PMID- 22592193 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120724 LR - 20211203 IS - 0172-780X (Print) IS - 0172-780X (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 2 DP - 2012 TI - An active product of cruciferous vegetables, 3,3'-diindolylmethane, inhibits invasive properties of extravillous cytotrophoblastic cells. PG - 133-7 AB - OBJECTIVES: During implantation, human trophoblastic cells have to proliferate, migrate and invade pregnant uterus. A natural product of cruciferous vegetables, 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM), is known to induce some stress response genes (such as glucose-regulated protein 78 kDa (GRP78)) and to have anti-invasive and pro-apoptotic effects on tumor cells. Therefore, we have investigated the potential effect of DIM on invasive extravillous cytotrophoblasts (evCTBs) cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: evCTBs were purified from first trimester trophoblasts and cultured in presence or not of DIM for 48h. In order to evaluate invasive properties of cells, they were seeded on collagen-coated insert following boyden chamber principle and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and GRP78 expression was evaluated by qPCR. RESULTS: We showed that DIM decreases (p=0.013) invasive properties of evCTBs. In parallel, we determined that MMP-2, -7 and -9 which are involved in evCTBs invasion and known to be regulated by DIM, are not affected by DIM in evCTBs. In contrast, MMP-1 mRNA is induced (p=0.03) and MMP-12 is decreased (p=0.01) in DIM treated cells. Moreover, DIM treatment does not affect GRP78 mRNA expression in evCTBs. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, the present results provide evidence that DIM does not impact evenly on evCTBs and cancer cells. FAU - Ribaux, Pascale AU - Ribaux P AD - Laboratoire d'Hormonologie, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, HUG, Maternite, Geneva, Switzerland. FAU - Irion, Olivier AU - Irion O FAU - Cohen, Marie AU - Cohen M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Sweden TA - Neuro Endocrinol Lett JT - Neuro endocrinology letters JID - 8008373 RN - 0 (Anticarcinogenic Agents) RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (HSPA5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) RN - SSZ9HQT61Z (3,3'-diindolylmethane) SB - IM MH - Anticarcinogenic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Cell Movement/*drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Female MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Humans MH - Indoles/*pharmacology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/biosynthesis MH - Pregnancy MH - Trophoblasts/*drug effects/*metabolism EDAT- 2012/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/25 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/18 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/05/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/25 06:00 [medline] AID - NEL330212A01 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2012;33(2):133-7.