Affiliation:
1. Gastrointestinal Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong, PR China
2. First Clinical Medical Institute, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong, PR China
Abstract
Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) affects the development and progression of most malignant tumors by regulating autophagy. The GR gene is not expressed in colon cancer. To explore the role and mechanism of GR in colon cancer, dexamethasone (DXM) was used to stimulate the expression of GR.
The expression of the autophagy markers Beclin 1 (BECN1) and light chain 3 (LC3B) was then detected by qRT-PCR and western blotting. The effects of the differential expression of GR on autophagy, ATP, lactic acid accumulation, and glucose utilization in colon cancer cells were studied. Differential
expression of GR affected glycolysis, apoptosis, and migration of colon cancer cells, as determined by flow cytometry and cell viability and migration assays, respectively. The DXM-induced elevation of GR expression significantly promoted the expression of the autophagy-related genes BECN1
and LC3B, and decreased the ATP production, lactic acid accumulation, and glucose uptake in colon cancer cells. These events resulted in the inhibition of colon cancer cell growth, which also involved decreased cell viability and mobility and increased rate of apoptosis. These findings indicate
that the GR can promote autophagy and inhibit glycolysis in colon cancer cells, reduce their proliferation and migration, and promote their apoptosis in vitro.
Publisher
American Scientific Publishers
Subject
General Materials Science
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