© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 24, 1854-1862,
December 18, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Inhibition of Human Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis in Nude Mice by Oral Intake of Modified Citrus Pectin
Affiliations of authors: P. Nangia-Makker, V. Hogan, S. Baccarini, L. Tait, A. Raz, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI; Y. Honjo, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, and Department of Otolaryngology, Nishi Nihon Hospital, and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation, Osaka, Japan; R. Bresalier, Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Correspondence to: Avraham Raz, Ph.D., 110 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48201 (e-mail: raza{at}kci.wayne.edu).
Background: The role of dietary components in cancer progression and metastasis is an emerging field of clinical importance. Many stages of cancer progression involve carbohydrate-mediated recognition processes. We therefore studied the effects of high pH- and temperature-modified citrus pectin (MCP), a nondigestible, water-soluble polysaccharide fiber derived from citrus fruit that specifically inhibits the carbohydrate-binding protein galectin-3, on tumor growth and metastasis in vivo and on galectin-3-mediated functions in vitro. Methods: In vivo tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis were studied in athymic mice that had been fed with MCP in their drinking water and then injected orthotopically with human breast carcinoma cells (MDA-MB-435) into the mammary fat pad region or with human colon carcinoma cells (LSLiM6) into the cecum. Galectin-3-mediated functions during tumor angiogenesis in vitro were studied by assessing the effect of MCP on capillary tube formation by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in Matrigel. The effects of MCP on galectin-3-induced HUVEC chemotaxis and on HUVEC binding to MDA-MB-435 cells in vitro were studied using Boyden chamber and labeling assays, respectively. The data were analyzed by two-sided Student’s t test or Fisher’s protected least-significant-difference test. Results: Tumor growth, angiogenesis, and spontaneous metastasis in vivo were statistically significantly reduced in mice fed MCP. In vitro, MCP inhibited HUVEC morphogenesis (capillary tube formation) in a dose-dependent manner. In vitro, MCP inhibited the binding of galectin-3 to HUVECs: At concentrations of 0.1% and 0.25%, MCP inhibited the binding of galectin-3 (10 µg/mL) to HUVECs by 72.1% (P = .038) and 95.8% (P = .025), respectively, and at a concentration of 0.25% it inhibited the binding of galectin-3 (1 µg/mL) to HUVECs by 100% (P = .032). MCP blocked chemotaxis of HUVECs toward galectin-3 in a dose-dependent manner, reducing it by 68% at 0.005% (P<.001) and inhibiting it completely at 0.1% (P<.001). Finally, MCP also inhibited adhesion of MDA-MB-435 cells, which express galectin-3, to HUVECs in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusions: MCP, given orally, inhibits carbohydrate-mediated tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis in vivo, presumably via its effects on galectin-3 function. These data stress the importance of dietary carbohydrate compounds as agents for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer.
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