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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Chaetocin, an antibiotic produced by Chaetomium species fungi, was recently found to have antimyeloma activity. Here we examined whether chaetocin has anticancer activities against solid tumors. Chaetocin inhibited the growth of mouse and human hepatoma grafts in nude mice. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that chaetocin inhibits hypoxia-inducible factor-1? (HIF-1?) expression and vessel formation in the tumors. Chaetocin also showed antiangiogenic anticancer activities in HIF-1?(+/+) fibrosarcoma grafted in mice, but not in HIF-1?(-/-) fibrosarcoma. Biochemical analyses showed that chaetocin down-regulated HIF-1? and the transcripts of HIF-1 target genes including vascular endothelial growth factor in hepatoma tissues and in various hepatoma cell lines. Based on the reported literature, unsuccessful efforts were made to determine the mechanism underlying the action of chaetocin. Unexpectedly, chaetocin was found to cause the accumulation of HIF-1? premessenger RNA (pre-mRNA) but to reduce mature mRNA levels in hepatoma cells and tissues. Such an effect of chaetocin was not observed in cell lines derived from normal cells, and was cell type-dependent even among cancer cell lines. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that chaetocin could be developed as an anticancer agent to target HIF-1 in some cancers including hepatoma. It is also suggested that the HIF-1? pre-mRNA splicing is a novel therapeutic target for controlling HIF-1-mediated pathological processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1527-3350
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-80
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Angiogenesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Hep G2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-RNA Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:21140472-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Antihepatoma activity of chaetocin due to deregulated splicing of hypoxia-inducible factor 1? pre-mRNA in mice and in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't