Ethacrynic acid suppresses B7-H4 expression involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of lung adenocarcinoma cells via inhibiting STAT3 pathway.
B7-H4
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Ethacrynic acid
Lun cancer
STAT3
Journal
Biochemical pharmacology
ISSN: 1873-2968
Titre abrégé: Biochem Pharmacol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0101032
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2023
06 2023
Historique:
received:
07
01
2023
revised:
26
03
2023
accepted:
28
03
2023
medline:
22
5
2023
pubmed:
6
4
2023
entrez:
5
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lung cancer is characterized by high incidence and mortality. 90% of cancer deaths are caused by metastases. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in cancer cells is a prerequisite for the metastatic process. Ethacrynic acid (ECA) is a loop diuretic that inhibits the EMT process in lung cancer cells. EMT has been related to the tumour immunemicroenvironment. However, the effect of ECA on immune checkpoint molecules in the context of cancer has not been fully identified. In the present study, we found that sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) and TGF-β1, awell-known EMT inducer, induced the expression of B7-H4 in lung cancer cells. We also investigated the involvement of B7-H4 in the SPC-induced EMT process. Knockdown of B7-H4 suppressed SPC-induced EMT, while B7-H4 overexpression enhanced EMT of lung cancer cells. ECA inhibited SPC/TGF-β1-induced B7-H4 expression via suppression of STAT3 activation. Moreover, ECA inhibits the colonization of mice lung by tail vein-injected LLC1 cells. ECA-treated mice increased the CD4-positive T cells in lung tumour tissues. In summary, these results suggested that ECA inhibits B7-H4 expression via STAT3 inhibition, leading to SPC/TGF-β1-induced EMT. Therefore, ECA might be an immune oncological drug for B7-H4-positive cancer, especially lung cancer.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37019184
pii: S0006-2952(23)00128-4
doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115537
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
0
Ethacrynic Acid
M5DP350VZV
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
115537Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.