BMP7 mediates the anticancer effect of honokiol by upregulating p53 in HCT116 cells

  • Authors:
    • Rong-Xing Liu
    • Wen-Yan Ren
    • Yan Ma
    • Yun-Peng Liao
    • Han Wang
    • Jia-Hui Zhu
    • Hai-Tao Jiang
    • Ke Wu
    • Bai-Cheng He
    • Wen-Juan Sun
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  • Published online on: July 21, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4078
  • Pages: 907-917
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Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death. Hence, there is a great need to explore new efficacious drugs for the treatment of CRC. Honokiol (HNK), a natural product extracted from magnolia bark, processes various biological activities, including anticancer. In this study, we introduced cell viability assay, western blotting, real-time PCR and immunofluorescent staining to determine the anticancer effect of HNK, and the possible mechanism underlying this biological process. We found that HNK can inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis in HCT116 cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. HNK activates p53 in HCT116 and other colon cancer cells. Exogenous p53 potentiates the anticancer of HNK, while p53 inhibitor decreases this effect of HNK. Moreover, HNK upregulates the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) in colon cancer cells; Exogenous BMP7 enhances the anticancer activity of HNK and BMP7 specific antibody reduces this effect of HNK. For mechanism, we found that HNK cannot increase the level of Smad1/5/8; Exogenous BMP7 potentiates the HNK-induced activation of p53. On the contrary, BMP7 specific antibody inhibits the HNK-induced activation of p53 in colon cancer cells and partly decreases the total level of p53. Our findings suggested that HNK may be a promising anticancer drug for CRC; activation of p53 plays an important role in the anticancer activity of HNK, which may be initialized partly by the HNK-induced upregulation of BMP7.
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Liu R, Ren W, Ma Y, Liao Y, Wang H, Zhu J, Jiang H, Wu K, He B, Sun W, Sun W, et al: BMP7 mediates the anticancer effect of honokiol by upregulating p53 in HCT116 cells. Int J Oncol 51: 907-917, 2017
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Liu, R., Ren, W., Ma, Y., Liao, Y., Wang, H., Zhu, J. ... Sun, W. (2017). BMP7 mediates the anticancer effect of honokiol by upregulating p53 in HCT116 cells. International Journal of Oncology, 51, 907-917. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4078
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Liu, R., Ren, W., Ma, Y., Liao, Y., Wang, H., Zhu, J., Jiang, H., Wu, K., He, B., Sun, W."BMP7 mediates the anticancer effect of honokiol by upregulating p53 in HCT116 cells". International Journal of Oncology 51.3 (2017): 907-917.
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Liu, R., Ren, W., Ma, Y., Liao, Y., Wang, H., Zhu, J., Jiang, H., Wu, K., He, B., Sun, W."BMP7 mediates the anticancer effect of honokiol by upregulating p53 in HCT116 cells". International Journal of Oncology 51, no. 3 (2017): 907-917. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4078