title: Effect of PKC412, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, on spontaneous metastatic model mice.
abstract: We investigated the anti-metastatic effect of PKC412, a selective inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), on a spontaneous metastatic mouse model, which was prepared by inoculation with B16-BL6 mouse melanoma cells into the footpad of the right hind leg. At two weeks after inoculation, the primary tumor was amputated completely. PKC412 (200 mg/kg) administered orally for four weeks after the tumor inoculation, significantly prolonged survival compared with the control. Furthermore, to elucidate the mechanism of the anti-metastatic effect of PKC412, we examined the growth rate of B16-BL6 cells premixed with Matrigel in vivo and the invasiveness of B16-BL6 cells using a chemo-invasion chamber in vitro. PKC412 significantly reduced the growth rate of cells in vivo (100 and 200 mg/kg) and the invading cells in vitro (10, 30 and 100 nM) in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, PKC412 exerts an anti-metastatic action through inhibition of the invasiveness of melanoma cells in the extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan. lfp51193@mwu.mukogawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Satomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagota
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozuka
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunitomo
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002455:Cell Division; D003094:Collagen; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix; D005260:Female; D007797:Laminin; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011509:Proteoglycans; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007797:Laminin; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; C059485:matrigel; D003094:Collagen; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; C059539:midostaurin