PMID- 20798496 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101208 LR - 20190212 IS - 1421-9778 (Electronic) IS - 1015-8987 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 2 DP - 2010 TI - Higher concentrations of extracellular ATP suppress proliferation of Caco-2 human colonic cancer cells via an unknown receptor involving PKC inhibition. PG - 125-34 LID - 10.1159/000320518 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) mediates a variety of signal transductions via ATP receptors such as P2X and P2Y receptors. The present study aimed at understanding the mechanism underlying extracellular ATP-induced suppression of Caco-2 human colonic cancer cell proliferation. METHODS: Caco-2 cells were cultured. To examine cell viability and cell cycling, 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, fluorescent cytochemistry, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, and flow cytometry were carried out. To see mRNA expression of ATP receptors, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed. To examine PKC activity and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activity, in situ PKC assay and Western blotting using an anti-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1)-antibody and an anti-phospho-ERK antibody were carried out. RESULTS: Extracellular ATP or the unhydrolyzed ATP analogue 5'-adenylyimido-diphosphate (AMP-PNP) reduced Caco-2 cell viability in a concentration (10 microM-10 mM)-dependent manner at 48-h treatment, and the effect was not affected by caspase inhibitors. Caco-2 cells were little reactive to propidium iodide and Hoechst 33342 or little positive to TUNEL after 48-h treatment with ATP (1 mM). In the flow cytometry, 48-h treatment with ATP (1 mM) arrested cell cycling at the S phase in Caco-2 cells. P(2) purinoceptor agonists reduced Caco-2 cell viability with the order of potency: 2-methylthio ATP>UTP>beta, gamma-methylene ATP, and the ATP effect was partially inhibited by suramin, a non-selective inhibitor of P(2) purinoceptors. The PKC inhibitor GF109203X or the MAP kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059 reduced Caco-2 cell viability to an extent similar to that achieved by ATP (1 mM), and no further reduction was obtained with co-treatment with ATP. ATP and its ATP analogues such as AMP-PNP and ATPgammaS, at higher concentrations (1-10 mM), inhibited PKC activation in Caco-2 cells in a fashion that mimics the effect of GF109203X, but PD98059 exhibited no effect on PKC activation. The inhibitory effect of ATP on PKC activation was not found with SK-N-SH cells, a human neuroblastoma cell line, but the cells expressed all the mRNAs for P2X and P2Y receptors that Caco-2 cells did. ATP (10 mM) or GF109203X inhibited activation of ERK, a MAP kinase, in Caco-2 cells. CONCLUSION: Extracellular ATP, at higher concentrations, suppresses Caco-2 cell proliferation at the S phase of cell cycling by inhibiting PKC, possibly as mediated via an unknown ATP receptor, followed by MAP kinase. CI - Copyright 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel. FAU - Yaguchi, Takahiro AU - Yaguchi T AD - Division of Bioinformation, Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan. FAU - Saito, Masaru AU - Saito M FAU - Yasuda, Yoshiyuki AU - Yasuda Y FAU - Kanno, Takeshi AU - Kanno T FAU - Nakano, Takashi AU - Nakano T FAU - Nishizaki, Tomoyuki AU - Nishizaki T LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100824 PL - Germany TA - Cell Physiol Biochem JT - Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology JID - 9113221 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Maleimides) RN - 0 (Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2X) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2Y) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - L79H6N0V6C (bisindolylmaleimide I) RN - SJE1IO5E3I (2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Caco-2 Cells MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival MH - Colonic Neoplasms/*enzymology/metabolism/pathology MH - Flavonoids/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Indoles/pharmacology MH - Maleimides/pharmacology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2X/chemistry/metabolism MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2Y/chemistry/metabolism EDAT- 2010/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 CRDT- 2010/08/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 000320518 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000320518 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Physiol Biochem. 2010;26(2):125-34. doi: 10.1159/000320518. Epub 2010 Aug 24.