期刊
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 14-22出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.12.024
关键词
POMC; Melanoma; Apoptosis; ROS; NADPH oxidase; Free radicals
资金
- National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC 100-2325-B-110-002-MY3]
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan [MF-DLC 98029S4, MF-DLC 99053S4]
- National Sun Yat-Sen University
- Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- University of Melbourne
- NHMRC
- Ansell Ophthalmology Foundation
- Graduate Program in Marine Biotechnology
Hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment triggers differential signaling pathways for tumor survival. In this study, we characterize the involvement of hypoxia and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in the antineoplastic mechanism of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene delivery in a mouse B16-F10 melanoma model in vivo and in vitro. Histological analysis revealed increased TUNEL-positive cells and enhanced hypoxic activities in melanoma treated with adenovirus encoding POMC (Ad-POMC) but not control vector. Because the apoptotic cells were detected mainly in regions distant from blood vessels, it was hypothesized that POMC therapy might render melanoma cells vulnerable to hypoxic insult. Using a hypoxic chamber or cobalt chloride (CoCl2), we showed that POMC gene delivery elicited apoptosis and caspase-3 activation in cultured B16-F10 cells only under hypoxic conditions. The apoptosis induced by POMC gene delivery was associated with elevated ROS generation in vitro and in vivo. Blocking ROS generation using the antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine abolished the apoptosis and caspase-3 activities induced by POMC gene delivery and hypoxia. We further showed that POMC-derived melanocortins, including alpha-MSH, beta-MSH, and ACTH, but not gamma-MSH, contributed to POMC-induced apoptosis and ROS generation during hypoxia. To elucidate the source of ROS generation, application of the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium attenuated alpha-MSH-induced apoptosis and ROS generation, implicating the proapoptotic role of NADPH' oxidase in POMC action. Of the NADPH oxidase isoforms, only Nox4 was expressed in B16-F10 cells, and Nox4 was also elevated in Ad-POMC-treated melanoma tissues. Silencing Nox4 gene expression with Nox4 siRNA suppressed the stimulatory effect of a-MSH-induced ROS generation and cell apoptosis during hypoxia. In summary, we demonstrate that POMC gene delivery suppressed melanoma growth by inducing apoptosis, which was at least partly dependent on Nox4 upregulation. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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