Inhibition of IL-6/STAT3 signaling in human cancer cells using Evista

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Persistent activation of IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway has been frequently detected in human cancer including breast cancer, colon cancer and multiple myeloma. IL-6/STAT3 can be a promising target for cancer prevent and treatment. However, few STAT3 inhibitors with high efficiency, specificity and safety is available for present clinical cancer therapy. Evista (Raloxifene·HCl) is known as selective estrogen receptor modulator which has been used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and was approved for reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer. Our previous study found that Raloxifene inhibited IL-6/GP130 interaction, resulting in blockade of STAT3 phosphorylation. In our present study, we examined the effect on IL-6/GP130/STAT3 signaling pathway and cancer cell viability with Evista. We first demonstrated Evista inhibited constitutive activation of STAT3 in breast cancer cell line MDB-MB-231, colon cancer cell line HCT116 and multiple myeloma cancer cell line U266. Evista also inhibited phosphorylation of STAT3 induced by IL-6 in MCF-7, HT29 and MM.1S cancer cell lines. Induction of apoptosis was exerted in MDA-MB-231, HCT116 and U266 as evidenced by increased caspase-3 cleavage. However, Evista did not inhibit STAT1, STAT2, STAT4 or STAT6 phosphorylation elicited by IFN-α, IFN-γ and IL-4, nor phosphorylation of STAT3 induced by LIF in MCF-7 cell lines. Evista attenuated STAT3 phosphorylation, decreased STAT3 transcriptional activity but much less in pGL3 and AP1 transcriptional luciferase activity, and decreased cell viability in vitro. These results suggest that it may be possible for Evista to emerge as a chemoprevention agent for breast cancer and other cancers such as colon cancer or multiple myeoloma by targeting IL-6/STAT3 signaling.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:491

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 491(2017), 1 vom: 09. Sept., Seite 159-165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Miaomiao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yina [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tianshu [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Cuntai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chenglong [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jiayuh [VerfasserIn]
Li, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Jiagao [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Li [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4F86W47BR6
Antineoplastic Agents
Breast cancer
Colon cancer
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Multiple myeloma
Raloxifene
Raloxifene Hydrochloride
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
STAT3
STAT3 Transcription Factor
STAT3 protein, human

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Date Completed 22.08.2017

Date Revised 29.11.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.067

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273872451