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Eupatilin inhibits angiogenesis-mediated human hepatocellular metastasis by reducing MMP-2 and VEGF signaling

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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 28, Issue 19, Pages 3150-3154

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.08.034

Keywords

Eupatilin; Metastasis; HUVEC; MMPs; VEGF

Funding

  1. Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology Grant
  2. Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [2017R1C1B5015841]
  3. National Research Foundation of Korea [2017R1C1B5015841] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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Metastasis is responsible for the great majority of deaths in cancer patients. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have critical functions in cancer metastasis. Especially, MMP-2 and MMP-9 play a major role in tumor-cell migration and invasion. Therefore, to first find out the inhibitory effect of eupatilin on expression of MMPs in SNU182 cells, we used quantitative real-rime PCR to measure MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA levels. Eupatilin suppressed transcription of MMP-2 in SNU182 cells more than did the corresponding controls. Also, eupatilin significantly blocked tube formation when treated with a concentration of 3.125 or 6.25 mu g/mL on human umbilical vein vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs). Eupatilin induced significant anti-angiogenic potential associated with down-regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 alpha), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and phosphorylated Akt expression. Thus, tube-formation inhibition and MMP-2-mediated migration are likely to be important therapeutic targets of eupatilin in hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis.

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