title: Long-term ethanol exposure-induced hepatocellular carcinoma cell migration and invasion through lysyl oxidase activation are attenuated by combined treatment with pterostilbene and curcumin analogues.
abstract: Ethanol consumption induces hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell metastasis by changing the extracellular matrix (ECM). Lysyl oxidase (LOX) catalyzes the cross-linkage of collagen or elastin in the ECM. LOX protein and mRNA overexpression (>21-fold compared with controls, n = 6) was detected in cirrhotic HCC patients with a history of alcoholism. LOX protein expression was induced in HCC cells after long-term treatment with ethanol (10 mM) for 20-40 passages (denoted E20-E40 cells). Pterostilbene (PSB, 1 μM) displayed significant potency to reduce LOX-mediated activity in E40 cells when combined with curcumin and its analogues. The ability of E40 cells to form colonies in soft agar was reduced by both genetic depletion of LOX and by chemical inhibitors of LOX expression. This study suggests that targeting LOX expression with food components such as PSB and curcumin may be a novel strategy to overcome ethanol-induced HCC cell metastasis in liver cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Shui
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chi-Tang
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Shih-Hsin
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Min-Hsiung
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Chien-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Hui-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chien-Hsi
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chih-Hsiung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yuan-Soon
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects*; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003474:Curcumin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004549:Elastin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D061346:Laser Capture Microdissection; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008249:Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013267:Stilbenes; C107773:pterostilbene; D000431:Ethanol; D003094:Collagen; D004549:Elastin; D008249:Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase; D003474:Curcumin