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Lingfeng Wu, Shunliang He, Yi He, Xueping Wang, Linfeng Lu
(Department of Urology, The Frist Hospital of Jiaxing, Frist Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China (mainland))
Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:8074-8080
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.910742
BACKGROUND:
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway participates in many important tumorigeneses processes, including bladder cancer. The inhibition of abnormal activation of Wnt pathways might provide a new approach to tumor treatment. In the present study, we investigated the role of IC-2, a novel Wnt pathways small molecular inhibitor, in bladder cancer tumorigenesis.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
Bladder cancer cells were treated with various concentrations of IC-2 (0–5 μM) in vitro. The proliferation ability was measured using colony formation assay and apoptosis was measured using flow cytometry analysis. The protein expression was detected using Western blot analysis. Xenograft in vivo assay was performed to assess tumor growth.
RESULTS:
IC-2 suppressed the proliferation and aggravated the apoptosis of bladder cancer cells in dose-dependent and time-dependent manners in vitro. Moreover, high concentrations of IC-2 inhibited the Wnt pathway-related protein expression levels, including β-catenin, Cyclin D1, and TCF4. In vivo, administration of IC-2 in xenograft mice decreased the β-catenin expression and reduced the tumor volume.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our results validate the tumor-inhibition effect of IC-2 on bladder cancer in vivo and in vitro, providing a novel therapeutic strategy for bladder cancer.