Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 440-446.doi: 10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2024.04.0440

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Effect of carboxyamidotriazole-orotate on proliferation and fatty acid anabolism of human pancreatic cancer cell lines

GUO Hongjiang, XU Yeting, ZHANG Diya, QIU Jiaxing, WANG Yucheng, JU Rui*, GUO Lei*   

  1. Department of Pharmacology,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences CAMS,School of Basic Medicine PUMC,Beijing 100005,China
  • Received:2023-12-01 Revised:2024-01-23 Online:2024-04-05 Published:2024-03-25
  • Contact: *jurui1984@163.com;leiguo@ibms.cams.cn

Abstract: Objective To study the effect of carboxyamidotriazole-orotate(CTO) on the proliferation and fatty acid anabolism regulation of human pancreatic cancer cells. Methods Human pancreatic cancer cell lines AsPC-1, AsPC-1/GEM(AR), PANC-1 and MiaPaCa-2 were used as the study subjects; cell survival rate was detected by sulfonylrhodamine B(SRB); the mRNA level of key genes for fatty acid synthesis was detected by qPCR; the protein level of the AMPK/ACC pathway was detected by Western blot; intracellular lipid metabolites were examined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(LC-MS). Results Comparing to control group, CTO significantly decreased the cell viability of AsPC-1, AR, PANC-1, and MiaPaCa-2(P<0.05). CTO down-regulated the mRNA level of key fatty acid synthesis genes(P<0.05). CTO significantly reduced the protein expression of AMPK, ACC and c-Myc(P<0.05), while increasing the protein expression of p-AMPK and p-ACC(P<0.05). CTO decreased lipid metabolite content in AR cells(P<0.05). Conclusions CTO attenuates cellular fatty acid anabolism by inhibition of oncogene c-Myc expression and AMPK/ACC pathway, down-regulates the expression of fatty acid synthesis-related genes, and then inhibits proliferation of the human pancreatic cancer cell lines AsPC-1, AR, PANC-1 and MiaPaCa-2.

Key words: carboxyamidotriazole-orotate, pancreatic cancer, proliferation, fatty acid anabolism

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