Katsuya Nagaoka1, Kousuke Ogawa1, Chengcheng Ji1, Kevin Y Cao1, Xuewei Bai1, Joud Mulla1, Zhixiang Cheng1, Jack R Wands1, Chiung-Kuei Huang2. 1. Liver Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, 55 Claverick St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. 2. Liver Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, 55 Claverick St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. chiung-kuei_huang@brown.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cholangiocarcinoma is a devastating disease with a 2% 5-year survival if the disease has spread outside the liver. The enzyme aspartate beta-hydroxylase (ASPH) has been demonstrated to be highly expressed in cholangiocarcinoma but not in normal bile ducts and found to stimulate tumor cell migration. In addition, it was found that targeting ASPH inhibits cholangiocarcinoma malignant progression. However, it is not clear whether targeting ASPH with the small molecule inhibitor MO-I-1182 suppresses cholangiocarcinoma metastasis. The current study aims to study the efficacy of MO-I-1182 in suppressing cholangiocarcinoma metastasis. METHODS: The analysis was performed in vitro and in vivo with a preclinical animal model by using molecular and biochemical strategies to regulate ASPH expression and function. RESULTS: Knockdown of ASPH substantially inhibited cell migration and invasion in two human cholangiocarcinoma cell lines. Targeting ASPH with a small molecule inhibitor suppressed cholangiocarcinoma progression. Molecular mechanism studies demonstrated that knockdown of ASPH subsequently suppressed protein levels of the matrix metalloproteinases. The ASPH knockdown experiments suggest that this enzyme may modulate cholangiocarcinoma metastasis by regulating matrix metalloproteinases expression. Furthermore, using an ASPH inhibitor in a rat cholangiocarcinoma intrahepatic model established with BED-Neu-CL#24 cholangiocarcinoma cells, it was found that targeting ASPH inhibited intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma metastasis and downstream expression of the matrix metalloproteinases. CONCLUSION: ASPH may modulate cholangiocarcinoma metastasis via matrix metalloproteinases expression. Taken together, targeting ASPH function may inhibit intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma metastasis and improve survival.
BACKGROUND:Cholangiocarcinoma is a devastating disease with a 2% 5-year survival if the disease has spread outside the liver. The enzyme aspartate beta-hydroxylase (ASPH) has been demonstrated to be highly expressed in cholangiocarcinoma but not in normal bile ducts and found to stimulate tumor cell migration. In addition, it was found that targeting ASPH inhibits cholangiocarcinoma malignant progression. However, it is not clear whether targeting ASPH with the small molecule inhibitor MO-I-1182 suppresses cholangiocarcinoma metastasis. The current study aims to study the efficacy of MO-I-1182 in suppressing cholangiocarcinoma metastasis. METHODS: The analysis was performed in vitro and in vivo with a preclinical animal model by using molecular and biochemical strategies to regulate ASPH expression and function. RESULTS: Knockdown of ASPH substantially inhibited cell migration and invasion in two humancholangiocarcinoma cell lines. Targeting ASPH with a small molecule inhibitor suppressed cholangiocarcinoma progression. Molecular mechanism studies demonstrated that knockdown of ASPH subsequently suppressed protein levels of the matrix metalloproteinases. The ASPH knockdown experiments suggest that this enzyme may modulate cholangiocarcinoma metastasis by regulating matrix metalloproteinases expression. Furthermore, using an ASPH inhibitor in a ratcholangiocarcinoma intrahepatic model established with BED-Neu-CL#24 cholangiocarcinoma cells, it was found that targeting ASPH inhibited intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma metastasis and downstream expression of the matrix metalloproteinases. CONCLUSION:ASPH may modulate cholangiocarcinoma metastasis via matrix metalloproteinases expression. Taken together, targeting ASPH function may inhibit intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma metastasis and improve survival.
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Bile duct cancer; Cancer metastasis; Matrix metalloproteinase; Rat cholangiocarcinoma
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