Capn4 regulates migration and invasion of ovarian carcinoma cells via targeting osteopontin‑mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

  • Authors:
    • Yuanyuan Chen
    • Gang Wang
    • Yingmei Wang
    • Xiaoli Gao
    • Kan Wang
    • Jie Li
    • Fengxia Xue
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  • Published online on: September 28, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9524
  • Pages: 564-570
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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that calpain small subunit 4 (Capn4) is able to regulate the viability and metastasis of cancer cells. However, the regulatory effects and underlying molecular mechanism of Capn4 in ovarian carcinoma cells are not well understood. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of Capn4 in ovarian carcinoma cells and analyze the possible mechanism mediated by Capn4. The expression levels of Capn4 and osteopontin (OPN) were determined and the phosphoinositide 3‑kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway was analyzed in ovarian carcinoma cells. The results of the present study revealed that Capn4 and OPN were overexpressed in clinical ovarian carcinoma tissues and ovarian carcinoma cells. Capn4 silencing downregulated OPN expression, and suppressed ovarian carcinoma cell viability and migration. Capn4 silencing enhanced apoptosis of ovarian carcinoma cells by increasing activity of the capase‑3 apoptosis signaling pathway. Capn4 promoted the metastasis of ovarian carcinoma cells by interacting with the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway via upregulation of OPN expression. In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that Capn4 may be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of ovarian carcinoma.

Introduction

Ovarian cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy, with the highest mortality among all gynecological malignancies (1). A previous study demonstrated that the incidence of ovarian cancer is increasing globally (2). Epithelial ovarian cancer is a distinct histotype of ovarian cancer that is characterized by poor response rates to chemotherapies in the advanced stages of disease (3). Using a meta-analysis of prevalence rates, it was identified that females with ovarian cancer who had undergone chemotherapy treatment demonstrated continued symptoms of depression and anxiety (4). Ineffective or prolonged management of treatments may contribute to the worsening of symptoms, treatment noncompliance and even a decrease in health-associated quality of life (5). Although previous studies have proposed certain improvements in early diagnosis and anticancer therapies for ovarian carcinoma (69), metastasis remains the major challenge in the treatment of ovarian carcinoma. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the mechanisms of the metastasis in this disease.

Novel strategies for ovarian carcinoma therapy have attracted attention from clinicians and doctors (1012). Targeted therapy has exhibited efficient antitumor effects worldwide, and serves a critical role in modern treatment modalities (1315). Gu et al (16) demonstrated that calpain small subunit 4 (Capn4) may promote progression of non-small cell lung cancer via the upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase 2 expression. Capn4 overexpression has been observed in and is associated with the invasiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma (17). Notably, Capn4 may promote epithelial ovarian carcinoma metastasis through osteopontin (OPN)-mediated activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway (18). Study also found that caspase-3 up-regulation strongly suppressed tumor growth and improved mouse survival with little liver toxicity (19). However, the associations between Capn4 and the caspase-3 signaling pathway have not been completely elucidated.

OPN is an integrin-binding matrix phosphorylated glycoprotein, which is frequently overexpressed in a number of advanced human cancer tissues (20). A previous study has indicated that OPN promotes ovarian cancer progression and cell survival through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway (21). In addition, OPN expression is a biomarker in ovarian cancer progression, which contributes to the understanding of the physiopathology of ovarian cancer progression and tumorigenesis (22). Furthermore, OPN overexpression has been observed in endometrioid endometrial cancer and ovarian endometrioid cancer (23).

In the present study, the expression levels of Capn4 and OPN in clinical ovarian carcinoma tissues and a cell line were evaluated. It was identified that Capn4 was highly expressed in ovarian carcinoma tissues and cell lines compared with normal ovarian tissues and cells. It was also revealed that Capn4 may promote ovarian carcinoma metastasis through the OPN-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Taken together, the results of the present study indicated that Capn4 may be regarded as a novel potential target for ovarian carcinoma therapy.

Materials and methods

Cell culture and reagents

SKOV3 and normal ovarian epithelial cells (IOSE80) cells were purchased from the Cell Bank of Type Culture Collection of Chinese Academy of Science (Shanghai, China). Cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) in a 37°C humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2.

Patients and tissue samples

Normal ovarian tissues and ovarian tumor tissues were obtained from 5 patients (42 years; range, 32–68 years) using a biopsy at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital (Tianjin, China) between May 2014 and June 2017. None of the patients received chemotherapy or other antitumor treatment prior to surgery. All patients provided written informed consent. Ethical approval for the use of human tissue samples was provided by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital.

Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assays

Total RNA from SKOV3 cells, normal ovarian tissues or ovarian tumor tissues was extracted using an RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen Sciences, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA). The mRNA expression levels of Capn4 and β-actin in SKOV3 cells were determined by RT-qPCR (24). All primers were synthesized by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Capn4, forward, 5′-ACCCACTCCGTAACCTC-3′ and reverse, 5′-GGGTAGCAACCGTGAA-3′; β-actin forward, 5′-CATCTCTTGCTCGAAGTCCA-3′ and reverse, 5′-ATCATGTTTGAGACCTTCAACA-3′). PCR was performed as follows: Preliminary denaturation at 94°C for 2 min, followed by 45 cycles of 95°C for 30 sec, the annealing temperature decreased to 55°C for 30 sec, and 72°C for 10 min in a total reaction volume of 20 µl containing 50 ng genomic DNA, 200 µM dNTP, 2.5 units Taq DNA polymerase (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Dalian, China) and 200 µM primers. Relative mRNA expression level changes were calculated using the 2−ΔΔCq method (25). The results are expressed as the n-fold comparison with the β-actin control.

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay

The ovarian tumor cells SKOV3 were cultured until a 90% monolayer was formed, and then the medium was removed. The ovarian tumor cells were washed three times and subsequently incubated with Triton X-100 (1%) for 30 min. LDH activity in the lysates was measured using the Promega CytoTox 96 assay kit (Promega™ G1780), according to the manufacturer's protocol.

Gene silencing with small interfering RNA (siRNA)

SKOV3 cells (4×105 cells/well) were seeded in 6-well plates for 24 h at 37°C. The medium was removed and Opti-MEM reduced serum medium (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) was added for 24 h at 37°C. siRNA-Capn4 (siR-Capn4), siRNA-OPN (siR-OPN) or control scrambled siRNA (siR-vector) were chemically synthesized by Shanghai GenePharma Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). The sequences were as follows: siR-Capn4, 5′-GCACCAUGCAGAAUACAAA-3′, siRNA-OPN, 5′-CCUGUGCCAUACCAGUUAA-3′, siR-vector, 5′-CUCGUCUCAUUGATGACAGTT-3′. SKOV3 cells were transfected with 100 pmol siRNA using Lipofectamine® 2000 (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), according to the manufacturer's protocol.

Cell invasion and migration assays

SKOV3 cells and Capn4-slienced SKOV3 cells were treated with PI3K inhibitor (SW30-Calbiochem, 200 µM; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) for 24 h at 37°C. For the invasion assay, SKOV3 cells were suspended at a density of 1×105 in 500 µl serum-free DMEM. The cells were then applied to the tops of BD BioCoat Matrigel Invasion Chambers (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), according to the manufacturer's protocols. For the migration assay, a control insert (BD Biosciences) was used instead of a Matrigel Invasion Chamber. The tumor cells that had invaded or migrated were fixed with 4% formaldehyde at room temperature for 5 min and stained with 0.5% crystal violet (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China) at room temperature for 15 min. and counted in at least three randomly selected fields of view for each membrane.

Flow cytometry

Apoptosis of the SKOV3 cells was evaluated using an Annexin V-Fluorescein Isothiocyanate (FITC) and Propidium Iodide (PI) Apoptosis Detection kit (BD Biosciences). SKOV3 cells were collected and suspended with annexin V-FITC and PI, according to the manufacturer's protocol. Fluorescence was determined with a fluorescence-activated cell sorting flow cytometer using FCS Express™ IVD software (version 4; De Novo Software, Los Angeles, CA, USA).

Western blotting

SKOV3 cells (1×106) were homogenized in lysate buffer containing protease inhibitor (cat. no. P3480; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) and were centrifuged at 8,000 × g at 4°C for 10 min. The supernatant was used for analyzing protein expression. Protein concentration was measured using a bicinchoninic acid protein assay kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). Protein samples (20 µg) were separated by SDS-PAGE (12% gel) and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA), and incubated with rabbit anti-mouse primary antibodies against PI3K (1:1,000; cat. no. ab151549), phospho-(p-)PI3K (1:1,000; cat. no. ab86714), AKT (1:1,000; cat. no. ab8805), p-AKT (1:1,000; cat. no. ab133458), Capn4 (1:1,000; cat. no. ab28237), OPN (1:1,000; cat. no. ab8448), caspase-3 (1:1,000; cat. no. ab13847), caspase-9 (1:1,000; cat. no. ab52298), B-cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2 (1:1,000; cat. no. ab692), Bcl-w (1:1,000; cat. no. ab32370) and β-actin (1:1,000; cat. no. ab5262) (all Abcam, Cambridge, UK). Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G (cat. no. PV-6001; OriGene Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA) was added for 24 h at 4°C. A Ventana Benchmark automated staining system was used for analyzing protein expression (Olympus BX51; Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan). The density of the bands was analyzed using Quantity One software (version 4.62; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA).

Immunohistochemistry

Paraffin-embedded 4-µm tissue sections were prepared for further analysis. The paraffin sections were treated with H2O2 (3%) for 10–15 min at 37°C, which subsequently were blocked by a regular blocking solution (5% skimmed milk powder in PBST) for 10–15 min at 37°C. Finally, the sections were incubated with anti-Capn4 (1:1,000) at 4°C for 12 h. All sections were washed with PBST three times and incubated with HRP-conjugated IgG (cat. no. PV-6001; OriGene Technologies, Inc.) for 24 h at 4°C. The relative expression of Capn4 was determined in six random views under a light microscope. Images were captured and analyzed using a MicroChemi chemiluminescence system (version 4.2; Eastwin, Shenzen, China).

Statistical analysis

All data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of triplicate dependent experiments and analyzed using Student's t-test or a one-way analysis of variance (followed by Tukey's honest significant difference test). Patients' survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. All data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 19.0; IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Capn4 is overexpressed in ovarian carcinoma and is associated with poor clinical outcomes

To determine the significance of Capn4, its expression was analyzed in ovarian carcinoma (n=5) and normal ovarian epithelial tissues from the same patients. The results revealed that Capn4 was more highly expressed in ovarian carcinoma tissues compared with in normal ovarian epithelial tissues determined by immunohistochemistry (Fig. 1A). The gene and protein expression levels of Capn4 were also increased in ovarian carcinoma tissues compared with normal ovarian epithelial tissues (Fig. 1B and C). It was demonstrated that Capn4 expression was markedly associated with poor survival of patients (Fig. 1D). Taken together, these results indicated that the overexpression of Capn4 may be associated with the progression of ovarian carcinoma.

Capn4 silencing inhibits the viability and aggressiveness of ovarian carcinoma cells

The function of Capn4 silence was analyzed in ovarian carcinoma cells and scrambled siRNA (siR-vector) was used to exclude the non-specific target effect. The results revealed that Capn4 is more highly expressed in ovarian carcinoma cells SKOV3 compared with in normal ovarian epithelial cells (IOSE80) (Fig. 2A). It was revealed that Capn4 silencing inhibited ovarian cancer cell (SKOV3) viability in vitro (Fig. 2B). It was also identified that Capn4 silencing markedly inhibited the migration and invasion of SKOV3 cells (Fig. 2C and D). Taken together, these results indicated that Capn4 silencing may inhibit the viability and aggressiveness of ovarian carcinoma cells.

Capn4 silencing promotes apoptosis of ovarian carcinoma cells via the caspase-3 apoptotic signaling pathway

To investigate the underlying biological functions of Capn4 in ovarian carcinoma cells, apoptosis was determined in Capn4-silenced ovarian carcinoma cells. Results indicated that Capn4 silencing promoted the apoptosis of SKOV3 cells induced by cisplatin (Fig. 3A). Capn4 silencing increased the expression levels of the pro-apoptotic caspase-3 and caspase-9 compared with the control group (Fig. 3B). It was revealed that Capn4 silencing decreased the expression levels of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-w compared with the control group (Fig. 3C). Taken together, these results indicate that Capn4 silencing may promote apoptosis of ovarian carcinoma cells via the capase-3 apoptotic signaling pathway.

Capn4 silencing inhibits ovarian carcinoma cell metastasis via the OPN-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

The mechanism mediated by Capn4 in ovarian carcinoma cells was investigated. The results indicated that Capn4 silencing increased OPN, PI3K and AKT expression in SKOV3 cells (Fig. 4A). It was identified that Capn4 silencing increased levels of p-PI3K and p-AKT in SKOV3 cells (Fig. 4B). OPN silencing also decreased the expression levels of p-PI3K and p-AKT in SKOV3 cells (Fig. 4C). Results demonstrated that PI3K inhibitor inhibited the migration and invasion of SKOV3 cells in Capn4-silenced SKOV3 cells (Fig. 4D and E). Taken together, these results indicate that Capn4 regulated ovarian carcinoma cell metastasis via the OPN-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

Discussion

Inhibiting systemic metastasis of ovarian cancer may be a novel therapeutic option for patients with ovarian cancer (26). Evidence has indicated that Capn4 may represent a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of human cancer (16,27). In the present study, Capn4 expression levels were investigated in ovarian cancer tissues and ovarian cancer cell lines in vitro. Previous studies indicated that activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway is involved in the progression of ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma (28,29). Although it has been demonstrated that Capn4 enhances OPN expression through activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway (18), to the best of our knowledge, the association between Capn4 and the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway has not been investigated in ovarian cancer cells. The results of the present study indicated that Capn4 regulated ovarian cancer cell migration and invasion via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

Targeted therapy has much potential as a treatment approach, as it exhibits lower toxicity to normal cells, but not to tumor cells (3032). Capn4 is a secreted protein with relevant interactions with numerous migration- and invasion-associated proteins (33). The results of the present study identified that Capn4 is overexpressed in ovarian carcinoma tissues and ovarian carcinoma cells compared with normal ovarian tissues and cells. Capn4 overexpression increased tumor invasion and metastasis following tumorectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma, which may be a candidate biomarker for future diagnosis and a target for therapy (17). It was revealed that Capn4 exhibited a significant association with poor survival of patients with ovarian carcinoma, and thus may be a potential target for ovarian carcinoma therapy. Notably, Capn4 knockdown significantly inhibited viability and aggressiveness of ovarian carcinoma cells via the OPN-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

OPN serves a significant function in a number of physiological and pathological processes, including wound healing, inflammation, immune response and tumor progression (34). OPN overexpression is associated with ovarian cancer progression and tumorigenesis via regulation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway (21). In the present study, it was observed that Capn4 knockdown downregulated OPN expression in ovarian cancer cells via downregulation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The results indicated that the PI3K inhibitor blocked Capn4-OPN-regulated viability and migration of ovarian cancer cells. These results suggest that Capn4 may be a potential target for the treatment of ovarian cancer. A previous study identified that mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase kinase 2/ERK1/2/Capn4 signaling is involved in the migration of breast cancer cells (27). The results of the present study also indicated that the Capn4/OPN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway participates in the migration and invasion of ovarian carcinoma cells. Additionally, a previous study indicated that Capn4 may represent a potential therapeutic target and a novel prognostic marker of non-small cell lung cancer (16). In the present study, it was identified that Capn4 is a potential target for the inhibition of ovarian carcinoma cells.

Apoptosis serves an important function in the treatment of cancer (3537). In the present study, the potential role of Capn4 in the apoptotic signaling pathway was analyzed. A previous study has demonstrated that the overexpression of the apoptosis-associated gene caspase-3 contributed to the apoptosis of human ovarian cancer cell lines induced by cisplatin (38). The results of the present study revealed that Capn4 silencing promoted the apoptosis of ovarian cancer cells induced by cisplatin by downregulation of Bcl-2 and Bcl-w expression. It was indicated that Capn4 silencing may promote apoptosis of ovarian carcinoma cells via the capase-3 apoptosis signaling pathway. However, a limitation of the present study is that only a single cell line was used to identify the effects of Capn4, as is the small number of ovarian carcinoma samples from patients.

In conclusion, the results of the present study indicated that Capn4 may be a potential target for ovarian carcinoma therapy. The results highlight the regulatory role of Capn4 in the growth and metastasis of ovarian cancer, and reveal that Capn4 knockdown may upregulate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway via upregulation of OPN expression in ovarian carcinoma cells. Capn4 may be regarded as a candidate therapeutic target for the future treatment of ovarian carcinoma.

Acknowledgements

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The analyzed data sets generated during the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

FX designed the experiments. YC performed the experiments. GW, YW, XG, KW, and JL prepared the investigations and analyzed data. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital (Tianjin, China). Patient provided written informed consent.

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All patients provided written informed consent and approved publication.

Competing interests

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