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. 2002 Feb 15;8(1):26–30. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i1.26

RRR-α-tocopheryl succinate inhibits human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cell growth by inducing apoptosis and DNA synthesis arrest

Kun Wu 1,2, Yan Zhao 1,2, Bai-He Liu 1,2, Yao Li 1,2, Fang Liu 1,2, Jian Guo 1,2, Wei-Ping Yu 1,2
PMCID: PMC4656619  PMID: 11833065

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the effects of growth inhibition of human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cell with RRR-α-tocopheryl succinate (VES), a derivative of natural Vitamin E, via inducing apoptosis and DNA synthesis arrest.

METHODS: Human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells were regularly incubated in the presence of VES at 5, 10 and 20 mg·L-1 (VES was dissolved in absolute ethanol and diluted in RPMI 1640 complete condition media correspondingly to a final concentration of VES and 1 mL·L-1 ethanol), succinic acid and ethanol equivalents as vehicle (VEH) control and condition media only as untreated (UT) control. Trypan blue dye exclusion analysis and MTT assay were applied to detect the cell proliferation. 37 kBq of tritiated thymidine was added to cells and [3H] TdR uptake was measured to observe DNA synthesis. Apoptotic morphology was observed by electron microscopy and DAPI staining. Flow cytometry and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay were performed to detect VES-triggered apoptosis.

RESULTS: VES inhibited SGC-7901 cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. The growth curve showed suppression by 24.7%, 49.2% and 68.7% following 24 h of VES treatment at 5, 10 and 20 mg·L-1, respectively, similar to the findings from MTT assay. DNA synthesis was evidently reduced by 35%, 45% and 98% after 24 h VES treatment at 20 mg·L-1 and 48 h at 10 and 20 mg·L-1, respectively. VES induced SGC-7901 cells to undergo apoptosis with typically apoptotic characteristics, including morphological changes of chromatin condensation, chromatin crescent formation/margination, nucleus fragmentation and apoptotic body formation, typical apoptotic sub-G1 peak by flow cytometry and increase of apoptotic cells by TUNEL assay in which 90% of cells underwent apoptosis after 48h of VES treatment at 20 mg·L-1.

CONCLUSION: VES can inhibit human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cell growth by inducing apoptosis and DNA synthesis arrest. Inhibition of SGC-7901 cell growth by VES is dose-and time-dependent. Therefore VES can function as a potent chemotherapeutic agent against human gastric carcinogenesis.

INTRODUCTION

Vitamin E is charactered as a fat-soluble membrane antioxidant[1,2]. Vitamin E succinate (RRR-α -tocopheryl succinate; VES), a derivative of natural vitamin E, however, does not possess antioxidant properties unless the succinate group is removed by a nonspecific esterase. VES has been demonstrated to be a potent growth inhibitor of various cancer cell types in vitro and in vivo[3,4]. For example, VES has been shown to inhibit the growth of human monoblastic leukemia cells in vitro[5], murine B-16 melanoma cells in vitro[6], hamster buccal pouch tumor cells in vivo[7], avian lymphoid cells in vitro[8,9], murine EL4 T lymphoma cells in vitro[4,10], human gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo[11-13], and human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo[14,15].

The exact mechanisms are not clearly known, but the inhibitory effect of VES on the proliferation of rapidly dividing cells can be attributed to the induction of cell cycle blockage[16], increased secretion and activation of transforming growth factor-βs (TGF-βs) and TGF-β receptor II[9,14,17], and the induction of apoptosis[18-20]. In many instances, growth inhibition following terminal differentiation[21-23]or anticancer drug treatment[24-26] results in apoptosis. Apoptosis, namely, programmed cell death, is an active and physiological process characterized by a series of morphological and biological alterations including condensation of cytoplasm, loss of plasma membrane microvilli, segmentation of nucleus and extensive degradation of chromosomal DNA into oligomers of 180bp[27-30]. The exact mechanisms of apoptosis are still unclear, but our earlier studies indicated that VES can secrete and activate biologically active TGF-β and then TGF-β increases the kinase activity of c-Jun N-terminal kinase(JNK) followed by phosphorylation of c-Jun, and finally activated c-Jun triggers apoptosis in human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells[31].

Gastric cancer is common in China[32-41]. Since VES is a potential tumor chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent, it is worthwhile to investigate the manner in which VES inhibits the cell growth and thereafter gain a better understanding of the molecular events involved. In this study, we demonstrate the ability of VES to inhibit cell proliferation, arrest DNA synthesis and induce human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells to undergo apoptosis, address the involvement of certain apoptosis-related events in this process and prove that VES-triggered apoptosis is different from VES-induced DNA synthesis arrest.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Materials

VES, DAPI (4’,6-diamidine-2’-phenylindole dihydrochloride, succinic acid, MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5-dipenyltetrazolium bromide] and propidium iodide were purchased from Sigma Co. Ltd. RPMI 1640 media was obtained from Gibco, BRL. In situ cell death detection kit was purchased from Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Inc. 3H-TdR was supplied by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Methods

Cell culture Human gastric cancer cell lines SGC-7901 were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 100 mL·L-1 fetal calf serum (FCS), 100 kU·L-1 penicillin, 100 mg·L-1 streptomycin and 2 mmol·L-1 L-glutamine under 50 mL·L-1 CO2 in a humidified incubator at 37 °C. SGC-7901 cells were incubated for different time periods in the presence of VES at 5, 10 and 20 mg·L-1 (VES was dissolved in absolute ethanol and diluted in RPMI 1640 complete condition media correspondingly to a final concentration of VES and 1 mL·L-1 ethanol), succinic acid and ethanol equivalents as vehicle (VEH) control and condition media only as untreated (UT) control.

Growth curve Exponentially growing SGC-7901 cells were trypsinized and aliquoted into 24-well flat-bottomed tissue culture plates at 5 × 10 4·well-1. The cells were allowed to attach overnight and then incubated for seven days in the presence or absence of VES. Cell number and viability were determined by trypan blue dye exclusion analysis.

MTT assay The cells were inoculated in a 96-well plate (5 × 103·well-1) as described previously[42]. In brief, cells after 24 h of incubation were treated with VES and controls and then cultured for six days. The cells in eight wells at every dose were supplemented with 0.2 mL of 5 g·L-1 MTT every day. After 4 h, culture media were discarded followed by addition of 0.2 mL of DMSO and vibration for 10 min. The absorbance (A) was measured at 570 nm using a microplate reader. The percentage of viable cells was calculated as follow:(A of experimental group /A of control group) × 100%. [3H] Thymidine incorporation. The cells were treated with VES for 24 or 48 h as described previously[43]. 37 kBq of tritiated thymidine were added to cells during the last 6 h of culture and harvested onto glass fiber filters. [3H] TdR uptake was measured in a Beckman LS5000 TD liquid scintillation counter.

Electron microscopy The cells treated with VES or VEH were trypsinized and harvested after 24 h and 48 h , respectively. Subsequently the cells were immersed with Epon 821, imbedded in capsules and converged for 72 h at 60 °C, the cells were prepared into ultrathin section (60 nm) and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate . Cell morphology was examined by transmission electron microscopy.

DAPI staining Treated cells were pelleted and washed three times with distilled water, and then stained with 2 mg·L-1 DAPI in 100% methanol for 15min at 37 °C. Cells were viewed using a fluorescence microscope with ultraviolet (UV) excitation at 300-500 nm. Cells with nuclei that contained clear condensed chromatin or cells with fragmented nuclei were scored as apoptosis.

TUNEL assay Apoptosis of SGC-7901 cells was analyzed by using in situ cell death detection kit. The method is essentially based on the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) technique, and it can detect apoptosis at very early stages. In brief, cells were treated in the presence or absence of VES and fixed overnight in 100 g·L-1 formaldehyde, treated with proteinase K and then H2O2, labeled with fluorescein dUTP in a humid box for 1h at 37 °C. The cells were then combined with POD-Horseradish peroxidase, colorized with DAB (3,3-diaminobenzidine) and counterstained with methyl green. Cells were visualized with light microscope.

Flow cytometry Cells were incubated with various doses of VES, harvested, washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) twice and fixed with 700 mL·L- 1 ethanol at 4 °C overnight. Fixed cells were washed twice with PBS and stained with 800 μL propidium iodide and 200 μL deoxyribonulcease-free ribonuclease A in PBS. The fluorescence indensity of propidium iodide-stained nuclei was determined by a FACscan.

Statistical analysis Student’s t test was used to assess statistical significance of differences. If P < 0.05, the difference was considered significant.

RESULTS

Inhibition of Human Gastric Cancer SGC-7901 Cell Proliferation by VES

Growth curve VES has been previously shown to function as a growth inhibitory agent. In this study, VES inhibited SGC-7901 cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. The growth curve showed that cell growth was suppressed by 24.7%, 49.2% and 68.7% following 24 h of VES treatment at 5, 10 and 20 mg·L-1, respectively. The percentage of inhibition was 100% on day 4 with the treatment of VES at 20 mg·L-1 (Figure 1).

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Growth curve of SGC-7901 cell treated with VES.

MTT assay SGC-7901 cells were treated in the presence or absence of VES for six days and cell viability was daily measured by MTT proliferation analysis. VES significantly inhibited cell growth and VES at 10 and 20 mg·L-1 had an obviously inhibitory effect by 100% on the 5th and 4th days, respectively (Table 1), similar to the findings from growth curve.

Table 1.

Effect of VES on the viability of SGC-7901 cells

Group Rate of viable cells/%
1 2 3 4 5 6
UT control 100 100 100 100 100 100
VEH control 105.5 102.4 92.1 95.3 105.7 97.5
5 mg·L-1 VES 94.8 101.2 91.4 144.3 91.4 74.6
10 mg·L-1 VES 91.4 64.6 20.8 4.2 0 0
20 mg·L-1 VES 53.4 32.9 4.3 0 0 0

DNA synthesis arrest by VES

VES treatment of SGC-7901 cells inhibited [3H] thymidine uptake with a dose-response relationship. DNA synthesis was evidently reduced by 35%, 45% and 98% after 24 h VES treatment at 20 mg·L-1 and 48 h at 10 and 20 mg·L-1 , respectively, compared with UT control (P < 0.01). On the other hand, VEH control did not affect SGC-7901 cell proliferation (Table 2).

Table 2.

Inhibitory effect of VES on DNA synthesis incorporated with 3H-TdR (-x ± s, n = 6)

Group Radioactive intensity/Bq·104cell-1)
24 h(% of inhibition ratio) 48 h(% of inhibition ratio)
UT control 64.1 ± 10.2(0) 143.2 ± 13.7(0)
VEH control 63.8 ± 10.3(1) 141.9 ± 14.7(0)
5 mg·L-1 VES 61.8 ± 10.4(4) 137.1 ± 16.3(4)
10 mg·L-1 VES 57.2 ± 10.7(11) 79.3 ± 10.0(45)b
20 mg·L-1 VES 41.4 ± 8.0(35)b 2.2 ± 0.3(98)b
b

P < 0.01, vs UT control.

VES induction of apoptosis

Morphological changes Apoptotic characteristics including chromatin condensation, chromatin crescent formation/ margination, DNA fragmentation and apoptotic body formation were seen by electron microscopy (Figure 2) and by fluorescence microscopy of DAPI-labelled cells (Figure 3). The cells undergoing apoptosis evidently increased when the concentration of VES was elevated and reaction time was prolonged.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

VES-induced apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells with transmission elec-tron microscope. A: Normal cell; B: Apoptotic cell with chromatin condensation, chromatin crescent formation/margination; C: Cell with apoptotic body.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

VES-induced apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells with DAPI staining UT control; VES at 20 mg·L-1.

Flow cytometry VES-induced apoptosis was studied further in SGC-7901 cells using flow ctyometry. Cell cycle analysis after VES treatment revealed the presence of a sub-G1 apoptotic peak (Figure 4).

Figure 4.

Figure 4

VES-induced apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells with flow cytometry. A: UT control; B: VEH control; C: VES at 5 mg·L-1; D: VES at 10 mg·L-1; E: VES at 20 mg·L-1.

TUNEL assay Apoptotic cell death was determined by TUNEL assay according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The results showed that apoptotic cells increased with the increase of the concentration of VES in an obviously dose-dependent manner. The percentage of apoptosis was 90% after VES treatment at 20 mg·L-1 (Figure 5 and Table 3).

Figure 5.

Figure 5

VES-induced apoptosis by TUNEL assay. A: UT control; B: VEH control; C: VES at 5 mg·L-1; D: VES at 10 mg·L-1; E: VES at 20 mg·L-1.

Table 3.

Induction of apoptosis after 48 h of VES treatment in SGC-7901 cells

Group Apoptotic cells/104 cells Rate of apoptosis/%
UT control 6 0.06
VEH control 28 0.28
5 mg·L-1 VES 1248b 12.48
10 mg·L-1 VES 5736b 57.63
20 mg·L-1 VES 8996b 89.96
b

P < 0.01, vs UT control.

DISCUSSION

Cell growth is regulated by the interaction of cell proliferation and cell death. When cell growth is inhibited, the decrease of cell proliferation and increase of cell death will occur. Cell proliferation is performed by continuously proceeding into cell cycle and will be suppressed if cell cycle is disturbed[44-46]. The disorder of DNA synthesis, however, is a common reason for the disturbance of cell cycles[47,48]. Cell death is another principal reason for cell growth inhibition and is relevant to cell proliferation. Apoptotic cell death is a naturally occurring process of cell suicide which plays a crucial role in the development and homeostasis of metazons by eliminating superfluous or unwanted cells (reviewed by[49-53]).

Previous studies showed that VES can block DNA synthesis in tumor cells[43,54]. The percent of DNA synthesis arrest is more than 90% when human breast cancer cells are treated with VES at 10 mg·L-1, similar to the rate of breast cancer cell growth inhibition which exceeds 80%[15]. A recent study shows that VES can function as an apoptosis inducer in tumor cells. In this study, VES was found to inhibit cell proliferation in human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells by trypan blue exclusion analysis and MTT assay. Cell growth was inhibited by 100% with treatment of VES at 10 mg·L-1 on day 7 and at 20 mg·L-1 on day 4 in the former experiment, while on the 6th and 4th days in the latter one. Meanwhile, VES significantly suppressed cell growth by DNA synthesis arrest via preventing SGC-7901 cells from progressinginto S-phase, ultimately blocking the cell proliferation. In order to further elucidate the mechanisms of inhibitory effects of VES on cell growth, we determined the incidence of VES-mediated apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells by electron microscopy, DAPI staining, flow cytometry and TUNEL assay on the basis of morphological and molecular level. The results demonstrated that VES-treated SGC-7901 cells were characteristic by typical apoptotic alterations, including morphological changes by electron microscopy and DAPI staining, typical apoptotic sub-G1 peak observed by flow cytometry; increase of apoptotic cells with the elevation of the concentration of VES in a clearly dose-dependent manner by TUNEL assay.The data above implicated that VES inhibits human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cell growth by inducing apoptosis and DNA synthesis arrest.

Apoptosis is a complex and programmed process which is regulated by a variety of factors[55-60]. The antiproliferative actions of VES may be due, in part, to the ability of VES to induce autocrine acting biologically active TGF-βs[9,14,17]. In addition, VES-mediated apoptosis is inhibited when c-Jun mutant is transfected into breast cancer cells[61]. JNK, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family member, plays an important role in the course of VES-triggered apoptosis[31,61]. Although the exact mechanisms involved in VES-induced apoptosis have not been well known up to now, the ability of a compound to induce 90% apoptosis in a tumor cell population within 48 h is noticeable. It is also noteworthy that VES can selectively inhibit the growth of tumor cells but not normal cells[8,62-64]. The research in our laboratory demonstrated that VES inhibited benzo (a)pyrene (B(a)P)-induced forestomach carcinogenesis in female mice[11], while the inhibition and inhibitory mechanisms of VES in vivo are worth further investigating.

Footnotes

Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.39870662

Edited by Wang JH and Xu XQ

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