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MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 115-128Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200800148
Keywords
Apoptosis; Inflammation; Mitochondria; Resveratrol; TNF-alpha
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- Clayton Foundation
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Resveratrol, a polyphenol derived from red grapes, berries, and peanuts, has been shown to mediate death of a wide variety of cells. The mechanisms by which resveratrol mediates cell death include necrosis, apoptosis, autophagy, and others. While Most Studies Suggest that resveratrol kills tumor cells selectively, evidence is emerging that certain normal cells such as endothelial cells, lymphocytes, and chondrocytes are vulnerable to resveratrol. Cell killing by this stilbene may be mediated through any of numerous mechanisms that involve activation of mitochondria and of death caspases; Upregulation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, tumor suppressor gene products, or death-including cytokines and cytokine receptors, or downregulation of cell Survival proteins (survivin, cFLIP, clAPs, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), bcl-2, bcl-XL) or inhibition of cell survival kinases (e.g., nitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), AKT/phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), PKC, EGFR kinase) and survival transcription factors (nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B), activating protein 1 (AP-1), HIF-1 alpha, signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3)). Induction of any of these pathways by resveratrol leads to cell death. While cell death is a hallmark of resveratrol, this polyphenol also has been linked with suppression of inflammation, arthritis, and cardiovascular diseases and delaying of aging. These attributes of resveratrol are discussed in detail in this review.
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