Trans-Cinnamaldehyde inhibition of cytoskeleton-induced invasion and
migration by regulating the Rho/ROCK pathway in adenomyosis
Abstract
Some of the key steps in adenomyosis (AM) are the migration and invasion
of adenomyosis derived cells (AMDC); these processes require
rearrangement of the cytoskeleton which Rho/ROCK signaling pathway is
involved. The aim of the current study was to verify AMDC
characterization and the effect of Trans-Cinnamaldehyde (TC) on the
expression of the cell viability and cytotoxicity, cytoskeleton,
invasion, migration, RhoA, RhoB, RhoC, ROCK1, ROCK2 in AMDC, which by
immunofluorescence, CCK-8, immunofluorescence, cell wound scratch assay,
transwell invasion assay and western blot analysis. Human endometrium
tissues were obtained from AM patients who underwent total hysterectomy
for AM in the Linyi Central Hospital from September 2019 to May 2021
with the first patient 41 years old and second one 45 years old. AMDC
was characterized with strongly positive staining for Vimentin and
almost negative for CK7, VWF, E-cadherin, SMA, and the patient samples
were in secretory phases. IC50 = 28.93±0.44 μg/mL at 48 h with first
patient, and IC50 = 27.67±0.72 μg/mL with second one. The final
concentrations of TC (0, 6, 12μg/mL) were selected of the cell
cytotoxicity. The T-text test group >0.05, so there was no
difference between the two patients. These experiments were
significantly downregulated and in dose-dependent fashion after
treatment with TC. The data suggest that TC can inhibition the viability
of cell, regulate cytoskeleton-induced invasion and migration may
related to Rho/ROCK signaling pathway are involved in the
pathophysiology of adenomyosis. Keyword: Cytoskeleton, Invasion,
Migration, Rho/ROCK pathway, Trans-Cinnamaldehyde, Adenomyosis