Dykellic acid inhibits cell migration and tube formation by RhoA-GTP expression

Biol Pharm Bull. 2006 Nov;29(11):2256-9. doi: 10.1248/bpb.29.2256.

Abstract

Dykellic acid, a novel factor initially identified from the culture broth of Westerdykella multispora F50733, has been shown to inhibit matrix metalloprotease 9 activity, caspase-3 activity, B cell proliferation and LPS-induced IgM production, suggesting that this factor may have anti-cancer effects. In an effort to further address the possible anti-tumoral effects of dykellic acid, we used wound healing, invasion and RhoA-GTP assays to examine the effects of dykellic acid on cell migration, invasion and angiogenesis. Our results revealed that dykellic acid dose-dependently inhibits B16 cell migration and motility, and inhibits HUVEC tube formation. Western blot analysis of the active form of RhoA (RhoA-GTP) showed that dykellic acid treatment decreased the levels of RhoA-GTP. These findings collectively suggest that dykellic acid may have both anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic acitivites, and provides the first evidence for the involvement of RhoA in dykellic acid-induced effects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Vessels / drug effects*
  • Blood Vessels / physiology
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Endothelial Cells / drug effects
  • Endothelial Cells / physiology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / prevention & control
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / metabolism
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / prevention & control
  • Propionates / chemistry
  • Propionates / pharmacology*
  • Pyrones / chemistry
  • Pyrones / pharmacology*
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / metabolism*

Substances

  • Propionates
  • Pyrones
  • dykellic acid
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein