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A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The chemoattractant adipokine chemerin has been found to be elevated in several types of cancer, including colorectal carcinoma. The functional role of chemerin in colorectal carcinoma, however, has not been elucidated to date. This study analyses the impact of the chemerin analog CG...

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Autores principales: Friebus-Kardash, Justa, Schulz, Petra, Reinicke, Sandy, Karthaus, Cordula, Schefer, Quirino, Bandholtz, Sebastian, Grötzinger, Carsten
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35008289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14010125
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author Friebus-Kardash, Justa
Schulz, Petra
Reinicke, Sandy
Karthaus, Cordula
Schefer, Quirino
Bandholtz, Sebastian
Grötzinger, Carsten
author_facet Friebus-Kardash, Justa
Schulz, Petra
Reinicke, Sandy
Karthaus, Cordula
Schefer, Quirino
Bandholtz, Sebastian
Grötzinger, Carsten
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: The chemoattractant adipokine chemerin has been found to be elevated in several types of cancer, including colorectal carcinoma. The functional role of chemerin in colorectal carcinoma, however, has not been elucidated to date. This study analyses the impact of the chemerin analog CG34 on proliferation, colony formation, and migration in the human colorectal cancer cell lines HCT116, HT29 and SW620. In addition, the effect of systemic CG34 treatment is investigated in two xenograft mouse models of colorectal cancer (HCT116-luc and HT29-luc). The results of this study suggest there is a stimulatory role of chemerin receptor activation on the growth of colorectal carcinoma. ABSTRACT: Background: Chemerin plasma concentration has been reported to be positively correlated with the risk of colorectal cancer. However, the potential regulation of CRC tumorigenesis and progression has not yet been investigated in an experimental setting. This study addresses this hypothesis by investigating proliferation, colony formation, and migration of CRC cell lines in vitro as well as in animal models. Methods: In vitro, microscopic assays to study proliferation, as well as a scratch-wound assay for migration monitoring, were applied using the human CRC cell lines HCT116, HT29, and SW620 under the influence of the chemerin analog CG34. The animal study investigated HCT116-luc and HT29-luc subcutaneous tumor size and bioluminescence during treatment with CG34 versus control, followed by an ex-vivo analysis of vessel density and mitotic activity. Results: While the proliferation of the three CRC cell lines in monolayers was not clearly stimulated by CG34, the chemerin analog promoted colony formation in three-dimensional aggregates. An effect on cell migration was not observed. In the treatment study, CG34 significantly stimulated both growth and bioluminescence signals of HCT116-luc and HT29-luc xenografts. Conclusions: The results of this study represent the first indication of a tumor growth-stimulating effect of chemerin signaling in CRC.
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spelling pubmed-87502902022-01-12 A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma Friebus-Kardash, Justa Schulz, Petra Reinicke, Sandy Karthaus, Cordula Schefer, Quirino Bandholtz, Sebastian Grötzinger, Carsten Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: The chemoattractant adipokine chemerin has been found to be elevated in several types of cancer, including colorectal carcinoma. The functional role of chemerin in colorectal carcinoma, however, has not been elucidated to date. This study analyses the impact of the chemerin analog CG34 on proliferation, colony formation, and migration in the human colorectal cancer cell lines HCT116, HT29 and SW620. In addition, the effect of systemic CG34 treatment is investigated in two xenograft mouse models of colorectal cancer (HCT116-luc and HT29-luc). The results of this study suggest there is a stimulatory role of chemerin receptor activation on the growth of colorectal carcinoma. ABSTRACT: Background: Chemerin plasma concentration has been reported to be positively correlated with the risk of colorectal cancer. However, the potential regulation of CRC tumorigenesis and progression has not yet been investigated in an experimental setting. This study addresses this hypothesis by investigating proliferation, colony formation, and migration of CRC cell lines in vitro as well as in animal models. Methods: In vitro, microscopic assays to study proliferation, as well as a scratch-wound assay for migration monitoring, were applied using the human CRC cell lines HCT116, HT29, and SW620 under the influence of the chemerin analog CG34. The animal study investigated HCT116-luc and HT29-luc subcutaneous tumor size and bioluminescence during treatment with CG34 versus control, followed by an ex-vivo analysis of vessel density and mitotic activity. Results: While the proliferation of the three CRC cell lines in monolayers was not clearly stimulated by CG34, the chemerin analog promoted colony formation in three-dimensional aggregates. An effect on cell migration was not observed. In the treatment study, CG34 significantly stimulated both growth and bioluminescence signals of HCT116-luc and HT29-luc xenografts. Conclusions: The results of this study represent the first indication of a tumor growth-stimulating effect of chemerin signaling in CRC. MDPI 2021-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8750290/ /pubmed/35008289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14010125 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Friebus-Kardash, Justa
Schulz, Petra
Reinicke, Sandy
Karthaus, Cordula
Schefer, Quirino
Bandholtz, Sebastian
Grötzinger, Carsten
A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title_full A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title_fullStr A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title_short A Chemerin Peptide Analog Stimulates Tumor Growth in Two Xenograft Mouse Models of Human Colorectal Carcinoma
title_sort chemerin peptide analog stimulates tumor growth in two xenograft mouse models of human colorectal carcinoma
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35008289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14010125
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