Anti-Obesity Drug Orlistat Alleviates Western-Diet-Driven Colitis-Associated Colon Cancer via Inhibition of STAT3 and NF-κB-Mediated Signaling.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to investigate the effects of Western Diet on colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) progression and the efficacy of orlistat in mitigating these effects in mice.
Results Summary
The study found that Western Diet worsened CAC in mice, increasing mortality, tumor formation, and inflammation via STAT3 and NF-κB activation. Orlistat treatment improved survival, reduced tumor progression, and suppressed inflammatory pathways.
Population
AOM/DSS-induced colitis-associated colon cancer mouse model.
Effective Dosage
Not specified in the abstract.
Duration
Not specified in the abstract.
Interactions
None mentioned.
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western diet (WD) | increase | colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) | azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mice | - | exacerbated | #1 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | mortality | azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mice | - | increased | #2 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | tumor formation | azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mice | - | increased | #3 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | tumor progression | azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mice | - | aggravation of | #4 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | inflammation | AOM/DSS-induced mouse model | - | upregulated | #5 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | hyperplasia | AOM/DSS-induced mouse model | - | upregulated | #6 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | tumorigenicity levels | AOM/DSS-induced mouse model | - | upregulated | #7 |
Western diet (WD) | increase | STAT3 and NF-κB signaling | AOM/DSS-induced mouse model | - | activation of | #8 |
orlistat | increase | survival rate | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | increased | #9 |
orlistat | decrease | symptoms of CAC | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | alleviated | #10 |
orlistat | increase | colon length | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | recovery in | #11 |
orlistat | decrease | tumor production | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | decreases in | #12 |
orlistat | decrease | extent of inflammation | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | inhibited | #13 |
orlistat | decrease | extent of hyperplasia | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | inhibited | #14 |
orlistat | decrease | extent of tumor progression | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | inhibited | #15 |
orlistat | decrease | STAT3 and NF-κB activation | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | inhibition of | #16 |
orlistat | decrease | β-catenin protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #17 |
orlistat | decrease | slug protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #18 |
orlistat | decrease | XIAP protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #19 |
orlistat | decrease | Cdk4 protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #20 |
orlistat | decrease | cyclin D protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #21 |
orlistat | decrease | Bcl-2 protein levels | WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice | - | suppressed | #22 |
orlistat | decrease | colon cancer promotion | WD-driven CAC mice | - | alleviates | #23 |
orlistat | decrease | inflammation | WD-driven CAC mice | - | suppressing | #24 |
orlistat | decrease | STAT3 and NF-κB activation | WD-driven CAC mice | - | inhibiting | #25 |
Many researchers have argued that Western diet (WD)-induced obesity accelerates inflammation and that inflammation is a link between obesity and colorectal cancer (CRC). This study investigated the effect of WDs on the development and progression of colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) and the efficacy of the anti-obesity agent orlistat on WD-driven CAC in mice. The results revealed that the WD exacerbated CAC in azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mice, which showed increased mortality, tumor formation, and aggravation of tumor progression. Furthermore, WD feeding also upregulated inflammation, hyperplasia, and tumorigenicity levels through the activation of STAT3 and NF-κB signaling in an AOM/DSS-induced mouse model. In contrast, treatment with orlistat increased the survival rate and alleviated the symptoms of CAC, including a recovery in colon length and tumor production decreases in WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice. Additionally, orlistat inhibited the extent of inflammation, hyperplasia, and tumor progression via the inhibition of STAT3 and NF-κB activation. Treatment with orlistat also suppressed the β-catenin, slug, XIAP, Cdk4, cyclin D, and Bcl-2 protein levels in WD-driven AOM/DSS-induced mice. The results of this study indicate that orlistat alleviates colon cancer promotion in WD-driven CAC mice by suppressing inflammation, especially by inhibiting STAT3 and NF-κB activation.