Inhibitory effects of nitric oxide on invasion of human cancer cells

Cancer Lett. 2007 Nov 18;257(2):274-82. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.08.001. Epub 2007 Sep 14.

Abstract

Hypoxia increased the ability of two human cancer cell lines, PC-3M and T24, to invade through Matrigel, while sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, strongly inhibited this invasion, along with down-regulating HIF-1alpha. SNP also inhibited the function of mitochondria in PC-3M cells, and mitochondrion-specific inhibitors reduced the invasion of these cells. Furthermore, knocking down either Rieske iron-sulfur protein (Fe-S) of mitochondrial complex III or HIF-1beta in these cells decreased their invasive potential. Our findings suggest that NO inhibits invasion of cancer cells via both inhibition of HIF-1, and impairment of mitochondria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antimycin A / pharmacology
  • Cell Hypoxia
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Electron Transport Complex III / genetics
  • Electron Transport Complex III / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / genetics
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / metabolism
  • Immunoblotting
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / genetics
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / metabolism
  • Methacrylates / pharmacology
  • Mitochondria / drug effects
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms / genetics
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Nitric Oxide Donors / pharmacology*
  • Nitroprusside / pharmacology*
  • Oligomycins / pharmacology
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
  • Thiazoles / pharmacology
  • Transfection
  • Uncoupling Agents / pharmacology

Substances

  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • Methacrylates
  • Nitric Oxide Donors
  • Oligomycins
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Rieske iron-sulfur protein
  • Thiazoles
  • Uncoupling Agents
  • Nitroprusside
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Antimycin A
  • myxothiazol
  • Electron Transport Complex III