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CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 2297-2307Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000447922
Keywords
Melatonin; Osteosarcoma; ERK1/2; Cell cycle
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- Program for Young Excellent Talents in Tongji University [1507219028]
- General Program from Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau [20134212]
- Training Program for Young Excellent Medical Talents of Pudong New Area Health System [PWRq2013-15]
- Shanghai Medical Key Subject Construction Project [ZK2012A28]
- National Clinical Key Specialty Construction Project
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Background: In a previous study, we found that melatonin inhibits MG-63 osteosarcoma cell proliferation; however, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and Akt signaling pathways play key roles in the anticancer effects of melatonin. Aims: The present study investigated whether MAPK and Akt signaling pathways are involved in melatonin's antiproliferative actions on the human MG-63 osteosarcoma cells. Methods/Results: Western blot analysis confirmed that melatonin significantly inhibited phosphorylation of ERK1/2 but not p38, JNK, or Akt. The expression of ERK1/2, p38, JNK, and Akt was not altered by melatonin. PD98059 and melatonin alone, and especially in combination, significantly inhibited cell proliferation. The changes included G1 and G2/M phase arrest of the cell cycle, and a downregulation of the expression at both the protein and mRNA levels of cyclin D1 and CDK4 (related to the G1 phase) and of cyclin B1 and CDK1 (related to the G(2)/M phase) as measured by flow cytometry after propidium iodide staining, and both western blot and real-time PCR, respectively. Furthermore, the combination of PD98059 and melatonin synergistically and markedly augmented the action of either agent alone. Co-immunoprecipitation further confirmed that there was an interaction between p-ERK1/2 and cyclin D1, CDK4, cyclin B1, or CDK1, which was blunted in the presence of melatonin or PD98059. Conclusion: These findings suggest that melatonin's antiproliferative action is mediated by inhibition of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway rather than the p38, JNK, or Akt pathways. (C) 2016 The Author( s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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