Antihypertensive drug telmisartan suppresses the proliferation of gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies diagnosed worldwide. Telmisartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), suppresses the proliferation of cancer cells and the growth of tumors through an unknown mechanism. To identify the mechanism, the present study was designed to evaluate the effects of telmisartan on gastric cancer cell lines and tumors in vitro and in vivo and the associated signaling molecules were identified. It was shown here that telmisartan suppressed the proliferation of the cultured human gastric cancer cell lines MKN74, MKN1 and MKN45 as detected in the CCK‑8 assay. In a mouse xenograft model of gastric cancer, telmisartan suppressed tumor growth by arresting the cell cycle at the G0/G1 phase through inhibition of the expression of cyclin D1, the catalytic subunit of cyclin dependent kinase 4 (CDK4), as well as the phosphorylation of the tumor suppressor retinoblastoma (pRb) protein as detected by western blotting. Notably, telmisartan did not induce apoptosis, as indicated by consistent levels of caspase‑cleaved keratin 18 in MKN74 cells. Furthermore, telmisartan inhibited the phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and increased the levels of the angiogenesis‑related protein tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase‑1 (TIMP‑1). Analyses of microarrays revealed that telmisartan altered the expression of miRNAs in MKN74 cells. In conclusion, telmisartan suppressed the proliferation of human gastric cancer cells by inducing cell cycle arrest.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Oncology reports - 44(2020), 1 vom: 24. Juli, Seite 339-348

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fujita, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Iwama, Hisakazu [VerfasserIn]
Kobara, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Fujihara, Shintaro [VerfasserIn]
Chiyo, Taiga [VerfasserIn]
Namima, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Yamana, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Kono, Toshiaki [VerfasserIn]
Takuma, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Hirata, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Kiyoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Kiyohito [VerfasserIn]
Kamada, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Morishita, Asahiro [VerfasserIn]
Tsutsui, Kunihiko [VerfasserIn]
Himoto, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Okano, Keiichi [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Yasuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Masaki, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

136601-57-5
Angiogenesis
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker
CCND1 protein, human
CDK4 protein, human
Cell cycle arrest
Cyclin
Cyclin D1
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
EC 2.7.11.22
Gastric cancer
Journal Article
MicroRNA
MicroRNAs
Receptor tyrosine kinase
Retinoblastoma Protein
Telmisartan
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Date Completed 09.03.2021

Date Revised 22.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3892/or.2020.7607

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312047444