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Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling

Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate and high resistance to chemotherapy. Thus, many studies are currently assessing the ability of natural products to induce ovarian cancer cell death. A coumarin derivative, 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), has been reported to have anti-cancer effects on various...

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Autores principales: An, Garam, Park, Sunwoo, Lee, Minkyoung, Lim, Whasun, Song, Gwonhwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7408106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32645961
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070640
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author An, Garam
Park, Sunwoo
Lee, Minkyoung
Lim, Whasun
Song, Gwonhwa
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Park, Sunwoo
Lee, Minkyoung
Lim, Whasun
Song, Gwonhwa
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description Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate and high resistance to chemotherapy. Thus, many studies are currently assessing the ability of natural products to induce ovarian cancer cell death. A coumarin derivative, 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), has been reported to have anti-cancer effects on various cancers, but its effects on ovarian cancer are not fully understood. In this study, we identified the intracellular mechanism underlying the effects of 4-MU on epithelial ovarian cancer cells. Decreased ovarian cancer cell proliferation and an accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase were observed following 4-MU treatment. Moreover, 4-MU interfered with calcium homeostasis; induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in both cell lines; inhibited AKT and S6 phosphorylation; and increased ERK1/2, P38, and JNK phosphorylation. Furthermore, 4-MU and pharmacological inhibitors showed synergic effects in suppressing cell proliferation. Collectively, our current data indicate that antitumor effects of 4-MU could be appropriate for use as a therapeutic agent against epithelial ovarian cancer cells.
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spelling pubmed-74081062020-08-25 Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling An, Garam Park, Sunwoo Lee, Minkyoung Lim, Whasun Song, Gwonhwa Pharmaceutics Article Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate and high resistance to chemotherapy. Thus, many studies are currently assessing the ability of natural products to induce ovarian cancer cell death. A coumarin derivative, 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), has been reported to have anti-cancer effects on various cancers, but its effects on ovarian cancer are not fully understood. In this study, we identified the intracellular mechanism underlying the effects of 4-MU on epithelial ovarian cancer cells. Decreased ovarian cancer cell proliferation and an accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase were observed following 4-MU treatment. Moreover, 4-MU interfered with calcium homeostasis; induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in both cell lines; inhibited AKT and S6 phosphorylation; and increased ERK1/2, P38, and JNK phosphorylation. Furthermore, 4-MU and pharmacological inhibitors showed synergic effects in suppressing cell proliferation. Collectively, our current data indicate that antitumor effects of 4-MU could be appropriate for use as a therapeutic agent against epithelial ovarian cancer cells. MDPI 2020-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7408106/ /pubmed/32645961 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070640 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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An, Garam
Park, Sunwoo
Lee, Minkyoung
Lim, Whasun
Song, Gwonhwa
Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title_full Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title_fullStr Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title_full_unstemmed Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title_short Antiproliferative Effect of 4-Methylumbelliferone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Disruption of Intracellular Homeostasis and Regulation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK Signaling
title_sort antiproliferative effect of 4-methylumbelliferone in epithelial ovarian cancer cells is mediated by disruption of intracellular homeostasis and regulation of pi3k/akt and mapk signaling
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7408106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32645961
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070640
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