Mechanisms of SU5416, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, as a radiosensitizer for colon cancer cells

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    • Eun Ho Kim
    • Hanna Lee
    • Youn Kyoung Jeong
    • Won-Gyun Jung
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  • Published online on: June 10, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2016.4868
  • Pages: 763-770
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Abstract

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Previous studies suggest that chemoradiotherapy is more effective for the treatment of colorectal cancer than is radiotherapy or chemotherapy alone. To enhance the radiosensitivity of tumor cells, several investigators have used targeted therapeutic agents that act as radiosensitizers. In the present study, we provide a scientific rationale for the clinical application of SU5416, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2, as a radiosensitizer for colorectal cancer. Two human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell lines, HCT116 and HT-29, were treated with SU5416 and radiation alone or radiation followed by SU5416. In vitro tests were performed using colony forming assays, flow cytometric analysis, immunohistochemistry, senescence-associated β-galactosidase, tumor cell motility and invasion assays. The combination of radiation and SU5416 synergistically inhibited cell survival and induced apoptosis through reactive oxygen species, enhanced IR-induced premature senescence, and inhibited DNA repair activity, cell migration and invasion. Collectively, our results favor the use of SU5416 and radiotherapy as a combination therapy for the treatment of colon cancer and it can be combined successfully with a radiation regimen to potentiate its antitumor and antimetastatic activities for future clinical trials.

Introduction

Colon cancer, the second major cause of cancer-related death in the US, has also become a common malignancy in Asia due to recent changes in diet. Individuals with colorectal cancer that has spread from the colon or rectum to other parts of the body often undergo chemotherapy or radiation using a combination of targeted drugs to alleviate symptoms of the disease and reduce local failure and distant metastasis or prolong survival time, thereby improving the clinical outcome of patients (1,2).

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an essential role in the progression of cancer by stimulating the new growth of blood vessels (3). Essentially, VEGF stimulates the body to provide a blood supply for a newly developing cancer (4). SU5416 inhibits the effects of VEGF in the body and is now being evaluated in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (5). The combination of radiotherapy and targeted drugs with anti-angiogenic or anti-vascular effects may be the most prospective approach to improving therapeutic anticancer results (3,6,7).

In the present study, we investigated the enhancement of radiation-induced antitumor and antimetastatic effects in colorectal cancer cells induced by combination treatment with SU5416. We found that the addition of SU5416 markedly enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of radiation in colon cancer cells through an increase in apoptosis and inhibition of metastatic potential. Taken together, our results show that SU5416 can be successfully combined with a radiation regimen to potentiate its antitumor and antimetastatic activities. The present study provides a scientific rationale for further exploration of the efficacy of the combination of radiation and VEGF-targeted therapy in controlling the growth of colon cancer cells for future clinical trials.

Materials and methods

Antibodies and chemicals

Antibody against β-actin was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Antibodies against phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK), ERK, p-p38 and p38 were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danver, MA, USA). Anti-γ H2A histone family, member X (γH2AX) antibody was purchased from Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA). The angiogenesis inhibitor SU5416 was synthesized at Sugen Inc. as previously described (8). For in vitro experiments, SU5416 was dissolved in DMSO as a 2 mmol/l stock solution that was stored at −20°C.

Cell culture

The human colorectal cancer cell lines HT29 and HCT116 were grown in Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI)-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), glutamine, HEPES and antibiotics at 37°C in a 5% CO2 humidified incubator.

Irradiation

Cells were plated in 60-mm dishes and incubated at 37°C in a 5% CO2 humidified incubator, and grown to 70–80% confluency. Cells were irradiated with a 137Cs γ-ray source (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., Ontario, Canada) at a dose rate of 3.81 Gy/min.

Colony forming assay

SU5416 (2 μmol/l) was preincubated for 24 h before radiation exposure and then incubated for a total of 72 h. After 14–20 days, colonies were stained with 0.4% crystal violet (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). The plating efficiency (PE) represents the percentage of seeded cells that grew into colonies under specific culture conditions for a given cell line. The survival fraction, expressed as a function of irradiation, was calculated as follows: survival fraction = colonies counted/(cells seeded × PE/100). To evaluate the radiosensitizing effects of SU5416, the enhancement ratio was calculated as the dose (Gy) for radiation alone divided by the dose for radiation plus SU5416 that yielded a surviving fraction of 50% (D50).

Detection of apoptotic cells by Annexin V staining

After SU5416 exposure, the cells were treated with radiation for 48 h. Cells were washed with ice-cold phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), trypsinized and resuspended in 1X binding buffer [10 mm HEPES/NaOH (pH 7.4), 140 mm NaCl and 2.5 mm CaCl2] at 1×106 cells/ml. Aliquots (100 μl) of the cell solution were mixed with 5 μl Annexin V-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) (BD Pharmingen) and 10 μl propidium iodide (PI) stock solution (50 μg/ml in PBS) by gentle vortexing, followed by a 15-min incubation at room temperature in the dark. Cells were resuspended in 1X binding buffer (400 μl) and analyzed on a FACScan flow cytometer (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). At least 10,000 cells were counted for each sample and data analysis was performed using CellQuest software (BD Biosciences).

Measurement of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS)

The levels of intracellular ROS were assessed using the fluorescent probe 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (H2DCF-DA). The cells were then incubated with 10 μM H2DCF-DA for 30 min at 37°C, and the green fluorescence corresponding to the levels of intracellular ROS was detected through a 520-nm long-pass filter on an Olympus FV-1000 laser fluorescence microscope.

Senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) assay

Colon cancer cells were washed twice in PBS, fixed at room temperature for 6–7 min in 2% formaldehyde/0.2% glutaraldehyde, then washed three times in PBS and incubated at 37°C with SA-β-gal staining solution [1 mg/m; 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl β-D-galactoside (Sigma-Aldrich)] in buffer containing 100 mM citric acid, 200 mM sodium phosphate, 5 mM potassium ferrocyanide, 5 mM potassium ferrocyanide, 150 mM NaCl and 2 mM MgCl2 at pH 6.0. Staining was evident after 4–6 h. The cells were washed with PBS and then with distilled water before microscopic examination. Cells at passage 14 were used as a control.

Analysis of cell cycle progression

Cells were seeded in 60-mm dishes with 60% confluency. After 24 h, cells were trypsinized, harvested, and fixed in 1 ml of 70% cold ethanol in test tubes and incubated at 4 ℃ for overnight. After incubation, cells were centrifuged at 2,000 rpm for 3 min, and the cell pellets were resuspended in 500 μl propidium iodine (10 μg/ml) containing 300 μg/ml RNase (Sigma, MO, USA). Cell cycle distribution was calculated from 10,000 cells with CellQuest software using FACScaliber (both from Becton Dickinson, CA, USA).

Immunohistochemistry

Immunohistochemistry was performed to determine the nuclear distribution of γ-H2AX in individual cells. Cells were grown on chamber slides for 1 day before irradiation or SU5416 treatment. For combination treatment, SU5416 was added to the cells before the radiation treatment. All treatments were performed while cells were attached to the slides. After treatment, the cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with 0.7% Triton X-100 in PBS. After blocking with 10% FBS/1% bovine serum albumin for 1 h, detection was performed using a 1:1,000 dilution of a FITC-labeled mouse monoclonal γ-H2AX antibody (Millipore).

Western blotting

Colon cancer cells were exposed to SU5416 and then treated with radiation for 1 and 24 h. The cells were lysed using radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer, and equal amounts of proteins were separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. The membranes were blocked with 1% (v/v) non-fat dry milk in Tris-buffered saline with 0.05% Tween-20 and then incubated with the indicated antibodies. Blots were incubated with primary antibodies at 1:1,000 dilutions and with secondary antibodies at 1:5,000 dilutions. Immunoreactive protein bands were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA) and scanned.

Wound healing scratch assay

Human colon cancer cells were seeded onto 6-well plates (Corning, Corning, NY, USA) at 2.5×104/well in 3 ml RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS. At 2 days, the monolayers were disrupted mechanically using a sterile 200 μl tip. The assay was performed in duplicate. The wells were photographed every 24 h. Cells were then stained with 0.2% crystal violet. Cell migration was monitored using a Nikon Eclipse Ti microscope with a DS-Fi1 camera. The cells were counted using ImageJ software (United States National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).

Invasion assay

The invasive ability of the cells in vitro was measured using a Transwell invasion assay kit (Chemicon, Millipore, Norcross, GA, USA) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Briefly, cells were seeded onto the membrane of the upper chamber of the Transwell at a concentration of 4×105/ml in 150 μl serum-free RPMI medium and were left untreated or were treated with the indicated doses of SU5416, radiation, or a combination of the two. The medium in the lower chamber contained 10% FBS as a source of chemoattractants. After incubation for 24 h, the cells that passed through the Matrigel-coated membrane were stained with a cell stain solution containing crystal violet and photographed.

Statistical analysis

Statistical significance was determined by the Student's t-test. Differences were considered significant if the p-value was <0.05 or 0.001.

Results

Radiosensitizing effect of SU5416 on colon cancer cell proliferation

To investigate whether SU5416 treatment sensitizes colon cancer cells to ionizing radiation (IR)-induced cell killing, we conducted a clonogenic survival assay. Fig. 1A and B shows the radiation dose-response curves of radiosensitive HCT116 cells and radioresistant HT29 cells irradiated with γ-rays in the presence of SU5416. The survival rate decreased to a greater extent for cells treated with SU5416 before irradiation compared with cells irradiated without SU5416, suggesting that SU5416 acts as a potential radiosensitizer to increase the sensitivity of colon cancer cells to IR-induced cell killing. The SU5416 effect, expressed as the enhancement ratio compared with radiation alone was calculated at D50.

SU5416 enhances radiation-induced senescence and apoptosis

To further explore the mechanisms by which SU5416 increases the radiation sensitivity of colon cancer cells, we investigated whether SU5416 promotes IR-induced senescence and apoptosis. We performed staining of the early apoptotic markers Annexin V and PI in colon cancer cell lines; radiation and SU5416 combination treatment for 72 h significantly increased the percentage of early apoptotic cells (Fig. 2A). To investigate the relationship between ROS production and enhancement of radiation-induced apoptosis by SU5416, we examined the effects of SU5416 on ROS production in colon cancer cells. ROS production was induced to a greater extent by the combination of SU5416 and radiation than by SU5416 or radiation alone (Fig. 2B). Recent studies have shown that IR induces premature senescence in cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that the induction of senescence plays an important role in IR-induced tumor suppression (9). We stained cells for SA-β-gal and found that the expression of SA-β-gal correlated with the loss of proliferation and was observed after approximately 5 days of exposure to various doses (Fig. 2C). The results showed that combined treatment with SU5416 and IR induced more SA-β-gal-positive senescent colon cancer cells than did either SU5416 or IR treatment alone (Fig. 2C). These results suggest that SU5416 may radiosensitize colon cancer cells by enhancing IR-induced premature senescence and apoptosis.

Effects of SU5416 and radiation on cell cycle phase distribution

To further investigate the mechanisms underlying the cell cycle after treatment with SU5416, we performed flow cytometric analysis of PI-stained cells in the two colon cancer cell lines (Fig. 3A). As shown in Fig. 3B, the sub-G1 phase indicating the apoptotic population was not markedly altered after treatment with SU5416 alone; however, combined treatment caused slight accumulation of cells in the sub-G1 phase. Combination therapy caused a decrease in cells in the G2/M phase, suggesting efficient induction of cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase in both colon cancer cell lines.

Effect of SU5416 on radiation-induced DNA damage and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) expression

To analyze the effect of SU5416 on DNA double-strand break (DSB) processing, the level of phosphorylated H2AX (γ-H2AX), a marker of DSBs, was examined by immunohistochemistry and western blotting at 0, 1 and 24 h after treatment. As shown in Fig. 4, prolonged expression of γ-H2AX was observed 24 h after radiation exposure in the presence of SU5416 (Fig. 4A and B). Two MAPK members, ERK and p38, are involved in DNA damage responses (10). However, it has yet to be determined if SU5416 treatment affects the activities of ERK and p38 in colon cancer cells. To address this issue, western blot analyses were performed to assess the expression levels of p-ERK, ERK, p-p38 and p38 in the colon cancer cells. The results showed that SU5416 treatment significantly inhibited the expression levels of p-ERK and p-p38 in the irradiated colon cancer cells (Fig. 4C).

Combination therapy significantly inhibits tumor cell motility and tumor cell invasion

Cell migration and invasion play crucial roles in tumor metastasis (11). To further investigate the antimetastatic effect of SU5416, the ability of SU5416-treated colon cancer cell migration was assessed by scratch-wound and Transwell assays. The results from the scratch-wound assay showed that the wound healing of the combination treatment was gradually reduced compared with the wound healing ability of the cells treated with SU5416 or radiation alone (Fig. 5A and B). We next investigated the anti-invasive and anti-migratory activities of SU5416 on colon cancer cells using a Transwell system. As shown in Fig. 5, SU5416 in combination with radiation significantly inhibited the migration and invasion of the two colon cancer cell lines in the chamber Transwell assays (Fig. 5C–F). These results suggest that the combination of SU5416 and radiation affected the abilities of cell migration and invasion.

Discussion

Numerous patients who experience radiotherapy develop local failure. To improve the efficacy of treatment and reduce side-effects, there is an increasing interest in various combinations of radiotherapy using novel targeted therapies (12). Among them, inhibition of tumor angiogenesis is one such targeted therapy. The importance of angiogenesis in the progression of human cancers has been highlighted by recent studies that have associated angiogenic phenotypes with patient survival (13). Growing tumors induce angiogenesis to ensure an adequate delivery of oxygen and nutrients, and several angiostatic drugs have been approved for the treatment of cancer patients. Preclinical studies suggest that anti-angiogenic agents enhance tumor control in response to radiation (14), and large numbers of such compounds are already in clinical studies or have been approved for the treatment of certain malignancies (15). Both pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that radiotherapy can affect tumor angiogenesis and that inhibition of angiogenesis can potentiate the effect of radiotherapy. Thus, inhibition of angiogenesis combined with radiotherapy is a promising strategy for cancer therapy. In the present study, we showed that the combination of VEGF signaling inhibition and radiation significantly enhanced the antitumor effects of each monotherapy in colon cancer cells.

For these studies, we used SU5416 as an inhibitor of VEGF signaling in colon cancer cells. Recent clinical studies have shown that SU5416 is active against metastatic colorectal cancer when combined with fluorouracil/leucovorin (16). Recent clinical studies have also shown that the combination of SU5416 and radiation may provide clinical benefits in patients with certain cancer cell types (17). However, it is largely unknown how SU5416 treatment may affect IR-induced sensitivity of colon cancer cells. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the molecular mechanisms of potential SU5416 treatment-induced sensitization of colon cancer cells to radiotherapy. In the present study, we provide a scientific rationale for the clinical application of SU5416 as a radiosensitizer in colorectal cancer by evaluating the effect of single and combined treatments on tumor cell survival, apoptosis, senescence, cell cycle regulation, DNA repair activity and tumor cell invasiveness. Our investigations demonstrated that SU5416 combined with radiation significantly decreased clonogenic survival and that SU5416 enhanced the radiosensitivity of colon cancer cells by promoting apoptosis through ROS (Figs. 1 and 2). Senescence is a critical mechanism underlying chemotherapy and radiotherapy-induced tumor suppression. Therefore, we demonstrated that SU5416 treatment markedly increased SA-β-gal staining in the irradiated colon cancer cells, suggesting that SU5416 may sensitize colon cancer cells to radiotherapy via enhancing IR-induced premature senescence (Fig. 2C). In addition, when SU5416 was administered before radiation, the colon cancer cells failed to undergo mitosis. This SU5416-mediated inhibition of cell cycle progression appeared to be caused by failure of the cells to undergo transition from the G2 to M phase (Fig. 3). The critical mechanism of tumor cell killing by IR is DNA damage and, most significantly, DSBs (18). The rationale for using cytotoxic chemotherapy as a radiosensitizer is based on the rationale that additional DNA damage may lower the threshold of cell death induced by IR. Our results showed that the combination treatment delayed the clearance of γ-H2AX, suggesting that SU5416 maintains DNA damage and thus, increases the radiosensitivity of cells (Fig. 4).

Migration is a main event in the metastatic cascade of cancers, and expression of VEGF-2 plays an important role in cell migration by activating a number of intracellular signaling pathways (1921). Therefore, we examined the effect of our combination therapy on the migratory characteristics of colon cancer cells. Our data showed that the combination treatment effectively inhibited tumor cell invasion and migration mediated by a Transwell chamber assay (Fig. 5). VEGF mediates angiogenesis predominantly via the activation of PI3K/Akt and MAPK signaling cascades (22). ERK and p38 are key downstream components of the RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway, and aberrant signaling can promote cell immortalization, proliferation and resistance to radiation (22). Fig. 4 shows that radiation-activated p-ERK and p-p38 expression were suppressed by pre-irradiation treatment with SU5416.

Taken together, our results demonstrated for the first time that SU5416-induced radiosensitization is associated with inhibition of tumor cell survival, marked increases in ROS production, senescence induction, DNA DSBs and tumor cell invasiveness in irradiated colon cancer cells, suggesting that increased IR-induced premature senescence could be exploited as a novel strategy to sensitize colon cancer cells to radiotherapy. Our data provide a molecular biological basis for the use of chemoradiation to enhance the therapeutic efficacy against colon cancer cells. For future research, in vivo mouse models and evaluation of toxicity to normal cells should be conducted to determine the clinical applications of SU5416 and minimize complications.

Acknowledgments

The present study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants (NRF-2014R1A1A3053958 and NRF-2014029534) funded by the Korean government (MSIP).

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