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Clinicopathological and biological significance of aberrant activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 in ovarian cancer.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) plays an important role in human cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinicopathological significance of expression of GSK-3α/β and pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and to investigate whether GSK-3 inhibition can influence cell viability and tumor growth of ovarian cancer.
METHODS:
Immunohistochemistry was used to examine expression of GSK-3α/β and pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216) in 71 human epithelial ovarian cancer tissues and correlations between protein expression, and clinicopathological factors were analyzed. Cell viability was determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay following exposure of ovarian carcinoma cells to pharmacological inhibitors of GSK-3 or GSK-3 small interfering RNA. In vivo validation of tumor growth inhibition was performed with xenograft mice.
RESULTS:
The expression levels of GSK-3α/β and pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216) in ovarian cancers were significantly higher than those in benign tumors. High expression of GSK-3α/β was more likely to be found in patients with advanced International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stages and high serum cancer antigen 125. Higher expression of pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216) was associated with advanced FIGO stages, residual tumor mass, high serum cancer antigen 125, and poor chemoresponse. Worse overall survival was revealed by Kaplan-Meier survival curves in patients with high expression of GSK-3α/β or pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216). Multivariate analysis indicated that FIGO stage, GSK-3α/β expression, and pGSK-3α/β(Tyr279/216) expression were independent prognostic factors for overall survival. GSK-3 inhibition by lithium chloride, 4-benzyl-2-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazolidine-3,5-dione (TDZD-8), or GSK-3 small interfering RNA can decrease viability of SKOV3 and SKOV3-TR30 ovarian cancer cells. Additionally, lithium chloride-treated SKOV3 xenograft mice had a significant reduction in tumor growth compared with control-treated animals.
CONCLUSION:
Our findings suggest that overexpression and aberrant activation of GSK-3 may contribute to progression and poor prognosis in ovarian cancer. Inhibition of GSK-3 may be a potential therapy for ovarian cancer.
AuthorsYunfeng Fu, Xinyu Wang, Xiaodong Cheng, Feng Ye, Xing Xie, Weiguo Lu
JournalOncoTargets and therapy (Onco Targets Ther) Vol. 7 Pg. 1159-68 ( 2014) ISSN: 1178-6930 [Print] New Zealand
PMID25028561 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

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