Cell Transformation, Neoplastic

Publication Title: 
Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao = Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of artesunate (ART) on cell differentiation and cell cycle distribution of the prostate cancer cell line PC-3 in vitro. METHODS: PC-3 cells were cultivated with ART from logarithmic growth phase. After 48-hour treatment, the cell cycles were detected by flow cytometry (FCM), and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the level of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in cell culture supernatant. The change of cellular morphology was observed under a transmission electron microscope (TEM).

Author(s): 
Huang, Xiao-fei
Yuan, Ding
Zhang, Chang-cheng
Zhang, Xiao-peng
Publication Title: 
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention: APJCP

Aegle marmelos is widely used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. In the present study, cancer chemopreventive properties were evaluated on 7, 12-dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA) induced skin papillomagenesis in Swiss albino mice. A single topical application of DMBA, followed 2 weeks later by repeated application of croton oil till the end of the experiment ( i.e. 16 weeks) caused a 100% tumor incidence. In contrast, mice treated with the AME (50 mg/kg b. wt./animal/day) in the peri-initiational phase (i.e.

Author(s): 
Agrawal, Annapurna
Verma, Preeti
Goyal, P. K.
Publication Title: 
Arzneimittel-Forschung

Areca cattechu Linn is commonly known as areca nut or betel nut. It is a very widely cultivated plant in eastern countries like India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Malaya, the Philippines and Japan. The importance of this nut is due to its use for chewing purposes. It had an important place as a pharmaceutical in Ayurveda--the ancient Indian system of medicine--also in the Chinese medicinal practices. The pharmaceutical importance of areca nut is due to the presence of an alkaloid, arecoline. Synthetic arecoline hydrobromide is also shown to possess numerous pharmacological properties.

Author(s): 
Arjungi, K. N.
Publication Title: 
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention: APJCP

Aegle marmelos is widely used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. In the present study, cancer chemopreventive properties were evaluated on 7, 12-dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA) induced skin papillomagenesis in Swiss albino mice. A single topical application of DMBA, followed 2 weeks later by repeated application of croton oil till the end of the experiment ( i.e. 16 weeks) caused a 100% tumor incidence. In contrast, mice treated with the AME (50 mg/kg b. wt./animal/day) in the peri-initiational phase (i.e.

Author(s): 
Agrawal, Annapurna
Verma, Preeti
Goyal, P. K.
Publication Title: 
Clinical Cancer Research: An Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Alteration of actin polymerization and loss of actin filaments is a marker of cellular dedifferentiation and early malignant transformation. To study this phenomenon, an in vitro human urothelial model consisting of two cell lines, HUC-PC and MC-T11, were incorporated into the study design. These two cell lines have different malignant transformation potential. The effect of green tea extract (GTE), a potential anticancer agent, on actin remodeling was investigated.

Author(s): 
Lu, Qing-Yi
Jin, Yu-Sheng
Pantuck, Allan
Zhang, Zuo-Feng
Heber, David
Belldegrun, Arie
Brooks, Mai
Figlin, Robert
Rao, Jianyu
Publication Title: 
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Solar UV radiation-induced immunosuppression is a risk factor for nonmelanoma skin cancer. Interleukin (IL)-12 has been shown to possess antitumor activity and inhibit the immunosuppressive effects of UV radiation in mice. In this study, we generated IL-12 knockout (KO) mice on a C3H/HeN background to characterize the role of IL-12 in photocarcinogenesis.

Author(s): 
Meeran, Syed M.
Mantena, Sudheer K.
Meleth, Sreelatha
Elmets, Craig A.
Katiyar, Santosh K.
Publication Title: 
BMC gastroenterology

BACKGROUND: Iron overload is associated with liver toxicity, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in humans. While most iron circulates in blood as transferrin-bound iron, non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) also becomes elevated and contributes to toxicity in the setting of iron overload. The mechanism for iron-related carcinogenesis is not well understood, in part due to a shortage of suitable experimental models.

Author(s): 
Messner, Donald J.
Kowdley, Kris V.
Publication Title: 
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Given the high fatality rate of pancreatic cancer, an effective treatment for this devastating disease is urgently needed. We have shown that mesothelin expression was higher in human pancreatic cancer cells than in human pancreatic duct epithelial cells, and mesothelin mRNA was substantially overexpressed in 18 of 21 (86%) clinical pancreatic adenocarcinoma specimens when compared with the surrounding normal tissues. However, the biological functions of mesothelin in tumor progression are not clearly understood.

Author(s): 
Li, Min
Bharadwaj, Uddalak
Zhang, Rongxin
Zhang, Sheng
Mu, Hong
Fisher, William E.
Brunicardi, F. Charles
Chen, Changyi
Yao, Qizhi
Publication Title: 
Gastroenterology

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatic de-differentiation, liver development, and malignant transformation are processes in which the levels of hepatic S-adenosylmethionine are tightly regulated by 2 genes: methionine adenosyltransferase 1A (MAT1A) and methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A). MAT1A is expressed in the adult liver, whereas MAT2A expression primarily is extrahepatic and is associated strongly with liver proliferation. The mechanisms that regulate these expression patterns are not completely understood.

Author(s): 
Vázquez-Chantada, Mercedes
Fernández-Ramos, David
Embade, Nieves
Martínez-López, Nuria
Varela-Rey, Marta
Woodhoo, Ashwin
Luka, Zigmund
Wagner, Conrad
Anglim, Paul P.
Finnell, Richard H.
Caballeria, Juan
Laird-Offringa, Ite A.
Gorospe, Myriam
Lu, Shelly C.
Mato, José M.
Martínez-Chantar, M. Luz
Publication Title: 
The American Journal of Pathology

Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine, the principal methyl donor, and is encoded by MAT1A and MAT2A in mammals. Normal liver expresses MAT1A, which is silenced in hepatocellular carcinoma. We have shown that hepatoma cells overexpressing MAT1A grew slower, but whether this is also true in vivo remains unknown. To investigate the effect of overexpressing MAT1A on in vivo tumorigenesis, we generated stable transfectants of Huh7 cells overexpressing either MAT1A or empty vector.

Author(s): 
Li, Jiaping
Ramani, Komal
Sun, Zhanfeng
Zee, Chishing
Grant, Edward G.
Yang, Heping
Xia, Meng
Oh, Pilsoo
Ko, Kwangsuk
Mato, José M.
Lu, Shelly C.

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