PMID- 28832545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180501 LR - 20231112 IS - 1660-3397 (Electronic) IS - 1660-3397 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 9 DP - 2017 Aug 23 TI - The Marine Natural Product Pseudopterosin Blocks Cytokine Release of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Monocytic Leukemia Cells by Inhibiting NF-kappaB Signaling. LID - 10.3390/md15090262 [doi] LID - 262 AB - Pseudopterosins are a group of marine diterpene glycosides which possess an array of biological activities including anti-inflammatory effects. However, despite the striking in vivo anti-inflammatory potential, the underlying in vitro molecular mode of action remains elusive. To date, few studies have examined pseudopterosin effects on cancer cells. However, to our knowledge, no studies have explored their ability to block cytokine release in breast cancer cells and the respective bidirectional communication with associated immune cells. The present work demonstrates that pseudopterosins have the ability to block the key inflammatory signaling pathway nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) by inhibiting the phosphorylation of p65 and IkappaB (nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor) in leukemia and in breast cancer cells, respectively. Blockade of NF-kappaB leads to subsequent reduction of the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1). Furthermore, pseudopterosin treatment reduces cytokine expression induced by conditioned media in both cell lines investigated. Interestingly, the presence of pseudopterosins induces a nuclear translocation of the glucocorticoid receptor. When knocking down the glucocorticoid receptor, the natural product loses the ability to block cytokine expression. Thus, we hypothesize that pseudopterosins inhibit NF-kappaB through activation of the glucocorticoid receptor in triple negative breast cancer. FAU - Sperlich, Julia AU - Sperlich J AD - Bio-Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule Koeln, Chempark, 51368 Leverkusen, Germany. julia.sperlich@th-koeln.de. FAU - Kerr, Russell AU - Kerr R AD - Department of Chemistry, and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada. rkerr@upei.ca. FAU - Teusch, Nicole AU - Teusch N AD - Bio-Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule Koeln, Chempark, 51368 Leverkusen, Germany. nicole.teusch@th-koeln.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170823 PL - Switzerland TA - Mar Drugs JT - Marine drugs JID - 101213729 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Diterpenes) RN - 0 (Glycosides) RN - 0 (I-kappa B Proteins) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (pseudopterosins) SB - IM MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology MH - B-Lymphocytes/drug effects MH - Biological Products/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Cell Count MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Cytokines/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Diterpenes/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Glycosides/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - I-kappa B Proteins/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute/*drug therapy MH - Marine Biology MH - NF-kappa B/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism PMC - PMC5618401 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IL-6 OT - MCP-1 OT - NF-kappaB OT - TNFalpha OT - breast cancer OT - cytokine release OT - glucocorticoid receptor OT - inflammation OT - p65 OT - pseudopterosin OT - tumor microenvironment COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/08/24 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/02 06:00 PMCR- 2017/09/01 CRDT- 2017/08/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/08/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - md15090262 [pii] AID - marinedrugs-15-00262 [pii] AID - 10.3390/md15090262 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mar Drugs. 2017 Aug 23;15(9):262. doi: 10.3390/md15090262.