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Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation

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    • Shinwan Kany
    • Mathias Woschek
    • Niels Kneip
    • Ramona Sturm
    • Miriam Kalbitz
    • Marc Hanschen
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    Affiliations: Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Department of Orthopedic Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, D-89081 Ulm, Germany, Department of Trauma Surgery, Technical University Munich, D-81675 Munich, Germany
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Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the leading primary bone cancer in young adults and exhibits high chemoresistance rates. Therefore, characterization of both alternative treatment options and the underlying mechanisms is essential. Simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, has among its pleiotropic effects anticancer potential. Characterizing this potential and the underlying mechanisms in osteosarcoma is the subject of the present study. Human osteosarcoma cells (SaOS-2 and U2OS) were treated with simvastatin (4-66 µM) for 48 or 72 h. The effects of downstream substrate mevalonate (MA) or substrates for isoprenylation farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) and geranylgeranyl-pyrophosphate (GGPP) were evaluated using add-back experiments. Tumour growth using MTT assay, apoptosis, cell cycle and signalling cascades involved in simvastatin-induced manipulation were analysed. The results revealed that simvastatin dose-dependently inhibited cell growth. Simvastatin significantly induced apoptosis, increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, and cleavage of caspase-3 and PARP protein. Simvastatin impaired cell cycle progression as shown by significantly increased percentages of cells in the G0/G1 phase and lower percentages of cells in the S phase. Gene expression levels of cell cycle-regulating genes (TP53, CDKN1A and CDK1) were markedly altered. These effects were not completely abolished by FPP, but were reversed by MA and GGPP. JNK and c-Jun phosphorylation was enhanced after simvastatin treatment, while those were abolished when either MA or GGPP were added. In conclusion, simvastatin acts primarily by reducing prenylation to induce apoptosis and reduce osteosarcoma cell growth. Particularly enhanced activation of c-Jun seems to play a pivotal role in osteosarcoma cell death.
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Kany S, Woschek M, Kneip N, Sturm R, Kalbitz M, Hanschen M and Relja B: Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation. Int J Oncol 52: 1285-1294, 2018.
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Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., & Relja, B. (2018). Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation. International Journal of Oncology, 52, 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4288
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Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., Relja, B."Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation". International Journal of Oncology 52.4 (2018): 1285-1294.
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Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., Relja, B."Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation". International Journal of Oncology 52, no. 4 (2018): 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4288
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Kany S, Woschek M, Kneip N, Sturm R, Kalbitz M, Hanschen M and Relja B: Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation. Int J Oncol 52: 1285-1294, 2018.
APA
Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., & Relja, B. (2018). Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation. International Journal of Oncology, 52, 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4288
MLA
Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., Relja, B."Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation". International Journal of Oncology 52.4 (2018): 1285-1294.
Chicago
Kany, S., Woschek, M., Kneip, N., Sturm, R., Kalbitz, M., Hanschen, M., Relja, B."Simvastatin exerts anticancer effects in osteosarcoma cell lines via geranylgeranylation and c-Jun activation". International Journal of Oncology 52, no. 4 (2018): 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4288
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