TY - JOUR
T1 - Allyl isothiocyanate regulates lysine acetylation and methylation marks in an experimental model of malignant melanoma
AU - Mitsiogianni, Melina
AU - Mantso, Theodora
AU - Trafalis, Dimitrios T.
AU - Vasantha Rupasinghe, H. P.
AU - Zoumpourlis, Vasilis
AU - Franco, Rodrigo
AU - Botaitis, Sotiris
AU - Pappa, Aglaia
AU - Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by (1) start-up funds (MIP) including a PhD studentship (MM) provided by the Multi-Disciplinary Research Theme in “Bio-economy” of Northumbria University; (2) an LLP Erasmus Program (AP) and (3) an “OPENSCREEN-GR: An Open-Access Research Infrastructure of Target-Based Screening Technologies and Chemical Biology for Human and Animal Health, Agriculture and Environment (MIS 5002691)” implemented under the action “Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure” funded by the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NSRF 2014–2020)” co-financed by Greece and the European Union (under the European Regional Development Fund) (AP).
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© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Objective(s): Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are biologically active plant secondary metabolites capable of mediating various biological effects including modulation of the epigenome. Our aim was to characterize the effect of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) on lysine acetylation and methylation marks as a potential epigenetic-induced anti-melanoma strategy. Methods: Our malignant melanoma model consisted of (1) human (A375) and murine (B16-F10) malignant melanoma as well as of human; (2) brain (VMM1) and lymph node (Hs 294T) metastatic melanoma; (3) non-melanoma epidermoid carcinoma (A431) and (4) immortalized keratinocyte (HaCaT) cells subjected to AITC. Cell viability, histone deacetylases (HDACs) and acetyltransferases (HATs) activities were evaluated by the Alamar blue, Epigenase HDAC Activity/Inhibition and EpiQuik HAT Activity/Inhibition assay kits, respectively, while their expression levels together with those of lysine acetylation and methylation marks by western immunoblotting. Finally, apoptotic gene expression was assessed by an RT-PCR-based gene expression profiling methodology. Results: AITC reduces cell viability, decreases HDACs and HATs activities and causes changes in protein expression levels of various HDACs, HATs, and histone methyl transferases (HMTs) all of which have a profound effect on specific lysine acetylation and methylation marks. Moreover, AITC regulates the expression of a number of genes participating in various apoptotic cascades thus indicating its involvement in apoptotic induction. Conclusions: AITC exerts a potent epigenetic effect suggesting its potential involvement as a promising epigenetic-induced bioactive for the treatment of malignant melanoma.
AB - Objective(s): Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are biologically active plant secondary metabolites capable of mediating various biological effects including modulation of the epigenome. Our aim was to characterize the effect of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) on lysine acetylation and methylation marks as a potential epigenetic-induced anti-melanoma strategy. Methods: Our malignant melanoma model consisted of (1) human (A375) and murine (B16-F10) malignant melanoma as well as of human; (2) brain (VMM1) and lymph node (Hs 294T) metastatic melanoma; (3) non-melanoma epidermoid carcinoma (A431) and (4) immortalized keratinocyte (HaCaT) cells subjected to AITC. Cell viability, histone deacetylases (HDACs) and acetyltransferases (HATs) activities were evaluated by the Alamar blue, Epigenase HDAC Activity/Inhibition and EpiQuik HAT Activity/Inhibition assay kits, respectively, while their expression levels together with those of lysine acetylation and methylation marks by western immunoblotting. Finally, apoptotic gene expression was assessed by an RT-PCR-based gene expression profiling methodology. Results: AITC reduces cell viability, decreases HDACs and HATs activities and causes changes in protein expression levels of various HDACs, HATs, and histone methyl transferases (HMTs) all of which have a profound effect on specific lysine acetylation and methylation marks. Moreover, AITC regulates the expression of a number of genes participating in various apoptotic cascades thus indicating its involvement in apoptotic induction. Conclusions: AITC exerts a potent epigenetic effect suggesting its potential involvement as a promising epigenetic-induced bioactive for the treatment of malignant melanoma.
KW - Acetyl transferases
KW - Allyl isothiocyanate
KW - Deacetylases
KW - Histone acetylation
KW - Histone methylation
KW - Methyl transferases
KW - Skin cancer
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U2 - 10.1007/s00394-019-01925-6
DO - 10.1007/s00394-019-01925-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 30762097
AN - SCOPUS:85061649293
SN - 1436-6207
VL - 59
SP - 557
EP - 569
JO - Zeitschrift fur Ernahrungswissenschaft
JF - Zeitschrift fur Ernahrungswissenschaft
IS - 2
ER -