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Cardamonin Suppresses TGF-beta1-Induced Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition via Restoring Protein Phosphatase 2A Expression
Biomolecules & Therapeutics ; : 141-148, 2015.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-104381
ABSTRACT
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the first step in metastasis and implicated in the phenotype of cancer stem cells. Therefore, understanding and controlling EMT, are essential to the prevention and cure of metastasis. In the present study, we examined, by Western blot, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and confocal microscopy, the effects of cardamonin (CDN) on transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1)-induced EMT of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. TGF-beta1 induced expression of N-cadherin and decreased expression of E-cadherin. CDN suppressed N-cadherin expression and restored E-cadherin expression. Further, TGF-beta1 induced migration and invasion of A549 cancer cells, which was suppressed by CDN. TGF-beta1 induced c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation during EMT, but CDN blocked it. Protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A) expression in A549 cancer cells was reduced by TGF-beta1 but CDN restored it. The overall data suggested that CDN suppresses TGF-beta1-induced EMT via PP2A restoration, making it a potential new drug candidate that controls metastasis.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Phenotype / Neoplastic Stem Cells / Adenocarcinoma / Cadherins / Cell Line / Blotting, Western / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Microscopy, Confocal / JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Reverse Transcription Language: English Journal: Biomolecules & Therapeutics Year: 2015 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Phenotype / Neoplastic Stem Cells / Adenocarcinoma / Cadherins / Cell Line / Blotting, Western / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Microscopy, Confocal / JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Reverse Transcription Language: English Journal: Biomolecules & Therapeutics Year: 2015 Type: Article