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Hypoxia, a typical feature of locally advanced solid tumors including prostate cancer, is a critical contributor to tumor progression and causes resistance to therapy. In this study, we investigated the effects of chrysin on tumor progression in hypoxic PC-3 cells. Chrysin exerted a significant inhibitory effect on 3D cell growth under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. It also decreased the hypoxia-induced vasculogenic mimicry and attenuated the expression of HIF-1α and VE-cadherin. Chrysin inhibited HIF-1α accumulation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in hypoxic PC-3 cells, while also suppressing the expression of HIF-1α by inhibiting SPHK-1 in both CoCl 2 and hypoxic PC-3 cells. At high concentrations of chrysin, there was a greater increase in apoptosis in the hypoxic cells compared to that in normoxic cells, which was accompanied by sub-G1 phase arrest. Chrysin-induced apoptosis inhibited VEGF and Bcl-2 and induced the cleavage of PARP and caspase-3. SPHK-1 knockdown induced apoptosis and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Consistent with the in vitro data, 50 mg/kg of chrysin suppressed the tumor growth of PC-3 xenografts by 80.4% compared to that in the untreated control group. The immunohistochemistry of tumor tissues revealed decreased Ki-67, HIF-1α, and VEGF expression in the chrysin-treated group compared to an untreated control. Western blotting data for tumor tissues showed that chrysin treatment decreased SPHK-1, HIF-1α, and PARP expression while inducing caspase-3 cleavage. Overall, our findings suggest that chrysin exerts anti-tumor activity by inhibiting SPHK-1/HIF-1α signaling and thus represents a potent chemotherapeutic agent for hypoxia, which promotes cancer progression and is related to poor prognoses in prostate cancer patients.

SPHK/HIF-1α Signaling Pathway Has a Critical Role in Chrysin-Induced Anticancer Activity in Hypoxia-Induced PC-3 Cells