Tumor metastasis is one of the worst prognostic features of cancer. Although metastasis is a major cause of cancer-related deaths, an effective treatment has not yet been established. Here, we explore the antitumor effects of GO-Y030, a curcumin analog, via various mechanisms using a mouse model. GO-Y030 treatment of B16-F10 melanoma cells inhibited TGF-β expression and glycolysis. The invasion assay results showed almost complete invasion inhibition following GO-Y030 treatment. Mouse experiments demonstrated that GO-Y030 administration inhibited lung tumor metastasis without affecting vascular endothelial cells. Consistent with this result, GO-Y030 treatment led to the downregulation of MMP2 and VEGFα, inhibiting tumor invasion and metastasis. The silencing of eIF4B, a downstream molecule of S6, attenuated MMP2 expression. Our study demonstrates the novel efficacy of GO-Y030 in inhibiting tumor metastasis by regulating metastasis-associated gene expression via inhibiting dual access, glycolytic and TGF-β pathways.
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Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 52 Mei Hua East Road, Zhuhai, 519000, China.
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Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 86 Asanbyeongwon-Gil, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea.
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Laboratory of Molecular Pathology of Cancer, Faculty of Healthy Sciences, University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil.
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Department of Urology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, No. 138, Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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