We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Antitumor Effects of Vitamin D Analogs on Hamster and Mouse Melanoma Cell Lines in Relation to Melanin Pigmentation.
- Authors
Wasiewicz, Tomasz; Szyszka, Paulina; Cichorek, Miroslawa; Janjetovic, Zorica; Tuckey, Robert C.; Slominski, Andrzej T.; Zmijewski, Michal A.
- Abstract
Deregulated melanogenesis is involved in melanomagenesis and melanoma progression and resistance to therapy. Vitamin D analogs have anti-melanoma activity. While the hypercalcaemic effect of the active form of Vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) limits its therapeutic use, novel Vitamin D analogs with a modified side chain demonstrate low calcaemic activity. We therefore examined the effect of secosteroidal analogs, both classic (1,25(OH)2D3 and 25(OH)D3), and novel relatively non-calcemic ones (20(OH)D3, calcipotriol, 21(OH)pD, pD and 20(OH)pL), on proliferation, colony formation in monolayer and soft-agar, and mRNA and protein expression by melanoma cells. Murine B16-F10 and hamster Bomirski Ab cell lines were shown to be effective models to study how melanogenesis affects anti-melanoma treatment. Novel Vitamin D analogs with a short side-chain and lumisterol-like 20(OH)pL efficiently inhibited rodent melanoma growth. Moderate pigmentation sensitized rodent melanoma cells towards Vitamin D analogs, and altered expression of key genes involved in Vitamin D signaling, which was opposite to the effect on heavily pigmented cells. Interestingly, melanogenesis inhibited ligand-induced Vitamin D receptor translocation and ligand-induced expression of VDR and CYP24A1 genes. These findings indicate that melanogenesis can affect the anti-melanoma activity of Vitamin D analogs in a complex manner.
- Subjects
MELANOMA treatment; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; LABORATORY mice; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of vitamin D; CANCER cells; CELL lines; MELANINS; ANIMAL coloration
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 4, p6645
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms16046645