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- Title
Fucoxanthin Prevents Pancreatic Tumorigenesis in C57BL/6J Mice That Received Allogenic and Orthotopic Transplants of Cancer Cells.
- Authors
Murase, Wataru; Kamakura, Yukino; Kawakami, Serina; Yasuda, Ayaka; Wagatsuma, Momoka; Kubota, Atsuhito; Kojima, Hiroyuki; Ohta, Tohru; Takahashi, Mami; Mutoh, Michihiro; Tanaka, Takuji; Maeda, Hayato; Miyashita, Kazuo; Terasaki, Masaru
- Abstract
Fucoxanthin (Fx) is a marine carotenoid with anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties in various animal models of carcinogenesis. However, there is currently no information on the effects of Fx in animal models of pancreatic cancer. We investigated the chemopreventive effects of Fx in C57BL/6J mice that received allogenic and orthotopic transplantations of cancer cells (KMPC44) derived from a pancreatic cancer murine model (Ptf1aCre/+; LSL-krasG12D/+). Using microarray, immunofluorescence, western blot, and siRNA analyses, alterations in cancer-related genes and protein expression were evaluated in pancreatic tumors of Fx-administered mice. Fx administration prevented the adenocarcinoma (ADC) development of pancreatic and parietal peritoneum tissues in a pancreatic cancer murine model, but not the incidence of ADC. Gene and protein expressions showed that the suppression of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21 (CCL21)/chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) axis, its downstream of Rho A, B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA), N-cadherin, αSMA, pFAK(Tyr397), and pPaxillin(Tyr31) were significantly suppressed in the pancreatic tumors of mice treated with Fx. In addition, Ccr7 knockdown significantly attenuated the growth of KMPC44 cells. These results suggest that Fx is a promising candidate for pancreatic cancer chemoprevention that mediates the suppression of the CCL21/CCR7 axis, BTLA, tumor microenvironment, epithelial mesenchymal transition, and adhesion.
- Subjects
LABORATORY mice; CANCER cells; CHEMOKINE receptors; EPITHELIAL-mesenchymal transition; PANCREATIC tumors; PANCREATIC cancer; CELL adhesion
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 24, p13620
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms222413620