title: Progesterone receptor modulator CDB-2914 down-regulates proliferative cell nuclear antigen and Bcl-2 protein expression and up-regulates caspase-3 and poly(adenosine 5'-diphosphate-ribose) polymerase expression in cultured human uterine leiomyoma cells.
abstract: The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the progesterone receptor modulator CDB-2914 on proliferative activity and apoptosis in cultured human uterine leiomyoma cells. Isolated leiomyoma cells were subcultured in phenol red-free DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum for 120 h and then stepped down to serum-free conditions for 12, 24, 48, and 96 h in the absence or presence of graded concentrations of CDB-2914 (10(-9), 10(-8), 10(-7), and 10(-6) M). The number of viable cultured leiomyoma cells was determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazodium bromide assay. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression was evaluated by immunocytochemistry and Western blot analysis. Apoptosis was examined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. Caspase-3, cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and Bcl-2 expression were assessed by Western blot analysis. Compared with untreated control cultures, treatment with CDB-2914 decreased the number of viable cultured leiomyoma cells and the PCNA-positive rate in those cells and increased the TUNEL-positive rate in cultured leiomyoma cells in a dose-dependent manner. Western blot analysis revealed that treatment with CDB-2914 significantly decreased the expression of PCNA and Bcl-2 protein and increased the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP in a dose-dependent manner compared with untreated control cultures. These results suggest that CDB-2914 inhibits the proliferation of cultured leiomyoma cells by down-regulating PCNA expression and induces apoptosis by up-regulating cleaved caspase-3 and PARP expression and down-regulating Bcl-2 protein expression in those cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takekida
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sitruk-Ware
authors.forename: Elof D B
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruo
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009649:Norpregnadienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D009649:Norpregnadienes; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; C094854:ulipristal; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases