Curcumin Inhibits Vasculogenic Mimicry Via Regulating ETS-1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma

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BACKGROUND: Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) poses a huge challenge once it has become resistant to targeted therapy. Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is a novel blood supply system formed by tumor cells that can circumvent molecular targeted therapies. As one of the herbal remedies, curcumin has been demonstrated to play antineoplastic effects in many different types of human cancers; however, its function and mechanism of targeting VM in RCC remains unknown.

OBJECTIVE: Here, in the work, we explored the role of curcumin and its molecular mechanism in the regulation of VM formation in RCC.

METHODS: RNA-sequencing analysis, immunoblotting, and immunohistochemistry were used to detect E Twenty Six-1(ETS-1), vascular endothelial Cadherin (VE-Cadherin), and matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9) expressions in RCC cells and tissues. RNA sequencing was used to screen the differential expressed genes. Plasmid transfections were used to transiently knock down or overexpress ETS-1. VM formation was determined by tube formation assay and animal experiments. CD31-PAS double staining was used to label the VM channels in patients and xenograft samples.

RESULTS: Our results demonstrated that VM was positively correlated with RCC grades and stages using clinical patient samples. Curcumin inhibited VM formation in dose and time-dependent manner in vitro. Using RNA-sequencing analysis, we discovered ETS-1 as a potential transcriptional factor regulating VM formation. Knocking down or overexpression of ETS-1 decreased or increased the VM formation, respectively and regulated the expression of VE-Cadherin and MMP9. Curcumin could inhibit VM formation by suppressing ETS-1, VE-Cadherin, and MMP9 expression both in vitro and in vivo.

CONCLUSION: Our finding might indicate that curcumin could inhibit VM by regulating ETS-1, VE-Cadherin, and MMP9 expression in RCC cell lines. Curcumin could be considered as a potential anti-cancer compound by inhibiting VM in RCC progression.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Current cancer drug targets - (2024) vom: 30. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chong, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tianjie [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinyang [VerfasserIn]
He, Dalin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Guodong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Curcumin
ETS-1
Journal Article
MMP9.
Metastasis
Renal cell carcinoma
VE-Cadherin
Vasculogenic mimicry

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Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.2174/0115680096277126240102060617

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NLM367887029