In vitro protective effect of Celergen, a bioactive marine compound, on interleukin-6-related invasiveness of pancreatic cancer

In vitro protective effect of Celergen, a bioactive marine compound, on interleukin-6-related invasiveness of pancreatic cancer

Authors

  • Roberto Catanzaro Dept of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
  • Gulcin Celep Gazi University, Family and Consumer Sciences Department, Nutrition and Food Technology Division, Ankara, Turkey
  • Nicola Zerbinati CMP Medical Center & Labs, Pavia, Italy
  • Michael Papacharalambous Metropolitan Hospital & Ortobiotiki Medical Center, Athens, Greece
  • Ravinder Nagpal Division of Laboratories for Probiotic Research, Juntendo University, School of Medicine,Tokyo, Japan
  • Francesco Marotta ReGenera Research Group for Aging-Intervention, Milano, Italy
  • Reza Rastmanesh Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Teheran, Iran
  • Michele Milazzo Dept of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
  • Aldo Lorenzetti ReGenera Research Group for Aging-Intervention, Milano, Italy
  • G Bertuccelli ReGenera Research Group for Aging-Intervention, Milano, Italy
  • J Sollano 8Gastroenterology Department, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, The Philippines.

Keywords:

pancreatic cancer, invasiveness, interleukin-6, inteleukin-6 receptor, Celergen, marine compound

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of Celergen, a marine nutraceutical, against tumor cell invasion in human pancreatic cancer cell line (PSN-I). High invasive clone (HI) and low invasive clone (LI) were established from wild type PSN-l cell line after a repeated invasion assay test. The invasive ability of HI cells and the level of IL-6 in the conditioned medium of HI cells was significantly higher than that one of LI cells but both these parameters were significantly reduced by the addition of Celergen (p<0.01). Exogenous IL-6 administration induced a dose dependent enhancement of invasive ability in both cell populations. Moreover, IL-6 receptor expression was detected in 72 % of HI cells whereas this occurred only in 37 % of LI cells. When co-cultured with Celergen this parameter was significantly downregulated in both cellular subsets (p<0.05). The addition of conditioned medium derived from HI cells (HCM) and LI cells(LCM) enhanced the invasive ability in both cell populations without affecting cell proliferation. The effect of HCM on the invasive ability of HI cells was partially inhibited by the addition of Celergen (p<0.01). In summary, overexpression of IL-6 and its receptor may be one relevant factor contributing to the highly invasive characteristic of the pancreatic cancer cell line we used while a significantly beneficial modulation was obtained by applying this novel marine nutraceutical. This advices to further explore the possibility of marine compounds regulation of IL-6 ligand/receptor and other possible invasive factor interaction in the therapy of this malignancy while further studies are awaited in this setting.

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09-05-2014

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Catanzaro R, Celep G, Zerbinati N, Papacharalambous M, Nagpal R, Marotta F, et al. In vitro protective effect of Celergen, a bioactive marine compound, on interleukin-6-related invasiveness of pancreatic cancer. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2014 May 9 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];85(1):44-51. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/3210