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Infliximab Inhibits Colitis Associated Cancer in Model Mice by Downregulating Genes Associated with Mast Cells and Decreasing Their Accumulation
- Source :
- Current Issues in Molecular Biology, Vol 45, Iss 4, Pp 2895-2907 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2023.
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Abstract
- Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, can be treated with anti TNF-alpha (TNF-α) antibodies (Abs), but they also put patients with IBDs at risk of cancer. We aimed to determine whether the anti TNF-α Ab induces colon cancer development in vitro and in vivo, and to identify the genes involved in colitis-associated cancer. We found that TNF-α (50 ng/mL) inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of HCT8 and COLO205 colon cancer cell lines and that anti TNF-α Ab neutralized TNF-α inhibition in vitro. The effects of anti TNF-α Ab, infliximab (10 mg/kg) were investigated in mouse models of colitis-associated cancer induced by intraperitoneally injected azoxymethane (AOM: 10 mg/kg)/orally administered dextran sodium sulfate (DSS: 2.5%) (AOM/DSS) in vivo. Infliximab significantly attenuated the development of colon cancer in these mice. Microarray analyses and RT-qPCR revealed that mast cell protease 1, mast cell protease 2, and chymase 1 were up-regulated in cancer tissue of AOM/DSS mice; however, those mast cell related genes were downregulated in cancer tissue of AOM/DSS mice with infliximab. These results suggested that mast cells play a pivotal role in the development of cancer associated with colitis in AOM/DSS mice.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14673045 and 14673037
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Current Issues in Molecular Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2e2accfa2b0434380dec5347ea7f766
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb45040189