Antimetastatic activity of MONCPT in preclinical melanoma mice model.
Previous study demonstrated that MONCPT, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, exhibited potent anti-proliferation and anti-angiogenesis activity in vitro and in vivo. In this study, we report the efficacy of MONCPT against the development of melanoma metastasis by an intravenous injection of green fluorescent protein-transfected mice melanoma carcinoma (B16F10-GFP) cells in C57BL/6 mice. MONCPT (2.0, 5.0 and 12.5 mg/kg/2 days) markedly decreased B16F10-GFP pulmonary metastases by 12.8%, 53.1% and 76.3%, respectively; whereas higher doses of MONCPT (31.0 mg/kg/2 days) significantly inhibited the tumor growth of B16F10 xenograft model. In the in vitro experiment, MONCPT suppressed the B16F10-GFP cell invasion and migration without affecting cell survival. Further studies demonstrated that MONCPT decreased the secretion of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and VEGF, and reduced the protein expression of HIF-1α as well as the phosphorylation level of ERK in B16F10-GFP cells. These in vivo and in vitro results indicate that MONCPT possesses both the potent antimetastatic ability and the tumor growth-inhibition activity, and the dual function promises MONCPT as a potential therapeutic agent for tumor metastasis and tumor growth of melanoma carcinoma.
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Chun
XC
Yang
Chong-Xing
CX
Tu
Pei-Hua
PH
Luo
Hong
H
Zhu
Di-Feng
DF
Zhu
Hong-Hai
HH
Wu
Xing-Lu
XL
Zhou
Wei
W
Lu
Qiao-Jun
QJ
He
Bo
B
Yang
D000818:Animals; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002469:Cell Separation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism
C513484:10-methoxy-9-nitrocamptothecin; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D002166:Camptothecin