Se-Allylselenocysteine induces autophagy by modulating the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway and epigenetic regulation of PCDH17 in human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells
Journal
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
12
Pages
2511-2522
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Abstract
Scope: Selenium (Se)-conjugated compounds have been established as anti-carcinogenic compounds. The use of chemicals as cancer chemotherapeutic agents to induce programmed cell death (PCD) involves genetic and epigenetic modifications. In this study, we investigated the underlying molecular mechanisms of Se-allylselenocysteine (ASC)-induced PCD and protocadherin 17 (PCDH17) expression in HT-29 cells. Methods and results: Cell viability analysis indicated that the ability of ASC to induce cancer cell death was greater than that of Se-methylselenocysteine in colorectal cancer cells. ASC also decreased global DNA methylation levels via downregulation of DNA methyltransferase 1 expression. The autophagic cell death is the cause in ASC-induced cytotoxicity that was inhibited by pretreatment with autophagy inhibitor. At the molecular level, ASC induced PCDH17 expression through decreased PCDH17 promoter hypermethylation. PCDH17 is also an important role in ASC-induced autophagy by HT-29 transfected with PCDH17 shRNA or expression plasmid. Our western blot analysis showed that ASC significantly induced autophagy via the AMPK/mTOR pathway that was also regulated PCDH17 expression. Additionally, we used the HT-29 tumor xenograft models to confirm the ability of ASC inhibited tumor growth. Conclusion: These results reveal that ASC is an effective inducer of autophagy through regulating the AMPK/mTOR and PCDH17 expression via epigenetic modification. ? 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Subjects
Autophagy; DNA methylation; Epigenetic; PCDH17; Se-allylselenocysteine
SDGs
Other Subjects
antineoplastic agent; cadherin; hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase kinase; MTOR protein, human; protocadherin 17, human; Se-allylselenocysteine; selenocysteine; selenomethylselenocysteine; target of rapamycin kinase; adenocarcinoma; analogs and derivatives; animal; autophagy; Bagg albino mouse; Colorectal Neoplasms; DNA methylation; drug effects; drug screening; female; gene expression regulation; genetic epigenesis; genetics; HT-29 cell line; human; metabolism; pathology; promoter region; signal transduction; Adenocarcinoma; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Autophagy; Cadherins; Colorectal Neoplasms; DNA Methylation; Epigenesis, Genetic; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; HT29 Cells; Humans; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Selenocysteine; Signal Transduction; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Type
journal article