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- Title
Anti-proliferative potential of Glucosamine in renal cancer cells via inducing cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase.
- Authors
Long-sheng Wang; Shao-jun Chen; Jun-feng Zhang; Meng-nan Liu; Jun-hua Zheng; Xu-dong Yao; Wang, Long-Sheng; Chen, Shao-Jun; Zhang, Jun-Feng; Liu, Meng-Nan; Zheng, Jun-Hua; Yao, Xu-Dong
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most common types of cancer in urological system worldwide. Recently, the anticancer role of Glucosamine has been studied in many types of cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Glucosamine on RCC.<bold>Methods: </bold>The effects of Glucosamine on RCC cell proliferation and apoptosis were investigated by MTT assay and Annexin V-FITC Apoptosis assay, respectively in vitro. Cell cycle was detected by flow cytometry after treatment with Glucosamine. Protein levels of several cell cycle associated markers were examined by Western Blot.<bold>Results: </bold>Our data showed that Glucosamine significantly inhibited the proliferation of renal cancer 786-O and Caki-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Besides, Glucosamine treatment resulted in cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase in both cell lines. Meanwhile, the expression of several regulators that contribute to G1/S phased transition, such as Cyclin D1, CDK4 and CDK6, were significantly down-regulated with the up-regulation of cell cycle inhibitors, p21 and p53, after treatment with glucosamine. However, the apoptosis rate of RCC cells was down-regulated when treatment with Glucosamine at 1 mM and 5 mM, while up-regulated at 10 mM.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Our findings indicated that Glucosamine inhibited the proliferation of RCC cells by promoting cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase, but not promoting apoptosis. The present results suggested that Glucosamine might be a potential therapeutic agent in RCC treatment in the future.
- Subjects
RENAL cell carcinoma; GLUCOSAMINE; CELL proliferation; CELL cycle; UROLOGY; APOPTOSIS; CELL physiology; KIDNEY tumors; CANCER cell culture
- Publication
BMC Urology, 2017, Vol 17, p1
- ISSN
1471-2490
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12894-017-0221-7