Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Šafárik University, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
2. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences, P.J. Šafárik University, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Abstract
Despite the decreasing trend in mortality from colorectal cancer, this disease still remains the third most common cause of death from cancer. In the present study, we investigated the antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of (2S,3S,4R)-2-tridecylpyrrolidine-3,4-diol hydrochloride on colon cancer cells (Caco-2 and HCT116). The antiproliferative effect and IC50 values were determined by the MTT and BrdU assays. Flow cytometry, qRT-PCR and Western blot were used to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the induction of apoptotic pathways. Colon cancer cell migration was monitored by the scratch assay. Concentration-dependent cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects on both cell lines, with IC50 values of 3.2 ± 0.1 μmol/L (MTT) vs. 6.46 ± 2.84 μmol/L (BrdU) for HCT116 and 2.17 ± 1.5 μmol/L (MTT) vs. 1.59 ± 0.72 μmol/L (BrdU), for Caco-2 were observed. The results showed that tridecylpyrrolidine-induced apoptosis was associated with the externalization of phosphatidylserine, reduced mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) accompanied by the activation of casp-3/7, the cleavage of PARP and casp-8, the overexpression of TNF-α and FasL and the dysregulation of Bcl-2 family proteins. Inhibition of the migration of treated cells across the wound area was detected. Taken together, our data show that the anticancer effects of tridecylpyrrolidine analogues in colon cancer cells are mediated by antiproliferative activity, the induction of both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways and the inhibition of cell migration.
Funder
Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure
Slovak Grant Agency for Science
Slovak Research and Development Agency
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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