PMID- 31671847 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Oct 29 TI - NEDD9 Inhibition by miR-25-5p Activation Is Critically Involved in Co-Treatment of Melatonin- and Pterostilbene-Induced Apoptosis in Colorectal Cancer Cells. LID - 10.3390/cancers11111684 [doi] LID - 1684 AB - The underlying interaction between melatonin (MLT) and daily fruit intake still remains unclear to date, despite multibiological effects of MLT. Herein, the apoptotic mechanism by co-treatment of MLT and pterostilbene (Ptero) contained mainly in grape and blueberries was elucidated in colorectal cancers (CRCs). MLT and Ptero co-treatment (MLT+Ptero) showed synergistic cytotoxicity compared with MLT or Ptero alone, reduced the number of colonies and Ki67 expression, and also increased terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling- (TUNEL) positive cells and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in CRCs. Consistently, MLT+Ptero cleaved caspase 3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), activated sex-determining region Y-Box10 (SOX10), and also attenuated the expression of Bcl-xL, neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 9 (NEDD9), and SOX9 in CRCs. Additionally, MLT+Ptero induced differentially expressed microRNAs (upregulation: miR-25-5p, miR-542-5p, miR-711, miR-4725-3p, and miR-4484; downregulation: miR-4504, miR-668-3p, miR-3121-5p, miR-195-3p, and miR-5194) in HT29 cells. Consistently, MLT +Ptero upregulated miR-25-5p at mRNA level and conversely NEDD9 overexpression or miR-25-5p inhibitor reversed the ability of MLT+Ptero to increase cytotoxicity, suppress colony formation, and cleave PARP in CRCs. Furthermore, immunofluorescence confirmed miR-25-5p inhibitor reversed the reduced fluorescence of NEDD9 and increased SOX10 by MLT+Ptero in HT29 cells. Taken together, our findings provided evidence that MLT+Ptero enhances apoptosis via miR-25-5p mediated NEDD9 inhibition in colon cancer cells as a potent strategy for colorectal cancer therapy. FAU - Jung, Ji Hoon AU - Jung JH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5644-5960 AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. johnsperfume@gmail.com. FAU - Shin, Eun Ah AU - Shin EA AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. eunah1008@khu.ac.kr. FAU - Kim, Ju-Ha AU - Kim JH AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. 964juha@daum.net. FAU - Sim, Deok Yong AU - Sim DY AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. simdy0821@naver.com. FAU - Lee, Hyemin AU - Lee H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3910-5611 AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. glansy555@gmail.com. FAU - Park, Ji Eon AU - Park JE AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. wdnk77@naver.com. FAU - Lee, Hyo-Jung AU - Lee HJ AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. hyonice77@naver.com. FAU - Kim, Sung-Hoon AU - Kim SH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2423-1973 AD - Cancer Molecular Targeted Herbal Research Laboratory, College of Kyung Hee Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea. sungkim7@khu.ac.kr. LA - eng GR - 2017R1A2A1A17069297/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191029 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC6895813 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MLT OT - NEDD9 OT - Ptero OT - apoptosis OT - miR-25-5p OT - synergy COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/02 06:01 PMCR- 2019/10/29 CRDT- 2019/11/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers11111684 [pii] AID - cancers-11-01684 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers11111684 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2019 Oct 29;11(11):1684. doi: 10.3390/cancers11111684.