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Decursin inhibits cell growth and autophagic flux in gastric cancer via suppression of cathepsin C

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 1304-+

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E-CENTURY PUBLISHING CORP

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Autophagy; cell cycle; cathepsin C; decursin; gastric cancer; patient-derived gastric organoid

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  1. Chungnam National University
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2017R1D1A1B04034638, NRF-2017R1A5A2015385, NRF-2018M3A9H3023077]
  3. Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) - Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HR20C0025]

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Decursin inhibits cell growth and cell cycle progression in gastric cancer by blocking autophagic flux, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent for simultaneously inhibiting cell growth and autophagy.
Autophagy plays an important role in the survival of cancer cells under stressful conditions, such as nutrient or oxygen deficiency. Therefore, autophagy inhibition is being considered as a novel therapeutic strategy for cancer. Decursin is a natural compound derived from Angelica gigas; it has been used in the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. However, the mechanism by which decursin regulates autophagy in gastric cancer and other carcinomas remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that decursin reduced the growth and induced cell cycle arrest in gastric cancer cells in vitro. Decursin blocked autophagic flux by reducing the expression of lysosomal protein cathepsin C (CTSC) and attenuating its activity, thereby causing autophagic dysregulation (i.e., accumulation of LC3 and SQSTM1). Decursin also inhibited cell proliferation and cell cycle progression by inhibiting CTSC and E2F3, both of which were linked to gastric cancer aggressiveness. The antitumor effects of decursin were confirmed in vivo. We established spheroid and patient-derived organoid models and found that decursin decreased the growth of spheroids and patient-derived gastric organoids, as well as modulated the expression of CTSC and autophagyrelated proteins. Hence, our findings uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which decursin regulates cell growth and autophagy and suggests that decursin may act as a potential therapeutic agent that simultaneously inhibits cell growth and autophagy.

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