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AbstractBackgroundAlthough the prognosis for most patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is good, the present treatment is ineffective for 5–10% patients. Several studies found sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors may inhibit the growth of tumors. However, whether SGLT2 inhibitors have therapeutic effect on thyroid cancer remains unclear.Materials and methodsThe levels of SGLT2 in PTC and normal thyroid tissue were assessed by immunohistochemistry and clinical dataset analysis. Cell growth was detected by the CCK-8 and colony formation. Glucose uptake into thyroid cancer cell was evaluated by 2-DG uptake assay. Glycolysis were analyzed by Seahorse XF Extracellular Flux Analysis. RNA-seq were used to screen differentially expressed genes of cells treated with/without canagliflozin (a SGLT2 inhibitor). Furthermore, flow cytometry, western blot, and gene set enrichment analysis were employed to elucidate cell cycle, apoptosis and the underlying mechanism of the anticancer effect of canagliflozin. The effect of canagliflozin on thyroid cancer growth was further confirmed in vivo through xenograft formation assay.ResultsSGLT2 inhibition attenuated the growth of thyroid cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Canagliflozin inhibited glucose uptake, glycolysis and AKT/mTOR signaling activation, and increased AMPK activation in thyroid cancer cell. Furthermore, canagliflozin inhibited G1/S phase transition and cyclin D1, cyclin D3, cyclin E1, cyclin E2, and E2F1 expression levels in thyroid cancer cell. In addition, canagliflozin increased apoptosis of thyroid cancer cell. Further investigation revealed that canagliflozin could increase γ-H2AX expression levels and DNA damage response signaling ATM/CHK2 activation. In thyroid cancer patients, SGLT2 was increased in thyroid cancer and positively related to cyclin D3.ConclusionsSGLT2 inhibition may limit glucose uptake resulting in energetic crisis, following oxidative stress mediated DNA damage and cell cycle arrest, which resulted to the increased cell apoptosis and decreased proliferation of thyroid cancer cells, suggesting a potential use for SGLT2 inhibitors as thyroid cancer therapeutics.
Funder
National Science Funding in China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cancer Research,Genetics,Oncology
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