Volume 130, Issue 5 pp. 1071-1081
Cancer Cell Biology

D-4F, an apoA-I mimetic peptide, inhibits proliferation and tumorigenicity of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by upregulating the antioxidant enzyme MnSOD

Ekambaram Ganapathy

Ekambaram Ganapathy

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Feng Su

Feng Su

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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David Meriwether

David Meriwether

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Asokan Devarajan

Asokan Devarajan

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Victor Grijalva

Victor Grijalva

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Feng Gao

Feng Gao

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Arnab Chattopadhyay

Arnab Chattopadhyay

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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G.M. Anantharamaiah

G.M. Anantharamaiah

Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

A.M.F., M.N., G.M.A. and S.T.R. are principals in Bruin Pharma.

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Mohamad Navab

Mohamad Navab

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Alan M. Fogelman

Alan M. Fogelman

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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A.M.F. is an officer of Bruin Pharma.

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Srinivasa T. Reddy

Corresponding Author

Srinivasa T. Reddy

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Srinivasa T. Reddy, Department of OB/GYN, Medicine, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, MRL 3736 Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Robin Farias-Eisner, Department of OB/GYN, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, CHS 24-127, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

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Robin Farias-Eisner

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Robin Farias-Eisner

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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Srinivasa T. Reddy, Department of OB/GYN, Medicine, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, MRL 3736 Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Robin Farias-Eisner, Department of OB/GYN, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, CHS 24-127, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

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First published: 21 March 2011
Citations: 53

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Abstract

We recently reported that apoA-I and apoA-I mimetic peptides prevent the development of flank tumors in immunocompetent C57BL/6J mice. To delineate the mechanism(s) of action of apoA-I mimetic peptides in tumor development, we examined the effect of D-4F (an apoA-I mimetic peptide) on the antioxidant status and on the gene expression and function of antioxidant enzymes in ID8 cells (a mouse epithelial ovarian cancer cell line) and in a mouse model. We demonstrate that D-4F treatment significantly reduces the viability and proliferation of ID8 cells, with a concomitant improvement of the antioxidant status of ID8 cells as measured by lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyl, superoxide anion, and hydrogen peroxide levels. D-4F treatment induces MnSOD (but not CuZnSOD) mRNA, protein, and activity. Inhibition of MnSOD in ID8 cells using shRNA vectors abrogates the inhibitory effects of D-4F on ID8 cell viability and proliferation. Moreover, tumor development from ID8 cells carrying shRNA for MnSOD were unaffected by D-4F treatment. Our results suggest that the inhibitory effects of D-4F on ID8 cell proliferation and tumor development are mediated, at least in part, by the induced expression and activity of MnSOD.

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