted on the same cells by hydrogen peroxide, a known oxidative biomarker. Allopurinol, a XOD inhibitor, suppressed these effects induced by nicotine and H(2)O(2) with the exception that cholecystokinin-stimulated amylase release by H(2)O(2) remained unaltered when AR42J cells were preincubated with allopurinol. These results suggest that nicotine-induced effects on pancreatic acinar cells were associated with generation of oxyradical mediated via the XOD pathway. The results have a direct impact on cell proliferation, MAPK signaling, and acinar cell function. CONCLUSION We conclude that nicotine induces oxidative stress in pancreatic acinar cells and that these events trigger pathophysiological changes in the pancreas, leading to increased cell proliferation and injury.
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- Parimal Chowdhury
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Zhang Q, Tang X, Zhang ZF, Velikina R, Shi S, Le AD. Nicotine induces hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha expression in human lung cancer cells via nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated signaling pathways. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:4686-94. [PMID: 17699846 PMCID: PMC4166418 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE Nicotine, the major component in cigarette smoke, can promote tumor growth and angiogenesis in various cancers, including lung cancer. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) is overexpressed in human lung cancers, particularly in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC), and is closely associated with an advanced tumor grade, increased angiogenesis, and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of nicotine on the expression of HIF-1alpha and its downstream target gene, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in human lung cancer cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Human NSCLC cell lines A549 and H157 were treated with nicotine and examined for expression of HIF-1alpha and VEGF using Western blot or ELISA. Loss of HIF-1alpha function using specific small interfering RNA was used to determine whether HIF-1alpha is directly involved in nicotine-induced tumor angiogenic activities, including VEGF expression, cancer cell migration, and invasion. RESULTS Nicotine increased HIF-1alpha and VEGF expression in NSCLC cells. Pharmacologically blocking nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated signaling cascades, including the Ca2+/calmodulin, c-Src, protein kinase C, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and the mammalian target of rapamycin pathways, significantly attenuated nicotine-induced up-regulation of HIF-1alpha protein. Functionally, nicotine potently stimulated in vitro tumor angiogenesis by promoting tumor cell migration and invasion. These proangiogenic and invasive effects were partially abrogated by treatment with small interfering RNA specific for HIF-1alpha. CONCLUSION These findings identify novel mechanisms by which nicotine promotes tumor angiogenesis and metastasis and provide further evidences that HIF-1alpha is a potential anticancer target in nicotine-associated lung cancer.
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- Qunzhou Zhang
- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; Los Angeles, California
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; Los Angeles, California
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; Los Angeles, California
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Rengifo-Cam W, Umar S, Sarkar S, Singh P. Antiapoptotic effects of progastrin on pancreatic cancer cells are mediated by sustained activation of nuclear factor-{kappa}B. Cancer Res 2007; 67:7266-74. [PMID: 17671195 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-1206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Progastrin (PG) exerts proliferative and antiapoptotic effects on intestinal epithelial and colon cancer cells via Annexin II (ANX-II). In here, we show that ANX-II similarly mediates proliferative and antiapoptotic effects of PG on a pancreatic cancer cell line, AR42J. The role of several signaling molecules was examined in delineating the biological activity of PG. PG (0.1-1.0 nmol/L) caused a significant increase (2- to 5-fold) in the phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), Akt (Thr(308)), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK; Thr(180)/Tyr(182)), extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK; Thr(202)/Tyr(204)), IkappaB kinase alpha/beta (IKKalpha/beta; Ser(176)/(180)), IkappaBalpha (Ser(32)), and p65 nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB; Ser(536)). Inhibition of p44/42 ERKs (PD98059), p38 MAPK (SB203580), Akt, and PI3K (LY294002), individually or combined, partially reversed antiapoptotic effects of PG. The kinetics of phosphorylation of IKKalpha/beta in response to PG matched the kinetics of phosphorylation and degradation of IkappaBalpha and correlated with phosphorylation, nuclear translocation, and activation of p65 NF-kappaB. NF-kappaB essential modulator-binding domain peptide (an inhibitor of IKKalpha/beta) effectively blocked the activity of p65 NF-kappaB in response to PG. Activation of p65 NF-kappaB, in response to PG, was 70% to 80% dependent on phosphorylation of MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt molecules. Down-regulation of p65 NF-kappaB by specific small interfering RNA resulted in the loss of antiapoptotic effects of PG on AR42J cells. These studies show for the first time that the canonical pathway of activation of p65 NF-kappaB mediates antiapoptotic effects of PG. Therefore, targeting PG and/or p65 NF-kappaB may be useful for treating cancers, which are dependent on autocrine or circulating PGs for their growth.
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- William Rengifo-Cam
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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McGilligan VE, Wallace JMW, Heavey PM, Ridley DL, Rowland IR. The effect of nicotine in vitro on the integrity of tight junctions in Caco-2 cell monolayers. Food Chem Toxicol 2007; 45:1593-8. [PMID: 17399881 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ulcerative colitis is characterised by impairment of the epithelial barrier and tight junction alterations resulting in increased intestinal permeability. UC is less common in smokers with smoking reported to decrease paracellular permeability. The aim of this study was thus to determine the effect of nicotine, the major constituent in cigarettes and its metabolites on the integrity of tight junctions in Caco-2 cell monolayers. The integrity of Caco-2 tight junctions was analysed by measuring the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and by tracing the flux of the fluorescent marker fluorescein, after treatment with various concentrations of nicotine or nicotine metabolites over 48 h. TER was significantly higher compared to the control for all concentrations of nicotine 0.01-10 microM at 48 h (p<0.001), and for 0.01 microM (p<0.001) and 0.1 microM and 10 microM nicotine (p < 0.01) at 12 and 24 h. The fluorescein flux results supported those of the TER assay. TER readings for all nicotine metabolites tested were also higher at 24 and 48 h only (p < or = 0.01). Western blot analysis demonstrated that nicotine up-regulated the expression of the tight junction proteins occludin and claudin-1 (p < or = 0.01). Overall, it appears that nicotine and its metabolites, at concentrations corresponding to those reported in the blood of smokers, can significantly improve tight junction integrity, and thus, decrease epithelial gut permeability. We have shown that in vitro, nicotine appears more potent than its metabolites in decreasing epithelial gut permeability. We speculate that this enhanced gut barrier may be the result of increased expression of claudin-1 and occludin proteins, which are associated with the formation of tight junctions. These findings may help explain the mechanism of action of nicotine treatment and indeed smoking in reducing epithelial gut permeability.
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- V E McGilligan
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK
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Chowdhury P, Bose C, Udupa KB. Nicotine-induced proliferation of isolated rat pancreatic acinar cells: effect on cell signalling and function. Cell Prolif 2007; 40:125-41. [PMID: 17227300 PMCID: PMC6496628 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2007.00418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the current study was to investigate whether nicotine treatment would induce the proliferation of isolated rat primary pancreatic acinar cells in culture by activating mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling and exocrine secretion. MATERIALS AND METHODS A nicotine dose- and time-response curve was initially developed to determine the optimal dose and time used for all subsequent studies. Proliferation studies were conducted by cell counting and confirmed further by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation and flow cytometry assays. MAPK signalling studies were conducted by Western blot analysis. Localization of ERK1/2 signals, with or without nicotine and the MAPK inhibitor, was visualized by immunofluorescence. RESULTS Nicotine treatment caused dose-dependent activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2), the maxima occurring at 100 micro m and at 3 min after treatment; the response was suppressed by the ERK1/2 inhibitor. Maximal nicotine-induced cell proliferation occurred at 24 h, and UO126-treatment significantly reduced this response. Exposure of cells to 100 microm nicotine for 6 min significantly enhanced both baseline and cholecystokinin-stimulated cell function, and these effects were not affected by treatment with the inhibitor of ERK1/2 but were suppressed by mecamylamine, a nicotinic receptor antagonist. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that nicotine treatment induced cell proliferation of isolated pancreatic acinar cells and that this is coupled with the activation of MAPK signalling with no effect on its function. Hence, in primary cells, the mechanism of induction and regulation of these two processes, cell proliferation and cell function, by nicotine treatment are independent of each other.
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- P Chowdhury
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Cell proliferation is an important process in life for growth of normal and cancer cells. The signal transduction pathways activated during this process are strictly regulated. This editorial focuses on the role of nicotine, a mitogen, in the induction of signaling pathways resulting in proliferation of pancreatic tumor cells and compares these events with those in normal acinar cells isolated from the rat pancreas. The data shows striking similarities between these two cellular systems. In addition, the editorial reviews very recent literature of the contribution of MAPK signaling in cell lines associated with human diseases. A prospective cellular model of nicotine induced activation of MAPK cascade is presented.
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- Parimal Chowdhury
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, United States.
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Chen ZB, Liu C, Chen FQ, Li SY, Liang Q, Liu LY. Effects of tobacco-specific carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) on the activation of ERK1/2 MAP kinases and the proliferation of human mammary epithelial cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 22:283-291. [PMID: 21783722 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 04/16/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cigarette smoking is a risk factor in the developing of various cancers including breast tumors. There are more than 60 chemical carcinogens in the cigarette smoke; 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) being one of the strongest tobacco-specific carcinogens. In this study, we demonstrated that NNK rapidly activated ERK1 and ERK2 MAP kinases and stimulated proliferation in human normal mammary epithelial cells. MEK1/2 specific inhibitor UO126 completely blocked NNK-induced ERK1/2 activation and cell proliferation, whereas nicotinic receptor nAchR antagonist mecamylamine partially and the selective α(7)-nAchR antagonist α-bungarotoxin essentially inhibited the NNK-induced ERK1/2 activation and cell proliferation. Surprisingly, receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein, the selective β(1)-adrenergic antagonist atenolol, and the selective β(2)-adrenergic antagonist ICI118.551 had a strong inhibitory effect on ERK1/2 activation and cell proliferation induced by NNK. These results suggest that there are at least two different routes in activating ERK1/2 by NNK. One is through nicotinic receptor α(7)-nAchR to MEK1/2; the other is from β(1)/β(2)-adrenergic transactivation of tyrosine kinase containing receptor(s) to MEK1/2. In human cancer mammary epithelial cell lines, we found that ERK MAPK signaling pathway was deregulated: (1) ERK1/2 was constitutively activated at various levels; (2) ERK1/2 was further significantly activated in response to NNK induction; (3) UO126 partially or totally failed to inhibit ERK1/2 activation induced by NNK; (4) The expression levels of ERK1/2 in the cancer cell lines were much higher than those in the normal mammary epithelial cells. The tobacco-specific carcinogen NNK showed a strong proliferative effect on human normal and cancer mammary epithelial cells; the proliferation multitudes of these cells are well correlated with the activation levels of ERK1/2 MAP kinases.
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- Zhi-Bo Chen
- College of Life Science, Jilin Univercity, Chang Chun 130023, PR China; College of Life Science and Engineering, Qiqihar Univercity, Qiqihar 161000, PR China
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent investigations into the regulation of pancreatic acinar cell function have led to a more detailed understanding of the mechanisms regulating digestive enzyme synthesis and secretion. This review identifies and puts into context those articles which further our understanding in this area. RECENT FINDINGS The secretagogue receptors present on acinar cells, especially muscarinic and cholecystokinin, have been better identified and characterized. The complex control of intracellular Ca by intracellular messengers such as inositol trisphosphate, cellular ion pumps and membrane channels has become more clearly understood, including the identification of organelles sequestering intracellular Ca. In the area of Ca driven exocytosis, progress has been made in understanding the proteins present on the zymogen granules, especially Rabs and SNARE proteins, and the dynamic changes in actin filaments. Secretagogues have also been shown to enhance the translation of new protein by activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway. Finally, considerable progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms regulating pancreatic growth in response to nutrients and following pancreatectomy or pancreatitis. SUMMARY Understanding the mechanisms that regulate pancreatic acinar cell function is contributing to our knowledge of normal pancreatic function and alterations in diseases such as pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- John A Williams
- Departments of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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