Emodin inhibits epithelial to mesenchymal transition in epithelial ovarian cancer cells by regulation of GSK-3β/β-catenin/ZEB1 signaling pathway.

Abstract:

:Emodin (EMO) has been shown to possess pleiotropic anticancer capabilities in many types of cancer, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Inhibitory efficacy of EMO on EOC invasion and migration was previously observed, however, the underlying mechanisms have not been completely elucidated. The present study is aimed to explore the mechanisms. Transwell assay demonstrated that EMO significantly inhibited A2780 and SK-OV-3 cell invasion. Western blot analysis was performed to detect the expression levels of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related markers. We found that EMO treatment dose-dependently upregulated E-cadherin, keratin and downregulated N-cadherin, vimentin, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) to repress EMT. Mechanistically, EMO could inhibit glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) phosphorylation, decrease total β-catenin protein levels and subsequently downregulate transcription factor zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) expression. These effects of EMO were weakened when the cells were pretreated with SB216763, an inhibitor of GSK-3β kinase. Besides, we utilized small interfering RNA (siRNA) to downregulate ZEB1 expression. We found that treatment of ZEB1-knockdown cells with EMO, ZEB1 levels were lowest and cell invasion was weakest but ZEB1 knockdown had no effect on the expression of phospho-Ser9-GSK-3β (p-GSK-3βSer9), β-catenin. In conclusion, our results suggested that EMO inhibited EOC cell invasion by regulation of GSK-3β/β-catenin/ZEB1 signaling pathway to suppress EMT in vitro.

journal_name

Oncol Rep

journal_title

Oncology reports

authors

Hu C,Dong T,Li R,Lu J,Wei X,Liu P

doi

10.3892/or.2016.4591

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-04-01 00:00:00

pages

2027-34

issue

4

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1021-335X

issn

1791-2431

journal_volume

35

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