CDA-2, a urinary preparation, inhibits lung cancer development through the suppression of NF-kappaB activation in myeloid cell

PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e52117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052117. Epub 2012 Dec 17.

Abstract

CDA-2 (cell differentiation agent 2), a urinary preparation, has potent anti- proliferative and pro-apoptotic properties in cancer cells. However, the mechanisms of tumor inhibitory action of CDA-2 are far from clear, and especially there was no report on lung cancer. Here we demonstrate that CDA-2 and its main component phenylacetylglutamine (PG) reduce the metastatic lung tumor growth, and increases survival time after inoculation with Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells in a dose-dependent manner in C57BL6 mice. Proliferative program analysis in cancer cells revealed a fundamental impact of CDA-2 and PG on proliferation and apoptosis, including Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, cIAP1, Survivin, PCNA, Ki-67 proteins and TUNEL assays. CDA-2 and PG significantly reduced NF-κB DNA-binding activity in lung cancer cells and in alveolar macrophages of tumor bearing mice and especially decreased the release of inflammatory factors including TNFα, IL-6, and KC. Furthermore, CDA-2 and PG decrease the expressions of TLR2, TLR6, and CD14, but not TLR1, TLR3, TLR4, and TLR9 in bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) of mice stimulated by LLC-conditioned medium (LLC-CM). Over-expressing TLR2 in BMDM prevented CDA-2 and PG from inhibiting NF-κB activation, as well as induction of TNFα and IL-6. TLR2:TLR6 complexes mediate the effect of NF-κB inactivation by CDA-2. In conclusion, CDA-2 potently inhibits lung tumor development by reduction of the inflammation in lung through suppression of NF-κB activation in myeloid cells, associating with modulation of TLR2 signaling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AICDA (Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase)
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / metabolism*
  • Cytidine Deaminase / administration & dosage
  • Cytidine Deaminase / metabolism*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Female
  • Gene Expression
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Lung Neoplasms / mortality
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Myeloid Cells / metabolism*
  • NF-kappa B / antagonists & inhibitors
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2 / genetics
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2 / metabolism
  • Tumor Burden

Substances

  • NF-kappa B
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2
  • AICDA (Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase)
  • Cytidine Deaminase

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Research Program of the Committee of Science and Technology of Putuo District, Shanghai (PTKW09-B02). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.