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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
High intake of whole grain food has been suggested as an important factor for reducing the risk of colon cancer, owing to the abundance of indigestible fibers. Our findings demonstrated that, among various rice bran phenolic compounds tested, cycloartenyl ferulate (CF) showed the most prominent in vitro growth inhibition on human colorectal adenocarcinoma SW480, but had low toxicity on normal colon CCD-18-Co cells. The anticancer activity of CF was further illustrated by its ability to induce significant regression of SW480 xenograft in nude mice. CF elevated the death receptors DR4 and DR5 and triggered both the death receptor and the mitochondrial apoptosis pathways. Depletion of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and up-regulation of pro-apoptotic Bak were observed, accompanied by dissipation of the mitochondrial membrane potential and release of cyto c and SMAC/DIABLO from mitochondria into the cytosol. Bid was found to be cleaved by caspase-8, so that the death receptor pathway might be exaggerated by the mitochondrial pathway. Strikingly, we showed for the first time that CF also sensitized the metastatic and resistant colon cancer SW620 to TRAIL-induced apoptosis and the mechanisms involved at least enhanced activation of caspase-8 and -3. This study provides a clear evidence that the health-beneficial properties of whole grain consumption are not only limited by the presence of dietary fibers but also other molecules that can either act as a chemopreventive agent to directly induce tumor regression or as a sensitizer to enhance TRAIL-induced apoptosis in metastatic cancer cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1873-2968
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1487-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Analgesics, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Coumaric Acids, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Oryza sativa, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Phenols, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Polyphenols, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:19426686-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A rice bran polyphenol, cycloartenyl ferulate, elicits apoptosis in human colorectal adenocarcinoma SW480 and sensitizes metastatic SW620 cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology and the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't