Antitumor activity of sulfated hyaluronic acid fragments in pre-clinical models of bladder cancer

Andre R. Jordan, Soum D. Lokeshwar, Luis E. Lopez, Martin Hennig, Juan Chipollini, Travis Yates, Marie C. Hupe, Axel S. Merseburger, Aviva Shiedlin, Wolfgang H. Cerwinka, Kebin Liu, Vinata B. Lokeshwar

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Abstract

Tumor cell-derived hyaluronidase HYAL-1 degrades hyaluronic acid (HA) into angiogenic fragments (AGF: 10-12 disaccharides). AGF support tumor growth and progression. Urine and tissue HAase/HYAL-1 levels are sensitive markers for highgrade bladder cancer (BCa) and its metastasis. In preclinical models of BCa, we evaluated whether o-sulfated AGF (sHA-F) inhibits HAase activity and has antitumor activity. At IC50 for HAase activity inhibition (5-20 μg/ml [0.4-1.7 μM]), sHA-F significantly inhibited proliferation, motility and invasion of HYAL-1 expressing BCa cells (253J-Lung, HT1376, UMUC-3), P < 0.001. sHA-F did not affect the growth of HYAL-1 non-expressing BCa (5637, RT4, T24, TCCSUP) and normal urothelial (Urotsa, SV-HUC1) cells. sHA-F treatment induced apoptosis by death receptor pathway. sHA-F downregulated transcript and/or protein levels of HA receptors (CD44, RHAMM), p-AKT, β-catenin, pβ-Catenin(S552), Snail and Twist but increased levels of pβ- Catenin(T41/S45), pGSK-3α/β(S21/S9) and E-cadherin. sHA-F also inhibited CD44/ Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI-3K) complex formation and PI-3K activity. AGF addition or myristoylated-AKT overexpression attenuated sHA-F effects. Contrarily, HYAL- 1 expression sensitized RT4 cells to sHA-F treatment. In the 253J-L and HT1376 xenograft models, sHA-F treatment significantly inhibited tumor growth (P < 0.001), plausibly by inhibiting angiogenesis and HA receptor-PI-3K/AKT signaling. This study delineates that sHA-F targets tumor-associated HA-HAase system and could be potentially useful in BCa treatment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24262-24274
Number of pages13
JournalOncotarget
Volume8
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Bladder cancer
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Hyaluronidase
  • Sulfated-HA
  • Targeted therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology

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