LFG-500, a novel synthetic flavonoid, suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human lung adenocarcinoma cells by inhibiting NLRP3 in inflammatory microenvironment.
Cancer Lett
; 400: 137-148, 2017 08 01.
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ABSTRACT
Increasing evidence indicates that inflammatory microenvironment facilitates tumor metastasis. Here, we found that LFG-500, a novel synthetic flavonoid, significantly inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 and H1299 cells co-cultured with LPS-challenged THP-1 cells or cultured in THP-1 cell-derived conditioned medium. Moreover, we found that TNF-α is a direct and decisive factor for promoting EMT and LFG-500 suppressed TNF-α-induced EMT and cell motility. NLRP3 knockdown inactivated NLRP3 inflammasome, which subsequently inhibited EMT and blocked cell migration, indicating that TNF-α-induced EMT requires the NLRP3 inflammasome. LFG-500 inhibited the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, thus inhibiting EMT. Moreover, LFG-500 treatment significantly inhibited metastasis in vivo by downregulating NLRP3 expression. Importantly, we found that NLRP3 was highly expressed in high-grade lung adenocarcinoma and that its expression was correlated with lymph node metastasis. NLRP3 and vimentin levels were significantly increased in matched metastatic lymph nodes. Moreover, a significant positive correlation was observed between their levels. Together, these results suggest that LFG-500 markedly suppresses EMT by inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome in the inflammatory microenvironment and that NLRP3 is a potential biomarker of lung adenocarcinoma metastasis.
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Flavonoides
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Adenocarcinoma
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Biomarcadores Tumorais
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Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal
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Microambiente Tumoral
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Proteína 3 que Contém Domínio de Pirina da Família NLR
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
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Antineoplásicos
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Humans
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Cancer Lett
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2017
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