Macrovipecetin, a C-type lectin from Macrovipera lebetina venom, inhibits proliferation migration and invasion of SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cells and enhances their sensitivity to cisplatin.

Hammouda, Manel B; Riahi-Chebbi, Ichrak; Souid, Soumaya; Othman, Houcemeddine; Aloui, Zohra; Srairi-Abid, Najet; Karoui, Habib; Gasmi, Ammar; Magnenat, Edith M; Wells, Timothy N C; Clemetson, Kenneth John; Rodríguez-López, José Neptuno; Essafi-Benkhadir, Khadija (2018). Macrovipecetin, a C-type lectin from Macrovipera lebetina venom, inhibits proliferation migration and invasion of SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cells and enhances their sensitivity to cisplatin. Biochimica et biophysica acta (BBA) - general subjects, 1862(3), pp. 600-614. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.11.019

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BACKGROUND

The resistance of melanoma cells to cisplatin restricts its clinical use. Therefore, the search for novel tumor inhibitors and effective combination treatments that sensitize tumor cells to this drug are still needed. We purified macrovipecetin, a novel heterodimeric C-type lectin, from Macrovipera lebetina snake venom and investigated its anti-tumoral effect on its own or combined with cisplatin, in human melanoma cells.

METHODS

Biochemical characterization, in vitro cells assays such as viability, apoptosis, adhesion, migration, invasion, Western blotting and in silico analysis were used in this study.

RESULTS

Macrovipecetin decreased melanoma cell viability 100 times more than cisplatin. Interestingly, when combined with the drug, macrovipecetin enhanced the sensitivity of SK-MEL-28 cells by augmenting their apoptosis through increased expression of the apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) and activation of ERK1/2, p38, AKT and NF-κB. Moreover, macrovipecetin alone or combined with cisplatin induced the expression of TRADD, p53, Bax, Bim and Bad and down-regulated the Bcl-2 expression and ROS levels in SK-MEL-28 cells. Interestingly, these treatments impaired SK-MEL-28 cell adhesion, migration and invasion through modulating the function and expression of αvβ3 integrin along with regulating E-cadherin, vimentin, β-catenin, c-Src and RhoA expression. In silico study suggested that only the α chain of macrovipecetin interacts with a region overlapping the RGD motif binding site on this integrin.

CONCLUSIONS

We validated the antitumor effect of macrovipecetin when combined, or not, with cisplatin on SK-MEL-28 cells.

GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE

The presented work proposes the potential use of macrovipecetin and cisplatin in combination as an effective anti-melanoma treatment.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Haematology and Central Haematological Laboratory
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Unit Childrens Hospital > Forschungsgruppe Hämatologie (Erwachsene)

UniBE Contributor:

Clemetson, Kenneth John

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0304-4165

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Katrin Kölliker-Schütz

Date Deposited:

10 Apr 2018 09:09

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.11.019

PubMed ID:

29196192

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Anti-tumoral effect Cisplatin efficacy Macrovipecetin Mechanistic characterization Melanoma Snaclec

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.110091

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/110091

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