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Int J Mol Sci ; 21(8)2020 Apr 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32290394

ABSTRACT

Psd1 is a pea plant defensin which can be actively expressed in Pichia pastoris and shows broad antifungal activity. This activity is dependent on fungal membrane glucosylceramide (GlcCer), which is also important for its internalization, nuclear localization, and endoreduplication. Certain cancer cells present a lipid metabolism imbalance resulting in the overexpression of GlcCer in their membrane. In this work, in vitroassays using B16F10 cells showed that labeled fluorescein isothiocyanate FITC-Psd1 internalized into live cultured cells and targeted the nucleus, which underwent fragmentation, exhibiting approximately 60% of cells in the sub-G0/G1 stage. This phenomenon was dependent on GlcCer, and the participation of cyclin-F was suggested. In a murine lung metastatic melanoma model, intravenous injection of Psd1 together with B16F10 cells drastically reduced the number of nodules at concentrations above 0.5 mg/kg. Additionally, the administration of 1 mg/kg Psd1 decreased the number of lung inflammatory cells to near zero without weight loss, unlike animals that received melanoma cells only. It is worth noting that 1 mg/kg Psd1 alone did not provoke inflammation in lung tissue or weight or vital signal losses over 21 days, inferring no whole animal cytotoxicity. These results suggest that Psd1 could be a promising prototype for human lung anti-metastatic melanoma therapy.


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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology , Defensins/pharmacology , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Lung Neoplasms/secondary , Pisum sativum/chemistry , Plant Proteins/pharmacology , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemistry , Apoptosis/drug effects , Biopsy , Cell Line , Cell Membrane Permeability , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Defensins/chemistry , Disease Models, Animal , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Glucosylceramides/metabolism , Immunohistochemistry , Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy , Melanoma, Experimental , Mice , Models, Molecular , Plant Proteins/chemistry , Protein Conformation , Structure-Activity Relationship
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