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Enhanced anticancer effect of oncostatin M combined with salinomycin in CD133+ HepG2 liver cancer cells.

Abstract：

:Oncostatin M (OSM) induces the differentiation of liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) and increases sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil, whereas salinomycin (Sal) induces apoptosis in cancer stem cells and inhibits the proliferation of liver cancer cells. However, there have been no studies investigating the anticancer effects of combination treatment with OSM and Sal. In the present study, we investigated the synergistic effects of OSM and Sal on LCSCs, the CD133+ subpopulations from HepG2 human liver cancer cells. CD133+ LCSCs were isolated using an immunomagnetic bead technique and identified through colony formation. After incubating with OSM and Sal, the ability of LCSC proliferation and invasion, as well as apoptosis rates were evaluated, and the expression of stemness-related genes was examined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Additionally, the secretion of α-fetoprotein (AFP) and albumin (ALB) were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Our results indicated that OSM combined with Sal significantly suppressed LCSC proliferation and invasion and induced apoptosis, as determined by flow cytometry and increases in cleaved caspase-3 levels detected by western blotting. The results of the JC-1 staining assay indicated that this effect involved the mitochondrial pathway. Moreover, combination treatment reduced the expression of CD133 in LCSCs and suppressed stemness-related gene expression. Furthermore, the LCSCs produced lower levels of AFP and higher levels of ALB following combination treatment. In all experiments, combination treatment elicited more efficient anticancer effects on LCSCs as compared with single-drug treatment; therefore, our results demonstrated that combined treatment with OSM and Sal inhibited proliferation and induced differentiation and apoptosis in LCSCs, suggesting combined use of OSM and Sal as a therapeutic strategy for liver cancer.

journal_name

Oncol Lett

journal_title

Oncology letters

authors

Fu C,Wang L,Tian G,Zhang C,Zhao Y,Xu H,Su M,Wang Y

doi

10.3892/ol.2018.9796

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-02-01 00:00:00

pages

1798-1806

issue

eissn

1792-1074

issn

1792-1082

pii

OL-0-0-9796

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Enhanced anticancer effect of oncostatin M combined with salinomycin in CD133+ HepG2 liver cancer cells.