Antineoplastic Effects and Mechanisms of a New RGD Chimeric Peptide from Bullfrog Skin on the Proliferation and Apoptosis of B16F10 Cells.
Protein J
; 40(5): 709-720, 2021 10.
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ABSTRACT
Malignant melanoma, an increasingly common form of skin cancer, poses a significant threat to public health, especially when the disease progresses past skin lesions to the stage of advanced metastasis. In this work, a new anti-tumor peptide, temporin La (T-La), was selected from a cDNA library generated from bullfrog skin. Two new derivative antitumor peptides, T-La (S) and T-La (FS), were designed by bioinformatics analysis and coupled with the RGD small molecule peptide to create chimeric RGD peptides, (RGD-T-La [S] and RGD-T-La [FS]). Preliminary experiments showed that the new antitumor peptides had significant antitumor effects. After coupling to the chimeric RGD peptide, the targeted treatment of mouse melanoma was significantly improved. Our data demonstrate that the 4 peptides tested herein significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of B16F10 cells; with an increase in polypeptide concentration, the proportion of melanoma cells in the G0/G1 phase decreased or increased significantly, respectively, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) content increased significantly, the mitochondrial membrane potential decreased significantly, and the expression of pro-apoptotic Bax, Caspase-3, and Caspase-9 increased, and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 decreased significantly. Tyr and MITF genes were significantly downregulated. In conclusion, the use of these new anti-tumor peptides, when combined with a chimeric RGD peptide, may increase ROS levels and decrease mitochondrial membrane potential by inhibiting the activity of mitochondria, thus releasing apoptosis-promoting factors in B16F10 cells. The present study describes a new potential strategy for the application of promising peptides in the treatment of various cancers.
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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6_malignant_skin_melanoma
Assunto principal:
Oligopeptídeos
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Pele
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Melanoma Experimental
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Apoptose
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Proteínas de Anfíbios
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Antineoplásicos
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Animals
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En
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Protein J
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
China