期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 289, 期 51, 页码 35456-35467出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.621599
关键词
-Catenin (B-Catenin); Colon Cancer; Flavonoid; Wnt Signaling; Xenopus; Quercetin
资金
- CNPq (National Council of Technological and Scientific Development)
- FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro State Foundation for Research and Development)
- CAPES (Federal Agency for Higher Education)
Flavonoids are plant-derived polyphenolic molecules that have potential biological effects including anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-tumoral effects. These effects are related to the ability of flavonoids to modulate signaling pathways, such as the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. This pathway controls many aspects of embryonic development and tissue maintenance and has been found to be deregulated in a range of human cancers. We performed several in vivo assays in Xenopus embryos, a functional model of canonical Wnt signaling studies, and also used in vitro models, to investigate whether isoquercitrin affects Wnt/-catenin signaling. Our data provide strong support for an inhibitory effect of isoquercitrin on Wnt/-catenin, where the flavonoid acts downstream of -catenin translocation to the nuclei. Isoquercitrin affects Xenopus axis establishment, reverses double axes and the LiCl hyperdorsalization phenotype, and reduces Xnr3 expression. In addition, this flavonoid shows anti-tumoral effects on colon cancer cells (SW480, DLD-1, and HCT116), whereas exerting no significant effect on non-tumor colon cell (IEC-18), suggesting a specific effect in tumor cells in vitro. Taken together, our data indicate that isoquercitrin is an inhibitor of Wnt/-catenin and should be further investigated as a potential novel anti-tumoral agent.
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