Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 1169-1174.

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1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits β-catenin transcriptional activity in human colon cancer cell line SW480

XIN Yu1, HE Long-mei2, YANG Hong1, LYU Hong1, TAN Bei1, WANG Hong-ying2*, QIAN Jia-ming1*   

  1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100730;
    2. National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100021, China
  • Received:2019-08-26 Revised:2020-01-03 Online:2020-09-05 Published:2020-09-04
  • Contact: *qianjiaming1957@126.com;hongyingwang@cicams.ac.cn

Abstract: Objective To explore the inhibitory effect and mechanism of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]on β-catenin transcriptional activity in human colon cancer cells. Methods Colon cancer cell line SW480 was treated with either 1,25(OH)2D3 (100 nmol/L) or vehicle (control) for 48 hours, then several parameters were measured: the transcriptional activity of β-catenin by Dual-Luciferase? Reporter Assay System; the nuclear protein expression level of β-catenin by Western blot; mRNA coding for β-catenin and forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) and the protein expression by RT-qPCR and Western blot. SW480 cells were subjected to transfecting siRNA to knock down FOXM1, followed by 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment and measurement of the transcriptional activity of β-catenin by Dual-Luciferase? Reporter Assay System. Results 1) 1,25(OH)2D3 significantly repressed the transcriptional activity of β-catenin in SW480 cells (P<0.05), while did not affect its mRNA and protein expression; 2)1,25(OH)2D3 increased the protein expression of FOXM1(P<0.05); 3)The inhibitory effect of the transcriptional activity of β-catenin by 1,25(OH)2D3 in SW480 cells was decreased when FOXM1 was knocked down(P<0.05). Conclusions 1,25(OH)2D3 represses the transcriptional activity of β-catenin via increasing FOXM1 expression.

Key words: 1,25(OH)2D3, colon cancer, β-catenin, FOXM1

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