Capsaicin Inhibits the Migration and Invasion Via the AMPK/NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Esophagus Sequamous Cell Carcinoma by Decreasing Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression

Overview

Journal Biosci Rep

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2019 Jul 21

PMID 31324733

Citations 4

Authors

Yong Guo

Ning Liu

Kun Liu

Min Gao

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Abstract

Antitumor activity of Capsaicin has been studied in various tumor types, but its potency in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains to be elucidated. Here, we explored the molecular mechanism of the capsaicin-induced antitumor effects on ESCC Eca109 cells. Eca109 cells were treated with capsaicin , the migration and invasion capacities were significantly decreased by scratch assay and transwell invasion assay. Meanwhile, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 (MMP-9) expression levels were also obviously down-regulated by Western blot. However, phosphorylated AMPK levels were significantly up-regulated, and this effect was eliminated by the AMPK inhibitor Compound C treatment. In addition, capsaicin can enhance sirtuin1 (SIRT1) expression, which could activate nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) through deacetylation, and activate AMPK inducing the phosphorylation of IκBα and nuclear localization of NF-κB p65. Overall, these results revealed that Capsaicin can inhibit the migration and invasion of ESCC cells via the AMPK/NF-κB signaling pathway.

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