Author:
Forkasiewicz Agata,Stach Wojciech,Wierzbicki Jaroslaw,Stach Kamilla,Tabola Renata,Hryniewicz-Jankowska Anita,Augoff Katarzyna
Abstract
Cell migration is an essential part of the complex and multistep process that is the development of cancer, a disease that is the second most common cause of death in humans. An important factor promoting the migration of cancer cells is TNF-α, a pro-inflammatory cytokine that, among its many biological functions, also plays a major role in mediating the expression of MMP9, one of the key regulators of cancer cell migration. It is also known that TNF-α is able to induce the Warburg effect in some cells by increasing glucose uptake and enhancing the expression and activity of lactate dehydrogenase subunit A (LDHA). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the interrelationship between the TNF-α-induced promigratory activity of cancer cells and their glucose metabolism status, using esophageal cancer cells as an example. By inhibiting LDHA activity with sodium oxamate (SO, also known as aminooxoacetic acid sodium salt or oxamic acid sodium salt) or siRNA-mediated gene silencing, we found using wound healing assay and gelatin zymography that LDHA downregulation impairs TNF-α-dependent tumor cell migration and significantly reduces TNF-α-induced MMP9 expression. These effects were associated with disturbances in the activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, as we observed by Western blotting. We also reveal that in esophageal cancer cells, SO effectively reduces the production of lactic acid, which, as we have shown, synergizes the stimulating effect of TNF-α on MMP9 expression. In conclusion, our findings identified LDHA as a regulator of TNF-α-induced cell migration in esophageal cancer cells by the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, suggesting that LDHA inhibitors that limit the migration of cancer cells caused by the inflammatory process may be considered as an adjunct to standard therapy in esophageal cancer patients.
Funder
Ministry of Health, Poland
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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