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Research Article

Effects of CLIC4 on Fucoxanthinol-Induced Apoptosis in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells

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Pages 889-898 | Received 23 Dec 2019, Accepted 29 May 2020, Published online: 17 Jun 2020
 

Abstract

Fucoxanthin is a marine xanthophyll found in edible brown algae, and a metabolite, fucoxanthinol (FxOH), possesses a potent apoptosis inducing effect in many cancer cells. Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) is a member of the CLIC family that plays an important role in cancer development and apoptosis. However, the role of CLIC4 in FxOH-induced apoptosis is not well understood. In this study, we investigated whether CLIC4 affects the apoptotic properties of FxOH in human colorectal cancer (CRC) cells under FxOH treatment. Treating human CRC DLD-1 cells with 5.0 μmol/L FxOH significantly induced apoptosis. FxOH downregulated CLIC4, integrin β1, NHERF2 and pSmad2 (Ser465/467) by 0.6-, 0.7-, 0.7-, and 0.5-fold, respectively, compared with control cells without alteration of Rab35 expression. No colocalizing change was observed in CLIC4-related proteins in either control or FxOH-treated cells. CLIC4 knockdown suppressed cell growth and apoptosis. Interestingly, apoptosis induction by FxOH almost disappeared with CLIC4 knockdown. Our findings suggested that CLIC4 could be involved in FxOH-induced apoptosis in human CRC.

Author Contributions

M.T. conceived and designed the study. R.Y., R.T., T.O., and M.T. performed the experiments. R.Y. and M.T. wrote the paper. H.K., H.M., K.M., and M.M. reviewed the edited manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript and agree to be accounted for in all aspects of the research in ensuring that the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work is appropriately investigated and resolved.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (no. 16K07880).

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