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Chrysophanol inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis through NF-κB/cyclin D1 and NF-κB/Bcl-2 signaling cascade in breast cancer cell lines

  • Authors:
    • Li Ren
    • Zhouping Li
    • Chunmei Dai
    • Danyu Zhao
    • Yanjie Wang
    • Chunyu Ma
    • Chun Liu
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  • Published online on: January 17, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8443
  • Pages: 4376-4382
  • Copyright: © Ren et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Chrysophanol is an anthraquinone compound, which exhibits anticancer effects on certain types of cancer cells. However, the effects of chrysophanol on human breast cancer remain to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to clarify the role of chrysophanol on breast cancer cell lines MCF‑7 and MDA‑MB‑231, and to identify the signal transduction pathways regulated by chrysophanol. MTT assay and flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that chrysophanol inhibited cell proliferation, and cell cycle progression in a dose‑dependent manner. The expression of cell cycle‑associated cyclin D1 and cyclin E were downregulated while p27 expression was upregulated following chrysophanol treatment at the mRNA, and protein levels. The Annexin V/propidium iodide staining assay results revealed that apoptosis levels increased following chrysophanol treatment. Chrysophanol upregulated caspase 3 and poly (ADP‑ribose) polymerase cleavage in both cell lines. Furthermore, chrysophanol enhanced the effect of paclitaxel on breast cancer cell apoptosis. In addition, chrysophanol downregulated apoptosis regulator Bcl‑2 protein, and transcription factor p65 and IκB phosphorylation. Inhbition of nuclear factor (NF)‑κB by ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate diminished the effect of chrysophanol on apoptosis and associated proteins. In conclusion, the results of the current study demonstrated that chrysophanol effectively suppresses breast cancer cell proliferation and facilitates chemosentivity through modulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway.

Introduction

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women worldwide and its mortality rate is increasing. This disease may cause serious harm to physical and mental health of women. Surgery remains the primary treatment in most cases and entails the complete removal of the primary tumour in the breast (1,2). Traditional Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), as an adjunctive treatment following surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, may prolong survival time and improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

Chrysophanol (1,8-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone) belongs to anthraquinone family, which also contains emodin, aloe-emodin, rhein, and physcion.

Derivatives of anthraquinone family are natural products, which were mainly extracted from rhubarb and used in CHM (35). As a palliative treatment, CHM was commonly used with oral administration for different types of cancers in China (68).

There were some reports indicating that rhubarb extracts induced apoptosis or inhibit migration of cancer cells (9,10). For example, emodin extracted from rhubarb root has anti-cancer effects in numerous cancers such as prostate, breast and cervical cancers (1115). Chrysophanol was also reported for its anti-cancer role, showing that it inhibits viability of colon cancer cells through inhibition of the NF-κB-mediated signaling cascades (16). In choriocarcinoma, Chrysophanol induced cell apoptosis by regulating production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through AKT and ERK1/2 signaling pathways (17). Chrysophanol induces necrosis in A549 cells through increasing ROS and decreasing the level of mitochondrial membrane potential (3). Chrysophanol also impairs mitochondrial ATP synthesis in Hep3B cells (4). However, whether chrysophanol play a role in breast cancer development is still unknown. This study aims to find out the biological effects of chrysophanol on breast cancer and the potential mechanism.

Materials and methods

Chemicals

Chrysophanol (cat no. 01542) and Paclitaxel (cat no. 1491332) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). NF-κB inhibitor (BAY 11–7082; cat no. S1523) was purchased from Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology (Shanghai, China).

Cell culture

Breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA) and cultured in RPMI-1640 (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Carlsbad, CA, USA) with 10% FBS (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific) and 0.01 mg/ml human recombinant insulin (cat no. I3536; Sigma-Aldrich). The cultures were maintained at 37°C in a humidified incubator containing 5% (v/v) CO2 in air. Cells were seeded at a density of 1×106 cells/ml in 6-well plates.

MTT assay

MCF-7 cells (5×103/well) were plated in 96-well plates and cultured overnight. MTT solution (volume, 20 µl; concentration, 5 mg/ml; Sigma-Aldrich) was added to each well and then incubated for another 4 h. The supernatant was removed and DMSO (150 µl) was added for test preparation. Absorbance was measured at 490 nm. Data were obtained from triplicate wells per condition.

Flow cytometry for cell cycle and apoptosis analysis

Cells in 6-well plates were collected using 0.25% trypsase 24 h after chrysophanol treatment. Cells were washed twice with PBS butter and then resuspended in 250 µl of binding buffer. Cells were fixed in 1% paraformaldehyde for 24 h and then stained with 5 mg/ml propidium iodide for cell cycle analysis. Cells were stained with propidium iodide and Annexin V/FITC for cell apoptosis analysis. Stained cells were analyzed by FACS Calibur flow cytometer (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA) after incubation in the dark for 15 min.

Western blot analysis

Total protein of MCF-7 cells was extracted using lysis buffer (Pierce Biotechnology, Inc., Rockford, IL, USA) and Bradford method was used to quantify the protein. When SDS-PAGE assay was performed, 30 µg of the protein was separated and then transferred to polyvinylidene fluoride membranes (Millipore Corp., Billerica, MA, USA). For primary antibody incubation, cleaved caspase 3, caspase 3, cleaved PARP, PARP, p-p65, p65, p-IκB, IκB, Bcl-2 (1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA), and GAPDH (1:2,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) were incubated overnight at 4°C. For secondary antibody incubation, peroxidase-coupled anti-mouse/rabbit IgG (1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) was incubated at 37°C for 2 h. Sample protein was visualized using ECL (Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.) and detected using a DNR BioImaging System (DNR Bio-Imaging Systems, Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel). Relative protein levels were quantified using ImageJ software.

Realtime quantitative PCR

Total RNA was isolated from MCF-7 cells using TRIzol reagent (Thermo Fisher Scientific) following the manufacturer's instructions. Then, reverse transcription of total RNA into cDNA was performed using the Reverse Transcription System (A3500; Promega Corp., Madison, WI, USA) and PrimerScript RT Master Mix kit (Takara Bio, Dalian, China). Briefly, a total 20 µl of reverse-transcription reaction solution was prepared containing 4 µl of 5X RT Master Mix and 800 ng RNA and the mixture was reacted at 85°C for 2 min and 37°C for 30 min. PCR was performed using 7500 Realtime PCR System (Applied Biosystems Life Technologies, Foster City, CA, USA) and SYBR-Green master mix kit (Applied Biosystems Life Technologies). The relative expression of target genes were calculated as ΔCq=Cq gene-Cq reference, and the fold change of target gene expression was calculated by the 2−ΔΔCq method. GAPDH was used as the reference gene. Experiments were repeated in triplicate. Primer sequences were listed as follows: Cyclin D1 forward TGGAGGTCTGCGAGGAACA, cyclin D1 reverse TTCATCTTAGAGGCCACGAACAT; cyclin E forward AGCCAGCCTTGGGACAATAAT, cyclin E reverse GAGCCTCTGGATGGTGCAAT; p27 forward CTGCAACCGACGATTCTTCTACT, p27 reverse CTTCTGAGGCCAGGCTTCTT; GAP DH forward AAGATCATCAGCAATGCCTCCT, GAP DH reverse TGGTCATGAGTCCTTCCACGAT.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 16 for Windows. The Student's t-test was used to compare differences between control and treatment groups. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Chrysophanol inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation and cell cycle progression

MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were employed to explore effect of chrysophanol on breast cancer. Cells were treated with chrysophanol at the concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 20 µM. MTT assay and cell cycle analysis were performed. As shown in Fig. 1A, proliferation rates of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were decreased significantly when treated with chrysophanol in a concentration-dependent manner after 48 h treatment. Cycle analysis results showed that G1 percentage increased while S percentage decreased after chrysophanol treatment (24 h) in a concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 1B), indicating chrysophanol could arrest breast cancer cells at G1-S cell cycle checkpoint.

Chrysophanol regulates cell cycle related proteins

Western blot analysis and real-time quantitative PCR were used to determine the change of cycle related genes (Fig. 2). Western blot analysis results showed that chrysophanol exposure dramatically inhibited expression of cyclin D1, cyclin E while upregulated p21 levels in a concentration dependent manner in both MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines (0, 5, 10, 20 µM, 24 h) (Fig. 2A). In accordance with western blot analysis results, PCR results showed cyclin D1 and cyclin E mRNA levels decreased when treated with chrysophanol. The mRNA expression of p27 was upregulated in both cell lines in a dose dependent manner (0, 5, 10, 20 µM, 24 h) (Fig. 2B).

Chrysophanol regulates cell apoptosis and related proteins

To explore effect of chrysophanol on cell apoptosis, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were treated with chrysophanol (20 nM, 24 h) and stained with Annexin V/PI. As shown in Fig. 3 A&B, percentage of apoptotic cells was increased significantly when treated with chrysophanol in both cell lines. In order to explore the role of chrysophanol on chemosensitivity, we adopted 5 nM paclitaxel (PTX) to treat MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines for 12 h and examined apoptosis rate after chrysophanol (20 nM, 24 h) treatment. As shown in Fig. 3A and B, chrysophanol significantly increased apoptosis rate in paclitaxel treated breast cancer cells.

Next, expression of apoptosis related protein was examined using western blot analysis and the results showed that chrysophanol treatment upregulated cleaved caspase 3 and cleaved PARP levels in both cell line (Fig. 4). In cells treated with paclitaxel (5 nM, 12 h), chrysophanol also significantly upregulated caspase 3 and PARP cleavage in both cell lines (Fig. 5).

Chrysophanol regulates chemosensitivity through NF-κB signaling pathway

To explore the potential mechanism of chrysophanol in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines, we examined several signaling pathways which is related to cancer cell proliferation and chemoresistance. Western blot analysis showed that expression of Bcl-2, p-IκB, p-p65 expression were significantly decreased after treatment with chrysophanol (Fig. 4).

The above results demonstrated that NF-κB activity was suppressed after chrysophanol treatment. Bcl-2 was reported as a downstream target of NF-κB signaling, which serves as a potent inhibitor of apoptosis and an indicator of chemoresistance. To confirm if chrysophanol mediated cell behavior was dependent on NF-κB signaling pathway, cancer cells were treated with NF-κB inhibitor (10 µM). Apoptosis analysis was performed and the results showed that difference of PTX induced apoptosis rate between control+ PDTC and chrysophanol+PDTC groups was not as significant as that between control and chrysophanol groups (Fig. 6). As shown in Fig. 7, PDTC blocked NF-κB signaling by reducing p-p65 and p-IκB expression. Apoptosis analysis was performed and the results showed that difference of PTX induced apoptosis rate between control+ PDTC and chrysophanol+PDTC groups was not as significant as that between control and chrysophanol groups (Fig. 6 A&B). In addition, in PDTC treated cells, the role of chrysophanol on Bcl-2 reduction was not significant, suggesting chrysophanol induced chemosensitivity through inhibition of NF-κB/Bcl-2 signaling (Fig. 7).

Discussion

In this study, we used breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 to examine the anti-tumor effect of chrysophanol. MCF-7 is Luminal A subtype cell with positive ER, PR status and negative HER2 status. MDA-MB-231 cell line is a Basal subtype with negative ER, PR and HER2 status (Triple negative). We chose these 2 cell lines because they represent the most common subtype (Luminal A) and the chemotherapy resistant subtype (Triple negative). As shown in MTT assay, chrysophanol inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, cell cycle progression was arrested at G1-S point with downregulation of cyclin family proteins such as cyclin D1 and cyclin E. When checking signaling pathways involved in chrysophanol mediated effects, we found that chrysophanol facilitated PTX induced apoptosis and downregulated Bcl-2. Interestingly, we found that chrysophanol inactivated IκB and p65 phosphorylation, which are pivotal tyrosine kinases of NF-κB (18). To confirm the involvement of NF-κB in the anti-cancer effect of chrysophanol, we used NF-κB inhibitor PDTC. In PDTC treated cells, the effect of chrysophanol on Bcl-2 was not significant compared with normal MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells, suggesting chrysophanol exert its effect through its inhibition of NF-κB activity.

First, we demonstrated that chrysophanol reduced breast cancer cell growth, cell cycle and related proteins in a dose dependent manner. Further study suggested chrysophanol could inhibit NF-κB activity. NF-κB activation has been found in many human cancers, which plays important roles in cancer proliferation, invasion and metastasis and associates with poor survival rate (1921). cyclin D1 and cyclin E play pivotal roles in cell growth of many malignant cancers (22,23). NF-κB could upregulate its downstream molecule cyclin D1 through phosphorylation of p65 and IκB, which induced NF-κB p65 nuclear localization and subsequent transcriptional activation of cyclin related proteins (24). Our result was in accordance with these report, suggesting chrysophanol inhibits cancer cell growth through modulation of NF-κB/cyclin signaling.

In addition to the role of chrysophanol on NF-κB related cancer proliferation, we showed that chrysophanol upregulates apoptosis, which is in parallel with downregulation of Bcl-2 protein and cleavage of caspase 3& PARP. Furthermore, chrysophanol pretreatment enhanced the apoptosis inducing effect of paclitaxel in breast cancer cell lines, suggesting combined treatment would significant enhance the biological effect of PTX. In breast cancer cells, NF-κB signaling activates Bcl-2 which plays a central role in cancer cell survival and chemoresistance. Bcl-2 is overexpressed in breast cancers and serves as an indicator of chemotherapy response. Many studies demonstrated that targeting Bcl-2 inhibits tumor growth and reduces the development of chemoresistance (25,26). Mitochondrial membrane permeability is regulated by the Bcl-2 family of proteins. Compromised mitochondrial membrane integrity leads to downregulated mitochondrial potential. Thus NF-κB signaling plays an important role during regulation of mitochondrial potential in cancer cells (27,28). These Bcl-2 family anti-apoptotic proteins selectively bind to Bax and block its oligomerization. Bax can then insert into the mitochondrial membrane, compromising its integrity and releasing cytochrome c, which leads to activation of caspase 3 and apoptosis. PARP could be cleaved by caspase 3 in vitro, which is involved in DNA repair in response to environmental stress and serves as a marker of cells undergoing apoptosis (29,30). Thus we postulate that chrysophanol inhibits NF-κB/Bcl-2 signaling, which in turn leads to caspase 3/PARP cleavage.

To further validate the relationship between chrysophanol, apoptosis and NF-κB/Bcl-2 signaling. NF-κB inhibitor PDTC was adopted. In PDTC treated cells, the promoting effect of chrysophanol on PTX induced apoptosis was not significant. The change of Bcl-2 induced by chrysophanol was also diminished. Together, our results revealed that chrysophanol targets NF-κB/Bcl-2 to suppress breast cancer cell proliferation and chemoresistance, suggesting chrysophanol could be used as a chemotherapeutic agent towards breast cancer cells.

In conclusion, our study demonstrated that chrysophanol inhibits malignant growth and cell cycle of breast cancer cells by inhibiting phosphorylation of NF-κB and its downstream NF-κB/cyclin D1 pathways. Chrysophanol also inhibits NF-κB/Bcl-2 pathway, which facilitates PTX induced apoptosis. Chrysophanol may serve as a novel therapeutic drug for human breast cancer.

Acknowledgements

The present study was supported by a grant from the National Nature Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (grant no. 201602306).

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