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Effect of Genistein in Comparison with Trichostatin A on Reactivation of DNMTs Genes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Masumeh Sanaei1,
  • Fraidoon Kavoosi*,1,
  • Abazar Roustazadeh1 and
  • Fatemeh Golestan2
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology 2018;6(2):141-146

DOI: 10.14218/JCTH.2018.00002

Abstract

Background and Aims: DNA methylation and histone modification are epigenetic modifications essential for normal function of mammalian cells. The processes are mediated by biochemical interactions between DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and histone deacetylases. Promoter hypermethylation and deacetylation of tumor suppressor genes play major roles in cancer induction, through transcriptional silencing of these genes. DNA hypermethylation is carried out by a family of DNMTs including DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b. In hepatocellular carcinoma, a significant positive correlation between over-expression of these genes and cancer induction has been reported. The DNA demethylating agent genistein (GE) has been demonstrated to reduce different cancers. Previously, we reported that GE can induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma PLC/PRF5 and HepG2 cell lines. Besides, histone deacetylase inhibitors, such as trichostatin A (TSA), were successfully used to inhibit cancer cell growth. The present study was designed to assess the effect of GE in comparison with TSA on DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression, cell growth inhibition and apoptosis induction in the HepG2 cell line.

Methods: Cells were seeded and treated with various doses of GE and TSA. The MTT assay, flow cytometry assay, and real-time RT-PCR were used to determine viability, apoptosis, and DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression respectively.

Results: Both agents inhibited cell growth, induced apoptosis and reactivated DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression. Furthermore, TSA demonstrated a significantly greater apoptotic effect than the other agent, whereas GE improved gene expression more significantly than TSA.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that GE and TSA can significantly inhibit cell growth, induce apoptosis and restore DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene reactivation.

Keywords

Genistein, Trichostatin A, DNA methyltransferases, Apoptosis, Hepatocellular carcinoma

Introduction

DNA methylation and histone modification are epigenetic modifications essential for normal function of mammalian cells. Both of these processes are dependent on one another, and crosstalk between these two processes work hand-in-hand and are mediated by biochemical interactions between histone deactylases (HDACs) and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs). It is well characterized that an aberrant methylation of gene promoter regions is associated with loss of gene function. In fact, the level and patterns of DNA methylation and histone acetylation are altered in human cancers. However, promoter hypermethylation and deacetylation of tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) play major roles in cancer induction, through transcriptional silencing of these genes.

Each cancer subtype has specific tumor suppressor genes that are commonly susceptible to hypermethylation and silencing.1 DNA hypermethylation is performed by a family of DNMTs including DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b. In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a significant positive correlation between over-expression of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b and cancer induction has been reported.2 Finally, DNA hypermethylation is associated with chromatin compaction, resulting in gene silencing.

The DNA demethylating agent genistein (GE), a soy-derived isoflavone, has been demonstrated to reduce different cancers, such as prostate cancer,3 colon cancer,4 ovarian cancer,5 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer.6 Previously, we reported that GE can induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation in the HCC cell lines of PLC/PRF57 and HepG2.8 Other previous studies indicated that GE can inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in numerous types of cancers through various mechanisms, including the regulation of cell cycle progression,9,10 suppression of the secretion of matrix metalloproteinases,11 inhibition of kinase and protease activities,12,13 and inhibition of the induction of activator protein-1 activity.14

Histone deacetylase inhibitors have been used successfully to inhibit cancer cell growth in vitro. Histones are basic proteins that form nucleosomes, the basic unit of chromatin, in complexes with DNA, resulting in chromatin compaction. Basic amino acids of the histones are modified posttranslationally with ubiquitin or with methyl, acetyl or phosphate groups. Indeed, acetylation of lysine residues of the histones weakens their binding to DNA, which in turn induces a change of DNA conformation. This conformational change is essential for binding of transcription factors to the promoter regions of regulatory genes (e.g., cell cycle regulatory genes).15–17

Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) seem to be a new class of anticancer agents and have emerged as attractive candidates for cancer therapy. In different cancers, over-activation of the HDACs results in histone hypoacetylation. It has recently been reported that HDACIs induce growth arrest, differentiation and apoptosis of cancer cells by altering the acetylation status of an array of substrates, including transcription factors, histones and chaperone proteins.18–20 Trichostatin A (TSA) is one of the most common HDACIs that affect numerous cancers. It blocks proliferation and triggers apoptotic programs in hepatoma HepG2, MH1C1, Hepa1–6 and Hep1B cells.21

Our previous finding clearly indicates that GE and TSA inhibit cell growth, induce apoptosis and reactivate ERα gene expression.22 For lung cancer, it has also been reported that GE enhances the growth inhibition and apoptotic effect of TSA in human lung carcinoma A549 cells.23,24

Objectives

With regard to the previous results of our group and others, the present study was designed to assess the effect of GE and TSA on DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression, cell growth inhibition and apoptosis induction in the hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cell line.

Methods

Materials

Human HCC HepG2 cells were purchased from the National Cell Bank of Iran-Pasteur Institute and maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) containing 100 mL/L fetal bovine serum, 100 U/mL penicillin, 100 U/mL streptomycin at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere containing 50 mL/L CO2. TSA and GE were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA) and dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; Sigma) at a final concentration of 100 µM in order to prepare a stock solution. By diluting the stock solution, all of the other test concentrations were prepared. DMEM, DMSO, 3-[4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl]-2, 5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were purchased from Sigma. Total RNA extraction kit (TRIZOL reagent) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits (qPCR MasterMix Plus for SYBR Green I dNTP) were obtained from Applied Biosystems Inc. (Foster, CA, USA).

MTT cell proliferation assay

HepG2 cells were cultured and grown in DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. After 24 h, the cells were trypsinized and seeded in 96-well plates at a density of 5 × 105 cells/well and cultured for another 24 h before incubation with a certain concentration of GE and TSA. Then, the attached cells were treated with GE (1, 10, 20, 40 and 50 µM) and TSA (0.5, 1, 5, 10 and 20 μM) and incubated at 37°C in 5% CO2 for 24, 48 and 72 h. Control cell groups received equal amounts of DMSO in the medium. At the end of treatment times, the cells were washed twice with PBS, and a fresh medium containing MTT (0.5 mg/mL) was added. Following a 4-h incubation, the medium was aspirated and 100 μL DMSO was added into each well. The plates were mixed gently by rocking back and forth until the blue formazan crystals were completely dissolved. Finally, the absorbance of the cells was measured at 570 nm.

Determination of gene expression by real-time quantitative RT-PCR

To determine DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression, the cells were treated with GE (22 μM) and TSA (1.5 μM) for different time periods (24, 48 and 72 h); using an MTT assay, the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of GE was determined to be ∼22 µM, and of TSA to be ∼1.5 μM. After treatment times, total RNA of the treated and control cells was extracted using the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol and then pretreated with RNase-free DNase (Qiagen) to remove the genomic DNA prior to cDNA synthesis. The RNA concentration was determined using a Biophotometer (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany).

Total RNA (100 ng) was reverse transcribed to cDNA using the RevertAid™ First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Fermentas, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Real-time RT-PCR was performed with the Maxima SYBR Green ROX qPCR Master Mix Kit (Fermentas). DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b primers were obtained from the literature;25,26 their sequences are shown in Table 1. GAPDH was used as an endogenous control. Real-time PCR reactions were performed using StepOnePlus (Applied Biosystems Inc.). Thermal cycling conditions were: initial denaturation at 92°C for 12 m, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation at 92°C for 25 s, annealing at 58°C for 20 s and extension at 72°C for 20 s. Data were analyzed using the comparative Ct (ΔΔct) method, the relative expression level of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b were calculated by determining a ratio between the amount of these genes and that of endogenous control.

Table 1.

Real-time PCR primers used in the study

Primer namePrimer sequences (5′ to 3′)
DNMT1 ForwardGAG GAA GCT GCT AAG GAC TAG TTC
DNMT1 ReverseACT CCA CAA TTT GAT CAC TAA ATC
DNMT-3A ForwardGGA GGC TGA GAA GAA AGC CAA GGT
DNMT-3A ReverseTTT GCC GTC TCC GAA CCA CAT GAC
DNMT3b ForwardTAC ACA GAC GTG TCC AAC ATG GGC
DNMT3b ReverseGGA TGC CTT CAG GAA TCA CAC CTC

Flow cytometric analysis of apoptotic cells

To determine the apoptotic effect of GE and TSA, the cells were seeded in triplicate in 24-well plates at the density of 5 × 105/well. After 24 h of seeding, the medium was replaced with medium containing GE (22 μM) and TSA (1.5 μM) for different time periods (24, 48 and 72 h) except for the control groups which received DMSO (0.01–0.3%). After treatment times, all the adherent cells were harvested and collected by trypsinization and then centrifuged, washed twice with PBS and resuspended in binding buffer (1×). Finally, annexinV-FITC and propidium iodide (Becton-Dickinson, San Diego, CA, USA) were added and analysis was carried out according to the manufacturer’s protocol (BMS500F1/100CE annexinV-FITC; eBioscience, San Diego, CA, USA). All experiments were processed independently three times.

Results

In vitro effects of GE and TSA on HepG2 cell growth

The HepG2 cells were incubated with different concentrations of GE and TSA at different time periods, as mentioned above. Antiproliferative effects of the compounds were evaluated by MTT assay, which indicated that these compounds can inhibit proliferation of HepG2 cells significantly better than cells in control groups. As shown in Figure 1, GE and TSA significantly inhibited cell growth with all concentrations used (p < 0.003 and p < 0.002 respectively). IC50 values for GE and TSA were ∼22 μM and ∼1.5 μM respectively.

Effect of GE and TSA on HepG2 cell viability determined by MTT assay.
Fig. 1.  Effect of GE and TSA on HepG2 cell viability determined by MTT assay.

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation from at least triplicate wells and three independent experiments. Asterisks (*) indicate significant differences between treated cells and the control group. The first column of each group belongs to the control group.

Effects on DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression

To characterize the effect of GE and TSA on HepG2 mRNA expression, real-time RT-PCR was carried out. The results indicated that GE significantly down-regulated DNMT1 (p < 0.001) and DNMT3a gene expression (p < 0.002) at different time periods (24, 48 and 72 h) and DNMT3b gene expression after 48 h (p < 0.003) and 72 h (p < 0.002) versus control groups, whereas TSA down-regulated DNMT1 gene expression after 48 h (p < 0.006) and 72 h (p < 0.001) and DNMT3a gene expression only after 72 h (p < 0.002). In fact, TSA had no significant effect on DNMT1 gene expression after 24 h, DNMT3a gene expression after 24 and 48 h, and DNMT3b gene expression after different time periods (24, 48 and 72 h). The relative expression of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b genes is shown in Table 2. As indicated in Figure 2, DNMT1 gene expression in the group treated with GE at 72 h was minimal, meaning that maximal inhibition was seen with GE on DNMT1 after 72 h.

Table 2.

Relative expression level of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b

GeneDrugDose (μM)Duration (h)Expressionp-value
DNMT1GE22240.31p < 0.001
DNMT1GE22480.23p < 0.001
DNMT1GE22720.15p < 0.001
DNMT3aGE22240.35p < 0.002
DNMT3aGE22480.26p < 0.002
DNMT3aGE22720.23p < 0.002
DNMT3bGE22240.63p < 0.018
DNMT3bGE22480.51p < 0.030
DNMT3bGE22720.31p < 0.001
DNMT1TSA1.5240.57p < 0.077
DNMT1TSA1.5480.41p < 0.006
DNMT1TSA1.5720.32p < 0.001
DNMT3aTSA1.5240.87p < 0.891
DNMT3aTSA1.5480.65p < 0.236
DNMT3aTSA1.5720.36p < 0.002
DNMT3bTSA1.5240.97p < 0.001
DNMT3bTSA1.5480.8p < 0.858
DNMT3bTSA1.5720.65p < 0.236
Relative expression levels of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b.
Fig. 2.  Relative expression levels of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b.

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean from at least three different experiments. Asterisks (*) indicate significant differences between treated cells and the control group. First column of each group belongs to the control group.

Effects on cell apoptosis

To detect the apoptotic cells by flow cytometry assay after 24, 48 and 72 h, GE- (22 μM) and TSA- (1.5 μM) treated cells, and control cells, were assessed by flow cytometry, which indicated that GE and TSA induced apoptosis significantly in all treatment groups versus control groups (Fig. 3). The percentage of apoptotic cells is indicated in table 3. Relative analysis between GE and TSA treatment groups at different times indicated that TSA induced apoptosis more significantly than GE. Maximal apoptosis was seen in the group which received TSA for 72 h.

Apoptotic effects of GE and TSA.
Fig. 3.  Apoptotic effects of GE and TSA.

Both agents induced significant apoptosis in HepG2 cells at different time periods (24, 48 and 72 h). The apoptotic cell percentage in the groups treated with TSA were more significant than that of GE at different time periods (p < 0.001).

Table 3.

Percentage of apoptosis in the groups treated with GE and TSA at different time periods

DrugDose (μM)Duration (h)Apoptosis (%)p-value
GE22249p < 0.001
GE224814p < 0.001
GE227228p < 0.001
TSA1.52431p < 0.001
TSA1.54836p < 0.001
TSA1.57240p < 0.001

Discussion

DNA methylation and histone acetylation are important regulators of gene transcription. Alterations in DNA methylation and histone acetylation are common in a variety of tumors, as well as in development. In fact, DNA hypermethylation and histone deacetylation of the promoter regions of tumor suppressor genes lead to gene silencing and play a crucial role during tumorigenesis.27 As a predominant epigenetic modification in mammals, DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine is catalyzed by DNMTs.28 DNMT inhibitors, such as GE, and HDACIs, such as TSA, can successfully reactivate silenced tumor suppressor genes.

In the present study, we indicated that GE and TSA inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in the HCC HepG2 cell line. Furthermore, the apoptotic effect of TSA was more significant than GE. Similar to our result, it has been reported that GE induces apoptosis in HCC MHCC97-H29 and in human prostate cancer cell lines.30 Consistent with our finding, antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of TSA on hepatoma cells has been reported.31 In addition to antiproliferative and apoptotic effects, we demonstrated that GE and TSA restored DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression significantly, which could be a possible mechanism of these compounds.

Other researchers have demonstrated that GE induces a significant decrease in the transcript levels of all the DNMTs, including DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b, in breast cancer.32 Similarly, it has been reported that TSA down-regulates DNMT1 in the HCT116 colon cancer cell line.33 One of the apoptotic pathways of GE in HCC Hep3B cells is the activation of several ER stress-relevant regulators, such as m-calpain, GADD153, GRP78 and caspase-12.34

Recent studies have shown that GE stimulates expression of the tumor suppressor genes p21WAF1 and p16INK4a in breast cancer cells, which is associated with a small reduction in the activity of HDACs but a large increase in the activity of histone methyl transferases.35 It can also reactivate ERα expression in breast cancer cells, which in turn is associated with increased markers of histone acetylation in the ERα promoter region and decreased activity of HDAC and DNMT.36

One mechanism by which TSA might exert its apoptotic effect is through increasing the proapoptotic bax in hepatoma cells, which plays a central role in the release of mitochondrial cytochrome C into the cytosol, by which apoptosis is induced.37 Besides, TSA down-regulates antiapoptotic bcl-2 in hepatoma cells.38 In colorectal cancer cells (HCT116 cells and HT29 cells), it has been shown that TSA induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and bax-dependent apoptosis by both p53-dependent and -independent mechanisms.39 TSA induction of p21WAF1, which plays an essential role in G1 and G2 arrests, has been reported in bladder cancer cells,40 pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells,41 brain tumor cells42 and colon carcinoma cells.43 This induction is the result of increased acetylation of histone 3 and histone 4 associated with p21WAF1 gene promoter,44,45 resulting in an open chromatin structure and enhanced transcription.

Many studies have reported that GE has biphasic (inhibitory and proliferative) effect. Previously, we reported the apoptotic effect of GE with 25 μM and 20 μM concentrations on PLC/PRF5 and HepG2 HCC cell lines respectively.7,8 Opposite of these reports, it has been shown that GE can induce apoptosis in the prostatic cancer LAPC-4 cells, but has a biphasic effect on the LNCap cell line. In fact, this agent has a proliferative effect with physiological concentration (< 10 μM) and inhibitory response with high concentration (25 μM or >25 μM).46 Besides, a proliferative effect of GE with 3.7 μM concentration and an inhibitory effect with 26–111 μM concentration in human intestinal cells has been reported. Moreover, this compound can stimulate cell growth with < 3.7 μM concentration in the IEC18 cell line47 and also stimulate cell proliferation in ER-positive MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells with 1 nM to 10 μM/L concentrations.48

As an HDACI, TSA induces apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. In the current study, we indicated that it induced apoptosis with a concentration of 1.5 μM. Previously, we demonstrated that TSA induced apoptosis with a concentration of 1 μM in the HepG2 cell line.22 Other studies have reported that it induces apoptosis in renal carcinoma ACHN, Caki-1, Caki-2 and A498 cells with 125–250 nM concentration in a dose-dependent manner49 and also in non-small cell lung cancer lines with 0.01 μmol/L to 0.04 μmol/L concentrations.50

Our finding indicated that TSA strongly induced apoptosis and that the ability of TSA to induce apoptosis was greater than that of GE, whereas the effect of TSA on DNMTs gene expression was less than that of GE. In addition to reactivation of DNMTs, TSA may, therefore, increase apoptosis by other mechanisms, such as acetylation of p53,51 generation of DNA fragmentation, activation of procaspase-3, cleavage of PARP, and increase of DNA hypoploidy.52 Taken together, our data indicate that GE and TSA can reactivate DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b, thereby inducing apoptosis. Besides, the apoptotic effect of TSA was more significant than that of GE. We did not, however, evaluate protein assessment and acetylation status in this study, and it will be a subject of separate research.

Conclusions

Collectively, our findings suggest an important role of GE and TSA on apoptosis induction by reactivation of DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b gene expression. The function of GE and TSA in inducing apoptosis via DNMTs inhibition is very important since it may provide new preventive and therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment.

Abbreviations

DMEM: 

Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium

DMSO: 

dimethyl sulfoxide

DNMT: 

DNA methyltransferase

GE: 

genistein

IC50: 

half maximal inhibitory concentration

HCC: 

hepatocellular carcinoma

HDAC: 

histone deacetylase

HDACI: 

histone deacetylase inhibitor

MTT: 

5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide

PBS: 

phosphate-buffered saline

PCR: 

polymerase chain reaction

TSA: 

trichostatin A

TSG: 

tumor suppressor gene

Declarations

Acknowledgement

This article was supported by adjutancy of research of Jahrom Medical University-Iran.

Conflict of interest

The authors have no conflict of interests related to this publication.

Authors’ contributions

Generation of the ideas and writing of the manuscript (MS, FK, AR, FG), literature search and data collation (MS), data verification and guarantor for the manuscript (FK). All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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