期刊
ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 162, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab211
关键词
uterine leiomyoma; Wnt/beta-catenin pathway; simvastatin; therapeutics
资金
- NIH [1R01HD094380]
The study revealed that simvastatin significantly reduced the expression of Wnt4 and LRP5 in leiomyoma cells, as well as decreasing the levels of total beta-catenin and nonphosphorylated beta-catenin. Simvastatin also inhibited the effects of estrogen and progesterone on the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, as well as the expression of c-Myc. These results suggest that simvastatin may have a beneficial effect on uterine leiomyoma by suppressing the overactive Wnt/beta-catenin pathway.
The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is upregulated in uterine leiomyomas, the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive tract. Simvastatin is an antihyperlipidemic drug, and previous in vitro and in vivo reports showed that it may have therapeutic effects in treating leiomyomas. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of simvastatin on the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway in leiomyoma. We treated primary and immortalized human leiomyoma cells with simvastatin and examined its effects using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunocytochemistry. We also examined the effects using human leiomyoma tissues from an ongoing randomized controlled trial in which women with symptomatic leiomyoma received simvastatin (40 mg) or placebo for 3 months prior to their surgery. The results of this study revealed that simvastatin significantly reduced the expression of Wnt4 and its co-receptor LRP5. After simvastatin treatment, levels of total beta-catenin and its active form, nonphosphorylated beta-catenin, were reduced in both cell types. Additionally, simvastatin reduced the expression of Wnt4 and total beta-catenin, as well as nonphosphorylated beta-catenin protein expression in response to estrogen and progesterone. Simvastatin also inhibited the expression of c-Myc, a downstream target of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. The effect of simvastatin on nonphosphorylated-beta-catenin, the key regulator of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, was recapitulated in human leiomyoma tissue. These results suggest that simvastatin may have a beneficial effect on uterine leiomyoma through suppressing the overactive Wnt/beta-catenin pathway.
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