Differential effects of erufosine on proliferation, wound healing and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines

  • Authors:
    • Ferda Kaleağasıoğlu
    • Martin R. Berger
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  • Published online on: December 20, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2942
  • Pages: 1407-1416
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Abstract

The alkylphosphocholine, erucylphospho-N,N, N-trimethylpropanolamine (erufosine), has demonstrated anticancer effects in various cell lines, including leukemia, multiple myeloma, bladder, breast and oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. The purpose of the present study was to investigate its antiproliferative, antimigratory and pro-apoptotic effects in colorectal cancer cell lines, SW480 and CC531. The antiproliferative effect was determined by (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) (MTT) dye reduction assay following exposure to erufosine (3.1-100 µM) for 24-72 h. The antimigratory effect of erufosine (1.6-6 µM) was investigated by a wound healing assay for 12-48 h. Caspase-3/-7 activity was measured to detect apoptotic cell death. Erufosine inhibited cell proliferation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The IC50 values following 72 h of incubation were 3.4 and 25.4 µM for SW480 and CC531 cells, respectively. erufosine at concentrations of 50 and 100 µM induced caspase-3/-7 activity concentration-dependently in SW480 cells, but only at 100 µM in CC531 cells. Incubation of SW480 cells with erufosine (1.56 µM) for 48 h inhibited migration into the scratched area by 54% as compared to the untreated cells; whereas in CC531 cells, the wound width in the erufosine-treated (1.56-6.25 µM) cells following 48 h was closed 2-fold slower than the rate in the untreated group. Erufosine (25 µM) attenuated osteonectin expression and abolished COL1A1 expression in CC531 cells. Erufosine appears to be a promising treatment agent for colorectal cancer. Rat CC531 cells are less sensitive to erufosine than human SW480 cells.
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Kaleağasıoğlu F and Kaleağasıoğlu F: Differential effects of erufosine on proliferation, wound healing and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines. Oncol Rep 31: 1407-1416, 2014
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Kaleağasıoğlu, F., & Kaleağasıoğlu, F. (2014). Differential effects of erufosine on proliferation, wound healing and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines. Oncology Reports, 31, 1407-1416. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2942
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Kaleağasıoğlu, F., Berger, M. R."Differential effects of erufosine on proliferation, wound healing and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines". Oncology Reports 31.3 (2014): 1407-1416.
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Kaleağasıoğlu, F., Berger, M. R."Differential effects of erufosine on proliferation, wound healing and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines". Oncology Reports 31, no. 3 (2014): 1407-1416. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2942