Differentiation-inducing factor-3 inhibits intestinal tumor growth in vitro and in vivo.
J Pharmacol Sci
; 127(4): 446-55, 2015 Apr.
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Differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) produced by Dictyostelium discoideum strongly inhibits the proliferation of various types of cancer cells by suppression of the Wnt/ß-catenin signal transduction pathway. In the present study, we examined the effect of differentiation-inducing factor-3 (DIF-3), a monochlorinated metabolite of DIF-1 that is also produced by D. discoideum, on human colon cancer cell lines HCT-116 and DLD-1. DIF-3 strongly inhibited cell proliferation by arresting the cell cycle at the G0/G1 phase. DIF-3 reduced the expression levels of cyclin D1 and c-Myc by facilitating their degradation via activation of GSK-3ß in a time and dose-dependent manner. In addition, DIF-3 suppressed the expression of T-cell factor 7-like 2, a key transcription factor in the Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway, thereby reducing the mRNA levels of cyclin D1 and c-Myc. Subsequently, we examined the in vivo effects of DIF-3 in Mutyh(-/-) mice with oxidative stress-induced intestinal cancers. Repeated oral administration of DIF-3 markedly reduced the number and size of cancers at a level comparable to that of DIF-1. These data suggest that DIF-3 inhibits intestinal cancer cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo, probably by mechanisms similar to those identified in DIF-1 actions, and that DIF-3 may be a potential novel anti-cancer agent.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias del Colon
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Proliferación Celular
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Hexanonas
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pharmacol Sci
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACOLOGIA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Japón