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Valproic acid inhibits glioblastoma multiforme cell growth via paraoxonase 2 expression

Jen-Ho Tseng, Cheng-Yi Chen, Pei-Chun Chen, Sheng-Huang Hsiao, Chi-Chen Fan, Yu-Chih Liang and Chie-Pein Chen _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:14666-14679. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14716

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Abstract

Jen-Ho Tseng1,2, Cheng-Yi Chen3, Pei-Chun Chen3, Sheng-Huang Hsiao1,4, Chi-Chen Fan5, Yu-Chih Liang6, Chie-Pein Chen3,7

1Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei City Hospital, Renai Branch, Taipei 106, Taiwan

2Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan

3Department of Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan

4College of Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei 116, Taiwan

5Department of Physiology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan

6School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan

7Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan

Correspondence to:

Chie-Pein Chen, email: [email protected]

Keywords: cell growth, glioblastoma multiforme, histone deacetylase, paraoxonase 2, valproic acid

Received: September 30, 2015     Accepted: January 10, 2017     Published: January 18, 2017

ABSTRACT

We studied the potential mechanisms of valproic acid (VPA) in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Using the human U87, GBM8401, and DBTRG-05MG GBM-derived cell lines, VPA at concentrations of 5 to 20 mM induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and increased the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Stress-related molecules such as paraoxonase 2 (PON2), cyclin B1, cdc2, and Bcl-xL were downregulated, but p27, p21 and Bim were upregulated by VPA treatment. VPA response element on the PON2 promoter was localized at position -400/-1. PON2 protein expression was increased in GBM cells compared with normal brain tissue and there was a negative correlation between the expression of PON2 and Bim. These findings were confirmed by the public Bredel GBM microarray (Gene Expression Omnibus accession: GSE2223) and the Cancer Genome Atlas GBM microarray datasets. Overexpression of PON2 in GBM cells significantly decreased intracellular ROS levels, and PON2 expression was decreased after VPA stimulation compared with controls. Bim expression was significantly induced by VPA in GBM cells with PON2 silencing. These observations were further shown in the subcutaneous GBM8401 cell xenograft of BALB/c nude mice. Our results suggest that VPA reduces PON2 expression in GBM cells, which in turn increases ROS production and induces Bim production that inhibits cancer progression via the PON2–Bim cascade.


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