期刊
MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
卷 12, 期 6, 页码 7963-7970出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4477
关键词
WIN55; 212-2; hepatocellular carcinoma; migration; cell cycle; cannabinoid
资金
- National Science Foundation of China [81372466]
- International Conference on Transcriptomics, undergraduate and graduate training innovation project of Guangdong province [2014JGXM-MS20,2014JGXM-MS20]
- Guangzhou Municipality Bureau of Education [11A033]
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide; however, only limited therapeutic treatments are currently available. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cannabinoids as novel therapeutic targets in HCC. In addition, the mechanism underlying the effects of a synthetic cannabinoid, WIN55, 212-2, on the BEL7402 HCC cell line was investigated. The results demonstrated that WIN55, 212-2 induced cell cycle arrest of the BEL7402 cells at the G0/G1 phase via can nabinoid receptor 2 (CB2)-mediated down regulation of phosphorylated-extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK)1/2, upregulation of p27, and downregulation of cyclin D1 and cyclin-dependent kinase 4. Furthermore, inhibition of CB2 with the CB2 antagonist AM630 abrogated WIN55, 212-2-induced cell cycle arrest. Inhibition of ERK1/2 also resulted in cell cycle dysregulation and cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, which subsequently resulted in cell growth inhibition. In addition, the present study detected a significant reduction in matrix metalloproteinase-9, retinoblastoma protein and E2F1 expression, and migration inhibition by WIN treatment. These results suggested that cannabinoid receptor agonists, including WIN, may be considered as novel therapeutics for the treatment of HCC.
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