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Kadsurenone is a useful and promising treatment strategy for breast cancer bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway

  • Authors:
    • Tianhui Hou
    • Yan Lou
    • Shichang Li
    • Chenglong Zhao
    • Yingzheng Ji
    • Dongsheng Wang
    • Liang Tang
    • Ming Zhou
    • Wei Xu
    • Ming Qian
    • Zhipeng Wu
    • Jian Zhao
    • Haifeng Wei
    • Zhenxi Li
    • Jianru Xiao
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  • Published online on: June 8, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8935
  • Pages: 2255-2262
  • Copyright: © Hou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is characterized by high incidences of bone metastases. Current treatment strategies for BC bone metastases primarily focused on breaking the ‘vicious osteolytic cycle’. Platelet‑activating factor (PAF) is a potent phospholipid mediator, which has previously reported biological activities in BC progression and osteoclast differentiation by activating its receptor PAF receptor (PTAFR). However, the role of PAF in the mediation of BC bone metastases remains elusive. In the present study, it was revealed that the upregulation of PTAFR was associated with an increased incidence of bone metastases. It was also revealed that PAF significantly enhanced the processes of BC cell migration and BC mediated osteoclastogenesis. These results suggest that PAF serves a promotion role in BC bone metastases. It was further demonstrated that the natural PAF antagonist Kadsurenone may effectively attenuate each process by partially blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway. Therefore, targeting PAF/PTAFR by Kadsurenone may be a promising treatment strategy for BC bone metastases.

Introduction

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant tumor in women patients (1,2). BC is responsible for the majority of skeletal metastases, and the incidence of bone metastases is 65–75% in advanced diseases (3). Bone metastases are a major cause for morbidity, the median survival of BC patients with bone metastases is 19–25 months (4). Bone metastases are characterized by severe pain, impaired mobility, pathologic fractures, spinal cord compression, bone marrow aplasia and hypercalcemia (5,6). Metastatic cancer cells could secrete a series of factors into the bone-tumor microenvironment and form an osteolytic lesion, and bone matrix released growth factors could reversely stimulate BC cell proliferation. The interactions of BC cells and bone formed a ‘vicious osteolytic cycle’ (7,8). With the advantages of modern science, treatment strategies for primary breast tumors are well developed, while clinical interventions for bone lesions are still unsatisfying (9,10). Therefore, finding targets which could prevent or cure bone metastases is a priority for cancer treatment.

Platelet-activating factor (PAF, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-snglycero-3-phosphocholine), a potent phospholipid mediator, has been shown to play a role in a number of biological pathways including inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular homeostasis as well as in cancer, by binding to the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) PAF receptor (PTAFR) (11). PAF play important roles in platelet aggregation, stimulation of neutrophils and macrophages, inflammation and allergic responses (12,13). It also play vital roles in tumor neo-angiogenesis by activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) (14,15). PAF has been reported highly expressed in BC cells but not in normal MECs. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that high levels of PAF expression were strongly associated with poor prognosis in BC (16) Bussolati et al reported that BC cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 could secret PAF and increase the motility of cancer cells by an autocrine manner (17). The upregulation of PTAFR has also been observed in several BC cell lines. Recently, Anandi et al reported that PAF could promote motility in BC cells and distupts non-transformed breast acinar structures (18). All these findings highlighted the potential role of PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway in BC progression.

The bone microenvironment is a highly dynamic system balanced between osteoclastic breakdown and osteoblastic rebuilding under tightly control in a local, coordinated, and sequential manner (19). Interruption of the homeostasis of bone microenvironment by tumor cells is one of the most important mechanisms of BC bone metastases. In vitro studies has demonstrated that PAF could directly enhance osteoclast motility and resorptive activity (20,21). Clinical studies also indicates that higher plasma PAF levels are associated with increased risk of vertebral fracture and lower bone mineral density in postmenopausal women (22). Hence, blocking PAF induced osteoclastogenesis might be an effective strategy in treatment of osteoclast related diseases, including osteolytic BC bone metastases.

Kadsurenone is a natural product isolated from stems of Piper kadsura. This herb is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the relief of diseases as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (23). Kadsurenone have been demonstrated as a natural PAF inhibitor which could stops or diminishes all unwanted reactions induced by PAF (24). In the current study, we revealed that the upregulation of PTAFR is associated with increased incidence of bone metastases. We also demonstrated that Kadsurenone could effectively inhibit PAF induced BC cell migration. Furthermore, Kadsurenone could also attenuate BC induced osteolytic bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway.

Materials and methods

Bioinformatics analysis

The online Oncomine database (www.oncomine.org) were used to reveal PTAFR expression patterns between normal breast tissues and invasive breast carcinomas. Involved expression data were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information/Gene Expression Omnibus database entries GSE9014. Data for survival analysis of bone metastasis and PTAFR expression patterns between osteoclatogenic (OG) and non-OG cell lines were obtained from GSE2603 and GSE43811, respectively. Survival analyses were based on Kaplan-Meier method, cutoff value was determined by ROC curves.

Cells and culture conditions

MDA-MB-231, RAW 264.7 and 293T cells were all obtained from the Type Culture Collection of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China). MDA-MB-231 and 293T cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA), supplied with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; HyClone; GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Logan, UT, USA) and 100 U/ml penicillin-streptomycin (P/S; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). RAW264.7 cells and mouse bone marrow monocytes (BMMs) were cultured in α-minimum essential medium (α-MEM; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), supplied with 10% FBS and 100 U/ml P/S. Cells were cultured in a humidified incubator (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) with 5% CO2 at 37°C.

Cell viability assay

The viability and cytotoxicity effect of Kadsurenone was determined by the MTS method following the manual of CellTiter 96 Aqueous One Solution Cell Proliferation assay (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA) with VERSA max microplate reader (Molecular Devices, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) as described previously.

Transwell asssy

The transwell assay were performed with Boyden chambers (Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, USA). MDA-MB-231 cells were collected and resuspend in blank DMEM after 12-h serum starve. 6×105 cells were plated in the top chambers with or without 200 nM PAF and different concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, 2.5 and 5 µM) of Kadsurenone. The bottom chambers were filled with 600 µl mediums supplemented with 2% FBS. After 8 h incubation, migrated cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) and stained with 1% crystal violet. Images were taken using an Olympus inverted microscope (Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) and migrated cells were counted using Image-Pro Plus 6.0 (Media Cybernetics, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA).

Luciferase reporter gene assay

Dual luciferase assays were conducted in a 24-well plate format. Vectors were transfected into 70% confluent HEK293 cells, PAF or receptor activator for NF-κB ligand (RANKL) inducement and different concentrations of Kadsurenone were added. After 48-h transfection, frefly and renilla luciferase were quantified sequentially using the Dual Luciferase Assay kit (Promega Corporation) following the manufacturer's recommendations.

BC cells induced osteoclast differentiation assay

2×103 MDA-MB-231 cells and 5X103 RAW264.7 cells were pooled together and seeded into 24-well plates. Cells were cultured in α-MEM added with 10% FBS and different concentrations of Kadsurenone. After 5–7 days, cells were fixed with 4% PFA and permeabilized with 0.1% Triton-X 100 inPBS for 5 min, and subjected to tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (Trap) staining with Leukocyte acid phosphatase kit (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany). Trap positive osteoclasts were photographed and counted thereafter.

Mouse BMMs isolation and osteoclast differentiation assay

Mouse BMMs were flushed and isolated from C57/BL6 mice as previously described. 8×103 BMMs were seeded into 96-well plates and incubated with 10 ng/ml M-CSF, 50 ng/ml RANKL and different concentrations of Kadsurenone. After 5–7 days, cells were fixed and subjected to Trap staining and photographed. All experimental protocols were approved by the Review Committee for the Use of Human or Animal Subjects of East China Normal University and Chang Zheng Hospital (Shanghai, China).

Acting ring formation assay

Mouse BMMs were isolation and induced for osteoclast differentiation for 5–7 days. Cells were then permeabilized with Triton X-100 and incubated with rhodamine conjugated phalloidin (Molecular Probes; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) to visualize F-actin.

RNA extraction and gene expression analysis

Mouse BMMs were isolated and induced for osteoclast differentiation with or without indicated concentrations of Kadsurenone. Cells were collected and total RNA were extracted with TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). Then, 500 ng total RNA were reverse transcribed with PrimeScript™ RT Master Mix (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Dalian, China), according to the manufacturer's instructions. The complementary DNA was used for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and a final volume of 20 µl was adopted as follows: 10 µl 2X SYBR Premix Ex Taq (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd.), 1 µl forward and reverse primers, 2.5 µM, 2 µl cDNA, 7 µl ddH2O. PCR and data collection were performed on Mx3000P QPCR system (Stratagene; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) and data analysis was operated with the 2−ΔΔCq method normalized to the endogenous control β-actin. Primers used in RT-qPCR are listed in Table I.

Table I.

Primer sequences for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Table I.

Primer sequences for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

GeneDirectionSequence
β-actinForward 5′-GTACGCCAACACAGTGCTG-3′
Reverse 5′-CGTCATACTCCTGCTTGCTG-3′
CtskForward 5′-CTTCCAATACGTGCAGCAGA-3′
Reverse 5′-TCGGTTTCTTCTCCTCTGGA-3′
TrapForward 5′-GCTGGAAACCATGATCACCT-3′
Reverse 5′-GAGTTGCCACACAGCATCAC-3′
Nfatc1Forward 5′-TGGAGAAGCAGAGCACAGAC-3′
Reverse 5′-GCGGAAAGGTGGTATCTCAA-3′

[i] Trap, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase; Ctsk, cathepsin K; Nfatc1, nuclear factor of activated T cells 1.

Statistical analysis

Experiments were performed with 3 or more replicates. The results were reported as the mean ± standard error of the mean. The differences between control and experimental groups were determined using an unpaired Student's t-test or one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey's post hoc test. Survival curves were analyzed by log-rank test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Bioinformatics analysis of PTAFR expression in BC tissues and osteoclastogenic (OG) cell lines

Using the Oncomine database (www.oncomine.org), we compared the expression patterns of PTAFR between normal breast tissues and invasive breast carcinomas PTAFR was significantly upregulated in cancer patients with a fold change of 3.88 (P<0.001; Fig. 1A). We further examined prognostic value of PTAFR expression level in BC bone metastasis by Minn's dataset (25). Although no significance was drown (P=0.0992, P<0.1), BC with higher expression levels of PTAFR (n=19) still indicated a tendency for bone metastases (Fig. 1B). We also revealed the expression patterns of PTAFR between OG and non-OG cell lines in GSE43811. PTAFR was significantly upregulated after RANKL stimulation in OG Raw264.7 cells (Fig. 1C).

Kadsurenone inhibits PAF induced BC cell migration

Kadsurenone is a natural product isolated from stems of Piper kadsura. Chemical structure of Kadsurenone was shown in Fig. 2A. We first tested cytotoxicity of Kadsurenone on BC cell line MDA-MB-231. No significant disturb of cell viability was observed with a highest concentration of 5 µM (Fig. 2B).

We then examined effects of Kadsurenone on PAF induced MDA-MB-231 cells migration. Transwell assay shown that Kadsurenone could dose dependently inhibit PAF induced BC cells migration (Fig. 2C and D). Luciferase assay indicated that the NF-κB activity of MDA-MB-231 cells were significantly inhibited by Kadsurenone dose dependently (Fig. 2E). Our data proved that Kadsurenone did not disturb the cell viability significantly but suppressed cell migration in MDA-MB-231 cells, which indicated that PAF/PTAFR played key role in cell migration but not cell viability.

Kadsurenone inhibits BC cells induced osteoclastogenesis

In the bone microenvironment, BC cells could stimulate osteoclast differentiation directly through excretion of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα). BC cells could also indirectly promote osteoclast differentiation via upregulation of RANKL by osteoblast. Therefore, we intended to study whether Kadsurenone could directly inhibit BCs induced osteoclastogenesis. MDA-MB-231 cells, which could secret PAF, were co-cultured with the OG cell line RAW264.7 cells. We proposed to use this co-culture system mimic the BC bone metastases microenvironment. BC cells could induce RAW264.7 cells differentiate into Trap positive osteoclasts. However, this process could be attenuated by Kadsurenone dose dependently (Fig. 3).

Kadsurenone directly inhibits RANKL induced osteoclastogenesis

It is reported that BMMs could secret PAF as an autocrine factor and promote the OG process (26). Therefore, we intend to investigate whether Kadsurenone could directly affect osteoclastogenesis. We firstly confirmed that no significant cytotoxicity of Kadsurenone on mouse BMMs under a certain concentration (Fig. 4A). However, the process of RANKL induced Trap positive osteoclasts differentiated by BMMs were significantly attenuated by Kadsurenone dose dependently (Fig. 4B-D). Meanwhile, acting ring formation were also restrained (Fig. 4E and F).

Kadsurenone inhibits RANKL induced OC marker genes expression by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway

To investigate potential mechanisms of the inhibitory function of Kadsurenone on BMMs differentiation. RT-PCR (Fig. 5A) and RT-qPCT (Fig. 5B) assay were performed. Results indicated that the expression of osteoclast marker genes Ctsk, Trap, and nuclear factor of activated T cells 1 (Nfatc1) were all inhibited by Kadsurenone. Luciferase assay indicated that the transcription factors NF-κB and Nfatc1 activities were all attenuated (Fig. 5C).

Discussion

Bone metastasis is a deleterious and debilitating aspect of BC patients. Up to 70% of BC patients who succumb to disease present with bone metastases on autopsy (27). Bone metastases lesions are primarily osteolytic since BC cells could regulate the bone-tumor microenvironment (2830). Osteoclasts were over activated by BC cells while BC cells were reversely promoted by cytokines released from bone matrix degradation. Current treatment strategies for BC bone metastases mainly focused on breaking such ‘vicious osteolytic cycle’ (3133). Bioinformatics analysis provided clues that the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway may play important roles in regulating BC bone metastasis and osteoclastogenesis. In the current study, we demonstrated that PAF could promote BC cell migration and induce BMMs differentiation. Besides, it has been reported that absence of PAFR protects mice from osteoporosis following ovariectomy, and PAF could enhance osteoclast differentiation directly. Kadsurenone could attenuate both processes, and could be considered as a potential therapeutic reagent for BC bone metastases.

PAF can be synthesized within variety of cells like platelets, macrophages, eosinophils, basophils and endothelial cells by de novo or remodeling pathways and cause different physiological reactions (34,35). The expression of PAF and its receptor PTAFR in BC cell lines have also been demonstrated (17,18). In the tumor microenvironment, PAF is secreted and accumulated by infiltrated inflammation cells and tumor cells per se, which forms an autocrine loop. PTAFR is a GPCR. PAF/PTAFR activation resulted complex cell responses including increase of cell motility, upregulation of IL-6 and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression, and activation of NF-κB signaling (34). The increased migration ability is an important characteristic for cancer cells forming metastatic lesions, including bone metastases (36). Both of published literatures and our results revealed increased cell migration ability of BC cells after PAF treatment. To avoid the harmful effects of PAF, mostly PAF inhibitors are used to abolish or attenuate the PAF/PTAFR signaling activation (37,38). Comparing to synthetic PAF inhibitors, natural inhibitors are preferred due to the safety reason (34). In the current study, we used the natural herbal extraction Kadsurenone effectively abolished PAF induced BC migration, and little cytotoxicity manifested.

The great majority of BC produces osteolytic bone metastases (9,39,40). This process is characterized by over activated osteoclastogenesis and subsequent bone destruction. BC cells could form a complex and multigenic programed ‘vicious osteolytic cycle’ to remold the bone microenvironment and promote cancer progression after, or even before, bone colonization (28,36,41). Cytokines secreted by BC cells like IL-6, parathyroid hormone like hormone (PTHRP) and TNFα could stimulate osteoblasts and upregulate the RANKL/osteoprotegerin (OPG) ratio, which further stimulates the development of osteoclasts from myeloid precursors. At the same time, other cytokines such as IL-11 and osteopontin (OPN) could directly promote ostoclastogenesis. Activated osteoclasts degrade the bone matrix, and release transforming growth factor β (TGFβ), bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs) and insulin-like growth factor (IGFs), which are mainly stored in bone matrix, reversely stimulate BC progression.

Comparing to the ‘vicious osteolytic cycle’, PAF could promote BMMs differentiate into osteoclasts by two parallel manners. On one hand, PAF could stimulate BC cells upregulate downstream signaling such as IL-6, IL-11, MMPs and NF-κB, which further activate osteoclastogenesis (34). On the other hand, PAF could also directly activate BMMs differentiate into osteoclasts (20,21). In the current study, we demonstrated that Kadsurenone could inhibit both the BC induced or PAF directly stimulated osteoclastogenesis. Expression of osteoclast differentiation markers are all downregulated after Kadsurenone treatment. It is known that NFATc1 is the master transcription factor for osteoclast differentiation. NF-κB regulates RANKL induced osteoclast differentiation mainly through promoting NFATc1 transcription activity. NF-κB is a critical signal for OC differentiation downstream of RANKL, Mice lacking the subunit p50 and p52 of NF-κB signal pathway have been shown to be osteopetrotic p50-/- or p52-/- precursors fail to form OCs. The results in our study indicated that PAF might partially inhibited NF-κB activation and osteoclast differentiation via blocking NFATc1 transcription activity.

In conclusion, Kadsurenone maybe an effectively strategy to attenuate BC formed osteolytic bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling. Nonetheless, many questions pertaining to be answered. Further studies are requested to reveal detailed mechanisms of Kadsurenone function and in vivo studies are needed.

Acknowledgements

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Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

HT performed the experiments and drafted the manuscript. LY, LS and ZC performed the data analyses and wrote the manuscript. JY, WD, TL, ZM, XW, QM and WZ performed the experiments. ZJ and WH helped perform the data analysis. LZ contributed to the conception of the study. XJ contributed to the conception of the study and revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

All experimental protocols were approved by the Review Committee for the Use of Human or Animal Subjects of East China Normal University and Chang Zheng Hospital.

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Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors confirm that they have no competing interests.

Glossary

Abbreviations

Abbreviations:

BC

breast cancer

PAF

platelet-activating factor

PTAFR

platelet-activating factor receptor

OG

osteoclatogenic

NF-κB

nuclear factor-κB

P/S

penicillin-streptomycin

BMMs

bone marrow monocytes

α-MEM

α-minimum essential medium

Trap

tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase

RANKL

receptor activator for NF-κB ligand

GPCR

G-protein coupled receptor

IL

interleukin

MMP

matrix metalloproteinase

PTHRP

parathyroid hormone like hormone

TNFα

tumor necrosis factor-α

OPG

osteoprotegerin

OPN

osteopontin

TGFβ

transforming growth factor-β

BMP

bone morphogenetic protein

IGF

insulin-like growth factor

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Hou T, Lou Y, Li S, Zhao C, Ji Y, Wang D, Tang L, Zhou M, Xu W, Qian M, Qian M, et al: Kadsurenone is a useful and promising treatment strategy for breast cancer bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway. Oncol Lett 16: 2255-2262, 2018.
APA
Hou, T., Lou, Y., Li, S., Zhao, C., Ji, Y., Wang, D. ... Xiao, J. (2018). Kadsurenone is a useful and promising treatment strategy for breast cancer bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway. Oncology Letters, 16, 2255-2262. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8935
MLA
Hou, T., Lou, Y., Li, S., Zhao, C., Ji, Y., Wang, D., Tang, L., Zhou, M., Xu, W., Qian, M., Wu, Z., Zhao, J., Wei, H., Li, Z., Xiao, J."Kadsurenone is a useful and promising treatment strategy for breast cancer bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway". Oncology Letters 16.2 (2018): 2255-2262.
Chicago
Hou, T., Lou, Y., Li, S., Zhao, C., Ji, Y., Wang, D., Tang, L., Zhou, M., Xu, W., Qian, M., Wu, Z., Zhao, J., Wei, H., Li, Z., Xiao, J."Kadsurenone is a useful and promising treatment strategy for breast cancer bone metastases by blocking the PAF/PTAFR signaling pathway". Oncology Letters 16, no. 2 (2018): 2255-2262. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8935