NF-κB increased expression of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 4 promotes HepG2 proliferation via inactivating estradiol

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises in a setting of chronic inflammation induced by inflammatory cytokines, such as nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB). HCC is a male-predominant cancer that can be attenuated by estradiol (E2) in vitro and in vivo. Although 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 4 (HSD17B4) has been implicated as an estradiol-inactivating enzyme, and its promoter sequence contains two putative NF-κB elements: it is currently unknown whether HSD17B4 is the link between inflammation, estradiol and proliferation in hepatoma cells. In this study, HepG2 cells were used to investigate the role of HSD17B4 in the proliferation of liver cancer cells treated with the NF-κB activator, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), with the inhibitor of NF-κB activation, pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC), or with a related specific siRNA. We demonstrated that the human HSD17B4 gene is a target for NF-κB activation in inflammation-stimulated HepG2 cells. HSD17B4 is up-regulated via the binding of activated NF-κB to the distal NF-κB-responsive element via TNF-α stimulation, which then promotes cell proliferation by decreasing the levels of E2 and enhancing the expression of interleukin 6 (IL-6), cyclin D1 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCAN). These results from HepG2 cells are consistent with the observation that HSD17B4 is highly expressed and activated NF-κB is highly co-localized with the NF-κB-responsive element of HSD17B4 in liver tumor tissues from HCC patients. Our findings indicate for the first time that HSD17B4 plays an important role in aggravated HCC progression and provides a novel therapeutic target for HCC..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:401

Enthalten in:

Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 401(2015), Seite 1-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Panpan [Sonstige Person]
Shi, Yun [Sonstige Person]
Yao, Min [Sonstige Person]
Hou, Lianguo [Sonstige Person]
Zhang, Pingping [Sonstige Person]
Jiang, Lingling [Sonstige Person]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

BKL:

44.89

Themen:

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - genetics
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - metabolism
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology
Cell Proliferation - drug effects
Cyclin D1 - metabolism
Estradiol - metabolism
Interleukin-6 - metabolism
Liver Neoplasms - genetics
Liver Neoplasms - metabolism
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
NF-kappa B - metabolism
Peroxisomal Multifunctional Protein-2 - genetics
Peroxisomal Multifunctional Protein-2 - metabolism
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen - metabolism
Proline - analogs & derivatives
Proline - pharmacology
Thiocarbamates - pharmacology
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - pharmacology

doi:

10.1016/j.mce.2014.11.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1966351380