PMID- 27986626 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170508 LR - 20180206 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 795 DP - 2017 Jan 15 TI - Propofol attenuates pancreatic cancer malignant potential via inhibition of NMDA receptor. PG - 150-159 LID - S0014-2999(16)30786-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.12.017 [doi] AB - Propofol is a commonly used intravenous anesthetic, and could attenuate cancer cells malignant potential via inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) expression. However, the mechanism is still inclusive. In the present study, we mainly focus on the mechanism by which propofol down-regulated HIF-1alpha expression and malignant potential in pancreatic cancer cells. Human pancreatic cancer cells (Miapaca-2 and Panc-1) in vitro and murine pancreatic cancer cell (Panc02) in vivo were used to assess the effect of propofol on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and migration of pancreatic cancer cells. Propofol inhibited cells migration, expression of VEGF and HIF-1alpha, phosphorylation of extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK), AKT, Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent protein kinases II (CaMK II), and Ca(2+) concentration in a concentration-dependent manner (5, 25, 50, 100muM). Furthermore, MK801, an inhibitor of NMDA receptor, and KN93, an inhibitor of CaMK II, could inhibit the expression of VEGF, HIF-1a, p-AKT, p-ERK, p-CaMK II in vitro, growth of tumor and VEGF expression in vivo, which were similar to the effect of propofol. In addition, the anti-tumor effect of propofol could be counteracted by rapastinel, an activator of NMDA receptor. Our study indicated that propofol suppressed VEGF expression and migration ability of pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in vivo, probably via inhibiting NMDA receptor. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Chen, Xiangyuan AU - Chen X AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wu, Qichao AU - Wu Q AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - You, Li AU - You L AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Chen, Sisi AU - Chen S AD - Xuzhou Medical University, China. FAU - Zhu, Minmin AU - Zhu M AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: zhu_mm@126.com. FAU - Miao, Changhong AU - Miao C AD - Department of Anaesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: miao_chh@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161213 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - YI7VU623SF (Propofol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism/*pathology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Propofol/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CaMK II OT - HIF-1alpha OT - NMDA OT - Propofol OT - VEGF EDAT- 2016/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/10 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-2999(16)30786-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.12.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2017 Jan 15;795:150-159. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.12.017. Epub 2016 Dec 13.