Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis

Corosolic acid (CA), a bioactive compound obtained from Actinidia chinensis, has potential anti-cancer activities. Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor and whether CA exerts anti-cancer activity on GBM remains unclear. This study was aimed to explore the anticancer activity and its underlyi...

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Autores principales: Li-Wei Sun, Shao-Hsuan Kao, Shun-Fa Yang, Shang-Wun Jhang, Yi-Chen Lin, Chien-Min Chen, Yi-Hsien Hsieh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2d2790148b164bb9bcae0fc1fdb7e53d2021-11-25T17:08:54ZCorosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis10.3390/cells101129192073-4409https://doaj.org/article/2d2790148b164bb9bcae0fc1fdb7e53d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2919https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409Corosolic acid (CA), a bioactive compound obtained from Actinidia chinensis, has potential anti-cancer activities. Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor and whether CA exerts anti-cancer activity on GBM remains unclear. This study was aimed to explore the anticancer activity and its underlying mechanism of CA in GBM cells. Our findings showed that CA ≤ 20 μM did not affect cell viability and cell proliferative rate of normal astrocyte and four GBM cells. Notably, 10 or 20 μM CA significantly inhibited cell migration and invasion of three GBM cells, decreased the protein level of F-actin and disrupted F-actin polymerization in these GBM cells. Further investigation revealed that CA decreased AXL level by promoting ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation and upregulating the carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP), an inducer of AXL polyubiquitination. CHIP knock-down restored the CA-reduced AXL and invasiveness of GBM cells. Additionally, we observed that CA-reduced Growth arrest-specific protein 6 (GAS6) and inhibited JAK2/MEK/ERK activation, and GAS6 pre-treatment restored attenuated JAK2/MEK/ERK activation and invasiveness of GBM cells. Furthermore, molecular docking analysis revealed that CA might bind to GAS6 and AXL. These findings collectively indicate that CA attenuates the invasiveness of GBM cells, attributing to CHIP upregulation and binding to GAS6 and AXL and subsequently promoting AXL degradation and downregulating GAS6-mediated JAK2/MEK/ERK cascade. Conclusively, this suggests that CA has potential anti-metastatic activity on GBM cells by targeting the CHIP/GAS6/AXL axis.Li-Wei SunShao-Hsuan KaoShun-Fa YangShang-Wun JhangYi-Chen LinChien-Min ChenYi-Hsien HsiehMDPI AGarticlecorosolic acidglioblastoma cellinvasivenessAXLCHIPGAS6Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENCells, Vol 10, Iss 2919, p 2919 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic corosolic acid
glioblastoma cell
invasiveness
AXL
CHIP
GAS6
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle corosolic acid
glioblastoma cell
invasiveness
AXL
CHIP
GAS6
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Li-Wei Sun
Shao-Hsuan Kao
Shun-Fa Yang
Shang-Wun Jhang
Yi-Chen Lin
Chien-Min Chen
Yi-Hsien Hsieh
Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
description Corosolic acid (CA), a bioactive compound obtained from Actinidia chinensis, has potential anti-cancer activities. Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor and whether CA exerts anti-cancer activity on GBM remains unclear. This study was aimed to explore the anticancer activity and its underlying mechanism of CA in GBM cells. Our findings showed that CA ≤ 20 μM did not affect cell viability and cell proliferative rate of normal astrocyte and four GBM cells. Notably, 10 or 20 μM CA significantly inhibited cell migration and invasion of three GBM cells, decreased the protein level of F-actin and disrupted F-actin polymerization in these GBM cells. Further investigation revealed that CA decreased AXL level by promoting ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation and upregulating the carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP), an inducer of AXL polyubiquitination. CHIP knock-down restored the CA-reduced AXL and invasiveness of GBM cells. Additionally, we observed that CA-reduced Growth arrest-specific protein 6 (GAS6) and inhibited JAK2/MEK/ERK activation, and GAS6 pre-treatment restored attenuated JAK2/MEK/ERK activation and invasiveness of GBM cells. Furthermore, molecular docking analysis revealed that CA might bind to GAS6 and AXL. These findings collectively indicate that CA attenuates the invasiveness of GBM cells, attributing to CHIP upregulation and binding to GAS6 and AXL and subsequently promoting AXL degradation and downregulating GAS6-mediated JAK2/MEK/ERK cascade. Conclusively, this suggests that CA has potential anti-metastatic activity on GBM cells by targeting the CHIP/GAS6/AXL axis.
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author Li-Wei Sun
Shao-Hsuan Kao
Shun-Fa Yang
Shang-Wun Jhang
Yi-Chen Lin
Chien-Min Chen
Yi-Hsien Hsieh
author_facet Li-Wei Sun
Shao-Hsuan Kao
Shun-Fa Yang
Shang-Wun Jhang
Yi-Chen Lin
Chien-Min Chen
Yi-Hsien Hsieh
author_sort Li-Wei Sun
title Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
title_short Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
title_full Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
title_fullStr Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
title_full_unstemmed Corosolic Acid Attenuates the Invasiveness of Glioblastoma Cells by Promoting CHIP-Mediated AXL Degradation and Inhibiting GAS6/AXL/JAK Axis
title_sort corosolic acid attenuates the invasiveness of glioblastoma cells by promoting chip-mediated axl degradation and inhibiting gas6/axl/jak axis
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2d2790148b164bb9bcae0fc1fdb7e53d
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