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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Gambogic acid (GA) is a natural product with potent apoptotic activity. Here, we showed that GA broadly inhibited the growth of cancer cells that expressed wild-type p53 as determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazol-iumbromide assay, (3)H-thymidine incorporation analysis, and an in vivo mouse xenograft model. GA induced massive cell apoptosis as judged by Annexin V and propidium iodide dual-staining experiments. Furthermore, we found that GA partially induced cancer cell growth inhibition in a p53-dependent manner because cell survival could be restored after endogenous p53 was attenuated by p53 transcriptional repressor pifithrin-alpha or p53 small interfering RNA. Interestingly, GA had no influence on p53 mRNA synthesis but dramatically enhanced its protein expression. This unique observation could be accounted for by the down-regulation of mdm2 at both mRNA and protein levels. It is concluded that GA enhances p53 protein level through inhibition of mdm2 expression and thereby hampers p53 harboring tumor growth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1535-7163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3298-305
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Annexin A5, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Propidium, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Xanthones, pubmed-meshheading:18852133-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Gambogic acid mediates apoptosis as a p53 inducer through down-regulation of mdm2 in wild-type p53-expressing cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, China Pharmaceutical University, Jiangsu, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't