title: Antineoplastic effects of rosiglitazone and PPARgamma transactivation in neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumour in infants. Unfortunately, most children present with advanced disease and have a poor prognosis. In the present study, we evaluated the role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) agonist rosiglitazone (RGZ) in two NB cell lines (SK-N-AS and SH-SY5Y), which express PPARgamma. Rosiglitazone decreased cell proliferation and viability to a greater extent in SK-N-AS than in SH-SY5Y. Furthermore, 20 microM RGZ significantly inhibited cell adhesion, invasiveness and apoptosis in SK-N-AS, but not in SH-SY5Y. Because of the different response of SK-N-AS and SH-SY5Y cells to RGZ, the function of PPARgamma as a transcriptional activator was assessed. Noticeably, transient transcription experiments with a PPARgamma responsive element showed that RGZ induced a three-fold increase of the reporter activity in SK-N-AS, whereas no effect was observed in SH-SY5Y. The different PPARgamma activity may be likely due to the markedly lower amount of phopshorylated (i.e. inactive) protein observed in SK-N-AS. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that the differential response of NB cells to RGZ may be related to differences in PPARgamma transactivation. This finding indicates that PPARgamma activity may be useful to select those patients, for whom PPARgamma agonists may have a beneficial therapeutic effect.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Center for Research, Transfer and High Education on Chronic, Inflammatory, Degenerative and Neoplastic Disorders (DENOThe), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cellai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ceni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baglioni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muratori
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ottanelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peri
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000378:metabolism; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D047495:PPAR gamma; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9