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Superactive human leptin antagonist (SHLA), triple Lan1 and quadruple Lan2 leptin mutein as a promising treatment for human folliculoma.
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 2017 October
PURPOSE: There are no data showing a direct correlation between obesity and increased blood leptin levels with folliculoma. Moreover, folliculoma is not the best studied among other ovarian cancer types. We investigated whether oestradiol can modulate ObR expression in some oestrogen-responsive tissues and that leptin exerts its activity not only via the leptin receptor but also through cross talk with other signalling systems. We hypothesise that blocking ObR expression could be a novel treatment for gonadal ovarian cancer.
METHODS: We evaluated the effect of SHLA, Lan1 and Lan2 blockers on cell proliferation (BrdU incorporation assay), ObR and ERα/β gene expression (qPCR), oestradiol secretion (ELISA) and cell cycle protein expression (Western blot) in the non-cancerous cell line HGrC1 and two granulosa cancer cell lines: the juvenile form (COV434) and the adult form (KGN).
RESULTS: ObR gene expression in cancer cell lines was 50% higher than in the non-cancer cells. Lan-1 and Lan-2 decreased ObR expression in COV434, while it had no effect in KGN cells. Higher ERβ expression in non-cancer and higher ERα expression in both cancer cell lines was noted. SHLA and Lan-1 changed the ratio towards greater expression of ERβ, characteristic of non-cancer granulosa cells. All ObR antagonists in HCrC1 and KGN but only Lan-2 in COV434 reversed leptin-stimulated proliferation. In both non-cancer and cancer granulosa cells, leptin acts as a cyclinD/cdk4, cyclin A/cdk2 and E2F inhibitor.
CONCLUSION: These results indicate that SHLA and Lan2 are promising leptin receptor inhibitors that can eliminate the negative effects of leptin. These compounds should be considered in further ex vivo studies on the cancer microenvironment.
METHODS: We evaluated the effect of SHLA, Lan1 and Lan2 blockers on cell proliferation (BrdU incorporation assay), ObR and ERα/β gene expression (qPCR), oestradiol secretion (ELISA) and cell cycle protein expression (Western blot) in the non-cancerous cell line HGrC1 and two granulosa cancer cell lines: the juvenile form (COV434) and the adult form (KGN).
RESULTS: ObR gene expression in cancer cell lines was 50% higher than in the non-cancer cells. Lan-1 and Lan-2 decreased ObR expression in COV434, while it had no effect in KGN cells. Higher ERβ expression in non-cancer and higher ERα expression in both cancer cell lines was noted. SHLA and Lan-1 changed the ratio towards greater expression of ERβ, characteristic of non-cancer granulosa cells. All ObR antagonists in HCrC1 and KGN but only Lan-2 in COV434 reversed leptin-stimulated proliferation. In both non-cancer and cancer granulosa cells, leptin acts as a cyclinD/cdk4, cyclin A/cdk2 and E2F inhibitor.
CONCLUSION: These results indicate that SHLA and Lan2 are promising leptin receptor inhibitors that can eliminate the negative effects of leptin. These compounds should be considered in further ex vivo studies on the cancer microenvironment.
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