Melatonin promotes neuroblastoma cell differentiation by activating hyaluronan synthase 3-induced mitophagy

Wen Jui Lee, Li Ching Chen, Juo Han Lin, Tzu Chun Cheng, Ching Chuan Kuo, Chih Hsiung Wu, Hui Wen Chang, Shih Hsin Tu, Yuan Soon Ho

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摘要

Neuroblastoma is the second most common pediatric malignancy and has a high rate of spontaneous remission. Uncovering the mechanisms underlying neuroblastoma cell differentiation is critical for therapeutic purposes. A neuroblastoma cell line (N2a) treated with either serum withdrawal (<2.5%) or melatonin (>0.1 nmol/L) for 24 hours was used as a cell differentiation research model. Interestingly, the hyaluronan synthase 3 (HAS3) protein was induced in differentiated N2a cells. N2a-allografted nude mice received an intraperitoneal injection of melatonin (40 or 80 mg/kg/day for 3 weeks). The mean tumor volume in mice treated with 80 mg/kg melatonin was smaller than that in PBS-treated mice (1416.3 and 3041.3 mm3, respectively, difference = 1625 mm3, *P = 0.0003, n = 7 per group). Compared with the vector control group, N2a cells with forced HAS3 overexpression showed significantly increased neuron length (*P = 0.00082) and neurite outgrowth (*P = 0.00059). Intracellular changes in autophagy, including distorted mitochondria with abnormal circular inner membranes, were detected by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Our study demonstrated that HAS3-mediated signaling activated by physiological concentrations of melatonin (>0.1 nmol/L) triggered significant N2a cell differentiation. These results provide molecular data with potential clinical relevance for therapeutic drug development.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)4821-4835
頁數15
期刊Cancer Medicine
8
發行號10
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 1月 1 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 腫瘤科
  • 放射學、核子醫學和影像學
  • 癌症研究

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