Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN: 1097-4652|231|2|357-369
ISSN: 0021-9541
Source: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY, Vol.231, Iss.2, 2016-02, pp. : 357-369
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Abstract
Adiponectin predominantly secreted from adipose tissue has exhibited potent anti‐proliferative properties in cancer cells via modulating cell cycle and apoptosis. FoxO3A, a Forkhead box O member of the transcription factor, plays a critical role in modulating expression of genes involved in cell death and/or survival. In this study, we investigated the role of FoxO3A signaling in anti‐cancer activities of adiponectin. Herein, we have shown that treatment with globular adiponectin (gAcrp) increases p27 but decreases cyclinD1 expression in human hepatoma (HepG2) and breast (MCF‐7) cancer cells. Gene ablation of FoxO3A prevented gAcrp‐induced increase in p27 and decreased in cyclin D1 expression, and further ameliorated cell cycle arrest by gAcrp, indicating a critical role of FoxO3A in gAcrp‐induced cell cycle arrest of cancer cells. Moreover, treatment with gAcrp also induced caspase‐3/7 activation and increased Fas ligand (FasL) expression in both HepG2 and MCF‐7 cells. Transfection with FoxO3A siRNA inhibited gAcrp‐induced caspase‐3/7 activation and FasL expression, suggesting that FoxO3A signaling also plays an important role in gAcrp‐induced apoptosis of cancer cells. We also found that gene silencing of AMPK prevented gAcrp‐induced nuclear translocation of FoxO3A in HepG2 and MCF‐7 cells. In addition, suppression of AMPK also blocked gAcrp‐induced cell cycle arrest and further attenuated gAcrp‐induced caspase‐3/7 activation, indicating that AMPK signaling plays a pivotal role in both gAcrp‐induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via acting as an upstream signaling of FoxO3A. Taken together, our findings demonstrated that AMPK/FoxO3A axis plays a cardinal role in anti‐proliferative effect of adiponectin in cancer cells. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 357–369, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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