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Down-regulation of c-Src/EGFR-mediated signaling activation is involved in the honokiol-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells
- Title
- Down-regulation of c-Src/EGFR-mediated signaling activation is involved in the honokiol-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells
- Authors
- Park E.-J.; Min H.-Y.; Chung H.-J.; Hong J.-Y.; Kang Y.-J.; Hung T.M.; Youn U.J.; Kim Y.S.; Bae K.; Kang S.S.; Lee S.K.
- Ewha Authors
- 이상국
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 이상국
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Journal Title
- Cancer Letters
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
- Citation
- Cancer Letters vol. 277, no. 2, pp. 133 - 140
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Honokiol is a naturally occurring neolignan abundant in Magnoliae Cortex and has showed anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects in a wide range of human cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanisms on the anti-proliferative activity in cancer cells have been poorly elucidated. In this study, we evaluated the growth inhibitory activity of honokiol in cultured estrogen receptor (ER)-negative MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Honokiol exerted anti-proliferative activity with the cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase and sequential induction of apoptotic cell death in a concentration-dependent manner. The honokiol-induced cell cycle arrest was well correlated with the suppressive expression of CDK4, cyclin D1, CDK2, cyclin E, c-Myc, and phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (pRb) at Ser780. Apoptosis caused by honokiol was also concomitant with the cleavage of caspases (caspase-3, -8, and -9) and Bid along with the suppressive expression of Bcl-2, but it was independent on the expression of Bax and p53. In addition, honokiol-treated cells exhibited the cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and DNA fragmentation. In the analysis of signal transduction pathway, honokiol down-regulated the expression and phosphorylation of c-Src, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and Akt, and consequently led to the inactivation of mTOR and its downstream signal molecules including 4E-binding protein (4E-BP) and p70 S6 kinase. These findings suggest that honokiol-mediated inhibitory activity of cancer cell growth might be related with the cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis via modulating signal transduction pathways. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.11.029
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- 약학대학 > 약학과 > Journal papers
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