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The DNA strand break-binding molecule, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1), plays a role in DNA repair, chromosomal stability, transcription and cell death. Accumulating evidence suggests that dysfunction of PARP-1 contributes to tumorigenesis. Here, we report that PARP-1 deficiency causes mammary carcinoma formation in female mice, and that the introduction of Trp53 mutations accelerates the onset and shortens the latency of mammary tumorigenesis. We show that PARP-1 deficiency results in chromosomal aneuploidy and centrosome amplification, which are substantiated by the inactivation of Trp53 in primary mammary epithelial (PME) cells. In addition, PARP-1 deficiency compromises p53 activation and impairs BRCA1 recruitment to the sites of DNA damage in PME cells. PARP-1 complementation partly rescues the defective DNA damage response mediated by p53 and BRCA1. The present study thus identifies a role of PARP-1 in suppressing mammary tumorigenesis in vivo and suggests that dysfunction of PARP-1 may be a risk factor for breast cancer in humans.
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PMID:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 plays a role in suppressing mammary tumourigenesis in mice. 1716 13

Xanthorrhizol is a natural sesquiterpenoid compound isolated from the rhizome of Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb (Zingiberaceae). Xanthorrhizol was tested for a variety of important pharmacological activities including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. An antiproliferation assay using the MTT method indicated that xanthorrhizol inhibited the proliferation of the human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7, with an EC50 value of 1.71 microg/ml. Three parameters including annexin-V binding assay, Hoechst 33258 staining and accumulation of sub-G1 population in DNA histogram confirmed the apoptosis induction in response to xanthorrhizol treatment. Western-blotting revealed down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein expression. However, xanthorrhizol did not affect the expression of the pro-apoptotic protein, bax, at a concentration of 1 microg/ml, 2.5 microg/ml and 5 microg/ml. The level of p53 was greatly increased, whilst PARP-1 was cleaved to 85 kDa subunits, following the treatment with xanthorrhizol at a dose-dependent manner. These results, thereby, suggest that xanthorrhizol has antiproliferative effects on MCF-7 cells by inducing apoptosis through the modulation of bcl-2, p53 and PARP-1 protein levels.
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PMID:Xanthorrhizol exhibits antiproliferative activity on MCF-7 breast cancer cells via apoptosis induction. 1720 Nov 74

Id-1 (inhibitor of differentiation or DNA binding), a member of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor family, is up-regulated in many types of human cancer and its expression levels are correlated with poor treatment outcome and shorter survival. In this study, we provided evidence to suggest that Id-1 is a universal survival factor that plays a key role in protection against anticancer drug-induced apoptosis. Using nine anticancer drugs and five cancer cell lines derived from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (CNE1), cervical carcinoma (HeLa), breast cancer (MCF7), hepatocarcinoma (Huh7) and prostate cancer (PC3), we found that down-regulation of Id-1 expression at both transcriptional and protein levels was associated with increased apoptosis rates and increased cleaved PARP after exposure to all anticancer agents. Treatment with a caspase 9 inhibitor, Z-LEHD-FMK, protected cancer cells from drug-induced PARP cleavage. However, overexpression of Id-1 in a p53 mutated cell line, CNE1, was able to suppress PARP cleavage in response to all anticancer drugs examined. In contrast, down-regulation of Id-1 through small RNA technology in CNE1 cells led to increased sensitivity to all six types of chemotherapeutic drugs. Our results demonstrate that Id-1 may be a general negative regulator of anticancer drug-induced apoptosis and suggest a novel therapeutic target in inducing chemosensitization in cancer cells. Our evidence also provides a possible underlying mechanism responsible for the positive role of Id-1 in the progression of human cancer.
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PMID:Evidence of a novel antiapoptotic factor: role of inhibitor of differentiation or DNA binding (Id-1) in anticancer drug-induced apoptosis. 1721 47

The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in the induction of cytotoxic effects and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 activation in human MCF-7 breast cancer cells by quinonoid derivatives of naphthalene, including 1,2-naphthalenediol (NCAT), 1,4-naphthalenediol (NHQ), 1,2-naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ), and 1,4-naphthoquinone (1,4-NQ). Results from the cytotoxic response analyses in cells indicated that all naphthalene quinonoids induced cell death in MCF-7 cells at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 100microM where NHQ and 1,4-NQ were more efficient than NCAT and 1,2-NQ in the induction of cell death. Results from Western blot analyses confirmed that treatment of cells with NCAT and NHQ resulted in up-regulation of p53 protein expression and a significant shift in bax/bcl2 ratio, suggesting the induction of p53-dependent apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. Additionally, we observed that all naphthalene quinonoids induced increases in reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and glutathione (GSH) depletion in MCF-7 cells. The induction of ROS formation and GSH depletion in cells by naphthalene quinonoids decreases in the rank order 1,4-NQ>NHQ>1,2-NQ approximately equal to NCAT. Further investigation indicated that least-squares estimates of the overall rates of elimination (k(e)) of naphthalene quinonoids in MCF-7 cells decreased in the rank order 1,4-NQ>1,2-NQ>NHQ>NCAT. Values of k(e) were estimated to be between 0.280h(-1)(T(1/2)=151min) and 13.8h(-1)(T(1/2)=3.05min). These results provide evidence that the para-isomeric form of naphthalene quinonoids tend to induce acute production of ROS and alterations in intracellular redox status in cells, leading to the subsequent cell death. Further, all naphthalene quinonoids induced decreases in intracellular NAD(P)H and NAD(+) in MCF-7 cells at non-cytotoxic concentrations. The reduction of intracellular NAD(P)H in cells exposed to NCAT and 1,2-NQ was blocked by two types of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors whereas PARP inhibitors did not prevent the reduction of NAD(P)H in cells exposed to NHQ and 1,4-NQ. Further investigation confirmed that increases in the number of DNA single-strand breaks were detected in MCF-7 cells exposed to NCAT and 1,2-NQ as measured by the single-cell gel electrophoresis (Comet) assay whereas NHQ and 1,4-NQ did not induce increases in the number of single-strand breaks in MCF-7 cells. Overall, results from our investigation suggest that while NHQ and 1,4-NQ are more efficient in the induction of cell death, NCAT and 1,2-NQ are prone to induce depletion of NAD(P)H and NAD(+) mediated by PARP-1 activation through formation of DNA single-strand breaks in human cultured cells.
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PMID:Disparity in the induction of glutathione depletion, ROS formation, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 activation, and apoptosis by quinonoid derivatives of naphthalene in human cultured cells. 1722 39

The objective of this study was to investigate the fermented culture broth of Antrodia camphorata (A. camphorata) to induce apoptosis and inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in estrogen-nonresponsive (MDA-MB-231) human breast cancer cells. Treatment of the highly invasive MDA-MB-231 cells with A. camphorata (40-240 microg/ml) resulted in dose and time-dependent sequences of events marked by apoptosis, as evidenced by loss of cell viability, chromatin condensation, and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Apoptosis in the MDA-MB-231 cells was accompanied by release of cytochrome c, activation of caspase-3, -8, and -9, and specific proteolytic cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Although the A. camphorata-induced apoptosis was associated with a reduction in Bcl-2 protein levels, negligible Bax increase was observed. Furthermore, A. camphorata treatment inhibited COX-2 protein expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in MDA-MB-231 cells. Analysis of the study data suggests that A. camphorata exerts growth inhibition on (highly invasive) estrogen-nonresponsive human breast cancer cells through apoptosis induction associated with COX-2 inhibition, and that it may possess anticancer properties potentially valuable for application in drug products.
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PMID:Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and induction of apoptosis in estrogen-nonresponsive breast cancer cells by Antrodia camphorata. 1739 24

Chemoprevention of dietary constituents has emerged as a cost-effective approach to control the incidence of breast cancer. The present study was therefore designed to evaluate the chemopreventive efficacy of black tea polyphenols (Polyphenon-B) during the preinitiation phase of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) induced mammary carcinogenesis using xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes, cellular redox status, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and angiogenesis as biomarkers of chemoprevention. Intragastric administration of DMBA induced adenocarcinomas that showed enhanced activities of phase I carcinogen activation and phase II detoxification enzymes with increased lipid and protein oxidation and decrease in antioxidant status. This was associated with increased cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and evasion of apoptosis as revealed by upregulation of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Bcl-2, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and downregulation of Bax, caspase 3, and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Dietary administration of Polyphenon-B effectively suppressed the incidence of mammary tumors as evidenced by modulation of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and oxidant-antioxidant status, inhibition of cell proliferation and angiogenesis, and induction of apoptosis. The present study provides evidence that Polyphenon-B exerts multifunctional inhibitory effects on DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis and suggests that it can be developed as a potential chemopreventive agent.
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PMID:Chemoprevention of rat mammary carcinogenesis by black tea polyphenols: modulation of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes, oxidative stress, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and angiogenesis. 1741 84

Guggulsterone is a plant polyphenol traditionally used to treat obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and osteoarthritis, possibly through an anti-inflammatory mechanism. Whether this steroid has any role in cancer is not known. In this study, we found that guggulsterone inhibits the proliferation of wide variety of human tumor cell types including leukemia, head and neck carcinoma, multiple myeloma, lung carcinoma, melanoma, breast carcinoma, and ovarian carcinoma. Guggulsterone also inhibited the proliferation of drug-resistant cancer cells (e.g., gleevac-resistant leukemia, dexamethasone-resistant multiple myeloma, and doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cells). Guggulsterone suppressed the proliferation of cells through inhibition of DNA synthesis, producing cell cycle arrest in S-phase, and this arrest correlated with a decrease in the levels of cyclin D1 and cdc2 and a concomitant increase in the levels of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 and p27. Guggulsterone-induced apoptosis as indicated by increase in the number of Annexin V- and TUNEL-positive cells, through the downregulation of anti-apoptototic products. The apoptosis induced by guggulsterone was also indicated by the activation of caspase-8, bid cleavage, cytochrome c release, caspase-9 activation, caspase-3 activation, and PARP cleavage. The apoptotic effects of guggulsterone were preceded by activation of JNK and downregulation of Akt activity. JNK was needed for guggulsterone-induced apoptosis, inasmuch as inhibition of JNK by pharmacological inhibitors or by genetic deletion of MKK4 (activator of JNK) abolished the activity. Overall, our results indicate that guggulsterone can inhibit cell proliferation and induce apoptosis through the activation of JNK, suppression of Akt, and downregulation of antiapoptotic protein expression.
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PMID:Guggulsterone inhibits tumor cell proliferation, induces S-phase arrest, and promotes apoptosis through activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase, suppression of Akt pathway, and downregulation of antiapoptotic gene products. 1747 22

Resveratrol (3,4',5-trans-trihydroxystilbene) is a natural compound found in grapes and several medicinal plants and has been shown to have anticancer effects on various human cancer cells. The aim of this study was to further investigate the molecular mechanism of this anticancer effect. Resveratrol effect on cell growth, morphology and gene expression was investigated in estrogen receptor-negative MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell line. We show here that resveratrol-induced growth inhibition in the estrogen receptor negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells is due to the induction of apoptosis as demonstrated by morphological, nuclear staining and PARP cleavage analysis. Resveratrol-induced growth inhibition was associated with transient activation of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) (Thr202/Tyr204). Most importantly, resveratrol inhibited both the phosphorylation at Ser240/244 and the expression of the pS6 ribosomal protein. This protein is known to play an important role in the translation of mRNAs that have oligopyrimidine tracts in their 5' untranslated regions. Interestingly, only MAPK inhibitor was able to block resveratrol-induced growth inhibition suggesting that effects of resveratrol on cell growth are dependent on MAPK signaling. The data demonstrated that resveratrol-induced apoptosis is associated with MAPK signaling and with the inhibition of proteins that are involved in protein translation. This is the first data linking resveratrol with downregulation of protein translation via p44/42 MAPK and S6 ribosomal protein. We propose to use these proteins as predictive biomarkers to evaluate the treatment efficacy of resveratrol in estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer.
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PMID:Resveratrol-induced growth inhibition in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells is associated with mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and protein translation. 1755 6

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a nuclear enzyme that catalyzes the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of target proteins in response to DNA damage and has been proposed to play a role in DNA repair, recombination, transcription, cell death, cell proliferation, as well as in stabilization of the genome. We have recently shown that PARP-1 deficiency causes mammary tumorigenesis in mice. In the present study, we investigated whether genetic variants and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of PARP-1 contribute to human breast cancer. To this end, we screened all PARP-1 exons, 7.1kb of intron-exon junction and 1.0-kb promoter sequences in 83 French patients with breast cancer and 100 controls by direct sequencing of genomic DNA. Twenty rare genetic variants of PARP-1, including c.1148C>A (Ser383Tyr), c.1354C>A (Arg452Arg), c.2819A>G (Lys940Arg) were detected in nine (10.8%) breast cancers of these patients. Among 31 polymorphic sites examined, five haplotype-tagging SNPs (htSNPs) of PARP-1 were identified. Interestingly, the genotype distribution of htSNP c.852T>C (Ala284Ala) was likely associated with loss of estrogen- and progesterone-receptor expression. The present study implies that genetic variants of PARP-1 may contribute to breast cancerogenesis and that PARP-1 htSNP c.852T>C (Ala284Ala) may influence hormonal therapy of breast cancer.
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PMID:Analysis of genetic variants of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 gene in breast cancer in French patients. 1756 Jan 63

There is an increasing interest in identifying potent cancer-preventive and therapeutic agents against breast cancer. A great number of reports have in recent years dealt with anticancer characteristics of Semecarpus anacardium nut extract (SA). The majority of these studies has been targeted on the protective effect rendered to the living system rather than the preventive effect on cancer cells. SA was tested for its inhibitory effect on human breast cancer cells (T47D). Cytotoxicity analyses suggested that these cells had become apoptotic. SA was discovered to induce rapid Ca(2+) mobilization from intracellular stores of T47D cell line, and its cytotoxicity against T47D was well correlated with altered mitochondrial transmembrane potential. At the molecular level, these changes are accompanied by decrease in bcl(2) and increase in bax, cytochrome c, caspases and PARP cleavage, and ultimately by internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Taken together, our results provide unprecedented evidence that SA triggers apoptotic signals in T47D cells.
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PMID:Apoptotic effect of Semecarpus anacardium nut extract on T47D breast cancer cell line. 1757 13


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