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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Genistein is a major component of soybean isoflavone and has multiple functions resulting in antitumor effects. Prostate cancer is 1 of the targets for the preventive role of genistein. We examined the effect of genistein on human prostate cancer (LNCaP and PC-3) cells. Proliferation of both cell lines was inhibited by genistein treatment in a dose-dependent manner. To obtain the gene expression profile of genistein in LNCaP cells, we performed cDNA microarray analysis. The expression of many genes, including apoptosis inhibitor (survivin), DNA topoisomerase II, cell division cycle 6 (CDC6) and mitogen-activated protein kinase 6 (MAPK 6), was downregulated. Expression levels were increased more than 2-fold in only 4 genes. The glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-1 gene expression level was the most upregulated. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed significant elevation of transcript levels of GPx-1 in both LNCaP and PC-3 cells. Upregulation of gene expression levels accompanied elevation of GPx enzyme activities. In contrast, no significant changes were observed in the gene expression levels and enzyme activities of the other antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase and catalase. GPx activation might be one of the important characteristics of the effects of genistein on prostate cancer cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
846-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Genistein, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Isoflavones, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Soybeans, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12115487-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Genistein, a soy isoflavone, induces glutathione peroxidase in the human prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and PC-3.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. kazu@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article