دورية أكاديمية

Molecular mechanism of anti-cancer activity of phycocyanin in triple-negative breast cancer cells

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العنوان: Molecular mechanism of anti-cancer activity of phycocyanin in triple-negative breast cancer cells
المؤلفون: Ravi, Mathangi, Tentu, Shilpa, Baskar, Ganga, Rohan Prasad, Surabhi, Raghavan, Swetha, Jayaprakash, Prajisha, Jeyakanthan, Jeyaraman, Rayala, Suresh K, Venkatraman, Ganesh
بيانات النشر: BioMed Central Ltd.
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: BioMed Central
مصطلحات موضوعية: Phycocyanin, Anti-neoplastic, Apoptosis, COX-2, MAPK, MDA-MB-231 cells
الوصف: Background Triple-negative breast cancers represent an important clinical challenge, as these cancers do not respond to conventional endocrine therapies or other available targeted agents. Phycocyanin (PC), a natural, water soluble and non-toxic molecule is shown to have potent anti-cancer property. Methods In this study, we determined the efficacy of PC as an anti-neoplastic agent in vitro on a series of breast cancer cell lines. We studied effects of PC in inducing DNA damage and apoptosis through western blot and qPCR. Also, anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic properties were studied by classic wound healing and vasculogenic mimicry assays. Results We found that triple negative MDA-MB-231 cells were most sensitive to PC (IC50 : 5.98 ± 0.95 μM) as compared to other cells. They also showed decreased cell proliferation and reduced colony formation ability upon treatment with PC. Profile of Cell cycle analysis showed that PC caused G1 arrest which could be attributed to decreased mRNA levels of Cyclin E and CDK-2 and increased p21 levels. Mechanistic studies revealed that PC induced apoptosis as evident by increase in percentage of annexin positive cells, increase in γ-H2AX levels, and by changing the Bcl-2/Bax ratio followed by release of cytochrome C and increased Caspase 9 levels. MDA MB 231 cells treated with PC resulted in decreased cell migration and increased cell adhesive property and also showed anti-angiogenic effects. We also observed that PC suppressed cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and prostaglandin E(2) production. All these biological effects of phycocyanin on MDA MB 231 cells could be attributed to decreased MAPK signaling pathway. We also observed that PC is non-toxic to non-malignant cells, platelets and RBC’s. Conclusion Taken together, these findings demonstrate, for the first time, that PC may be a promising anti-neoplastic agent for treatment of triple negative breast cancers.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
العلاقة: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/15/768Test
الإتاحة: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/15/768Test
حقوق: Copyright 2015 Ravi et al.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.47708D68
قاعدة البيانات: BASE