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Effect of simvastatin on pancreatic cancer cells

ABSTRACT: The aim of our study was to assess the impact of simvastatin on the amount of cytosolic lipid droplets (LDs), which are implicated in many biological processes including proliferation, inflammation, carcinogenesis, apoptosis, necrosis or growth arrest. Human pancreatic cancer cells MiaPaCa-2 were treated with simvastatin (6 and 12 _M) for 24 hours. Changes in expression of genes related to lipid metabolism in the simvastatin-treated cells were examined by DNA microarray analysis. The treatment of the cells with simvastatin increased their intracellular content of LDs, partially due to the uptake of cholesterol and triacylglycerides from medium; but in particular, due to enhanced synthesis of triacylglycerides as proved by detection of significant overexpression of genes related to de novo synthesis of triacylglycerides and phospholipids. Further, simvastatin markedly influenced expression of genes directly affecting cell proliferation and signaling.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Michal Kolar

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1501 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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The effect of simvastatin on lipid droplets accumulation in human embryonic kidney cells and pancreatic cancer cells.

Gbelcová Helena H Svéda Martin M Laubertová Lucia L Varga Ivan I Vítek Libor L Kolář Michal M Strnad Hynek H Zelenka Jaroslav J Böhmer Daniel D Ruml Tomáš T

Lipids in health and disease 20130821

<h4>Background</h4>Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) represent a major class of compounds for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia due to their ability to inhibit de novo cholesterol synthesis. In addition to their hypolipidemic effects, chemoprotective properties have been attributed to statins as well. These effects involve multiple mechanisms, which, however, are not known in detail. The aim of our study was to assess in non-malignant as well as cancer cells the impact of simvastatin on ...[more]

PMID: 23961716

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Experiment Overall Design: Human peripheral blood monocytes (HPBM) were isolated from buffy coats from healthy blood-donor volunteers (Finnish Red Cross, Helsinki, Finland) using Ficoll-Paque gradient centrifugation. None of the blood donors were on statin therapy. During isolation, monocytes from 3 individuals were pooled. Adherent cells were cultured in standard medium (20% human serum, Cambrex for differentiation into macrophages. The macrophage-phenotype at day 7 after isolation was confirmed with the typical shape of macrophages and also by macrophage-immunostaining (mAB CD68, DAKO, Denmark, dilution 1:200), where macrophages presented >95% of the cell population. The study protocol has been accepted by the Ethical Committee of the University of Kuopio. Experiment Overall Design: Simvastatin treatment. Experiment Overall Design: Simvastatin was a generous gift from Merck & Co. The inactive lactone form of simvastatin was hydrolyzed to the corresponding Î²-hydroxy acid. 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Effect of simvastatin on pancreatic cancer cells

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The effect of simvastatin on lipid droplets accumulation in human embryonic kidney cells and pancreatic cancer cells.

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