PUBLICATION
Anti-Invasion and Antiangiogenic Effects of Stellettin B through Inhibition of the Akt/Girdin Signaling Pathway and VEGF in Glioblastoma Cells
- Authors
- Cheng, S.Y., Chen, N.F., Lin, P.Y., Su, J.H., Chen, B.H., Kuo, H.M., Sung, C.S., Sung, P.J., Wen, Z.H., Chen, W.F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190217-1
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Cancers 11(2): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Girdin, VEGF, angiogenesis, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), invasion, stellettin B
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 30769863 Full text @ Cancers
Citation
Cheng, S.Y., Chen, N.F., Lin, P.Y., Su, J.H., Chen, B.H., Kuo, H.M., Sung, C.S., Sung, P.J., Wen, Z.H., Chen, W.F. (2019) Anti-Invasion and Antiangiogenic Effects of Stellettin B through Inhibition of the Akt/Girdin Signaling Pathway and VEGF in Glioblastoma Cells. Cancers. 11(2).
Abstract
Angiogenesis and invasion are highly related with tumor metastatic potential and recurrence prediction in the most aggressive brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). For the first time, this study reveals that marine-sponge-derived stellettin B reduces angiogenesis and invasion. We discovered that stellettin B reduces migration of glioblastoma cells by scratch wound healing assay and invasion via chamber transwell assay. Further, stellettin B downregulates Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (Akt/mTOR) and Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) signaling pathways, which are essential for invasion and angiogenesis in glioblastoma. This study further demonstrates that stellettin B affects filamentous actin (F-actin) rearrangement by decreasing the cross-linkage of phosphor-Girdin (p-Girdin), which attenuates glioblastoma cell invasion. Moreover, stellettin B blocks the expression and secretion of a major proangiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in glioblastoma cells. Stellettin B also reduces angiogenic tubule formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). In vivo, we observed that stellettin B decreased blood vesicle formation in developmental zebrafish and suppressed angiogenesis in Matrigel plug transplant assay in mice. Decreased VEGF transcriptional expression was also found in stellettin B⁻treated zebrafish embryos. Overall, we conclude that stellettin B might be a potential antiangiogenic and anti-invasion agent for future development of therapeutic agents for cancer therapy.
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