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Chloroquine inhibits proliferation, survival, and migration of metastatic androgen-independent PC-3 prostate cancer cells

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Environmental biology

Abstract

Prostate cancer is considered a heterogeneous disease depending on clinical, morphological, and molecular perspectives. Prostate cancer relies on androgen and androgen receptors for its survival and growth; therefore, androgen deprivation therapy combined with other approaches is used to treat prostate cancer. Nonetheless, 20–30% of prostate cancer patients evolve an androgen deprivation therapy resistance phenotype, which is a major challenge for physicians. Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved catabolic mechanism that has a double-edged sword role in cancer. At the initial stages of cancer development, autophagy functions as a tumor suppressor via the degradation of potentially oncogenic molecules. Nevertheless, at the advanced stages, autophagy promotes tumor cell survival, metabolic reprogramming, metastasis, and drug resistance due to its interconnection with other distinct cellular and metabolic pathways. This study investigated the cytotoxic, antiproliferative, anti-survival, and anti-migratory effect of autophagy inhibitor chloroquine on metastatic androgen-independent PC-3 prostate cancer cells. A dose-dependent MTT assay was applied to evaluate the cytotoxic and antiproliferative effect of chloroquine on human PC-3 prostate cancer cells following 48 hours of treatment. The IC50 value was determined as 53.281 μM for chloroquine. Treatment of PC-3 cells with chloroquine led to significant downregulation of cell proliferation and survival as indicated by the significant decrease of colony formation ratio. The effect of chloroquine on PC-3 cell migration was validated using a cell motility assay and the findings indicated a significant suppression of PC-3 cell migration. These results revealed a significant antiproliferative, anti-survival, and anti-migratory effect of chloroquine on PC-3 prostate cancer cells.

DOI

10.21608/joese.2023.246381.1034

Keywords

Chloroquine, autophagy, Prostate Cancer, Cancer development, Cancer migration

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Alhallaq

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University

Email

ahmdhallag@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0002-2307-1907

First Name

Yasser

Last Name

Elsherbini

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK , Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

yasseribrahim_2010@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdraboh

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University

Email

mohabdraboh@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0001-7948-6442

Volume

52

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

43118

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-11-04

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Print ISSN

1110-192X

Online ISSN

2090-9233

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https://joese.journals.ekb.eg/article_331968.html

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331,968

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1,447

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Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Sciences. Mansoura University

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https://joese.journals.ekb.eg/

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Chloroquine inhibits proliferation, survival, and migration of metastatic androgen-independent PC-3 prostate cancer cells

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26 Dec 2024