VARGOVA, Jana, Jaromir MIKES, Rastislav JENDZELOVSKY, Lucia MIKESOVA, Barbora KUCHAROVA, Lubomir CULKA, Radek FEDR, Jan REMSIK, Karel SOUCEK, Alois KOZUBÍK and Peter FEDOROCKO. Hypericin affects cancer side populations via competitive inhibition of BCRP. BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY. Issy-les-Moulineaux: ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER, 2018, vol. 99, MAR, p. 511-522. ISSN 0753-3322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.01.074.
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Original name Hypericin affects cancer side populations via competitive inhibition of BCRP
Authors VARGOVA, Jana, Jaromir MIKES, Rastislav JENDZELOVSKY, Lucia MIKESOVA, Barbora KUCHAROVA, Lubomir CULKA, Radek FEDR, Jan REMSIK, Karel SOUCEK, Alois KOZUBÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Peter FEDOROCKO (guarantor).
Edition BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY, Issy-les-Moulineaux, ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER, 2018, 0753-3322.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30100 3.1 Basic medicine
Country of publisher France
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.743
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00112163
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.01.074
UT WoS 000427436800067
Keywords in English Side population; Hypericin; St. John's wort; ABC transporters; Cancer stem-like cells; Drug resistance
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Abstract
Objective: Cancer stem-like cells (CSLCs) are considered a root of tumorigenicity and resistance. However, their identification remains challenging. The use of the side population (SP) assay as a credible marker of CSLCs remains controversial. The SP assay relies on the elevated activity of ABC transporters that, in turn, can be modulated by hypericin (HYP), a photosensitizer and bioactive compound of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum), a popular over-the-counter antidepressant. Here we aimed to comprehensively characterize the SP phenotype of cancer cells and to determine the impact of HYP on these cells. Methods: Flow cytometry and sorting-based assays were employed, including CD24-, CD44-, CD133-, and ALDH-positivity, clonogenicity, 3D-forming ability, ABC transporter expression and activity, and intracellular accumulation of HYP/Hoechst 33342. The tumorigenic ability of SP, nonSP, and HYP-treated cells was verified by xenotransplantation into immunodeficient mice. Results: The SP phenotype was associated with elevated expression of several investigated transporters and more intensive growth in non-adherent conditions but not with higher clonogenicity, tumorigenicity or ALDH-positivity. Despite stimulated BCRP level and MRP1 activity, HYP reversibly decreased the SP proportion, presumably via competitive inhibition of BCRP. HYP-selected SP cells acquired additional traits of resistance and extensively eliminated HYP. Conclusions: Our results suggest that SP is not an unequivocal CSLC-marker. However, SP could play an important role in modulating HYP-treatment and serve as a negative predictive tool for HYP-based therapies. Moreover, the use of supplements containing HYP by cancer patients should be carefully considered, due to its proposed effect on drug efflux and complex impact on tumor cells, which have not yet been sufficiently characterized.
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