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NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages 147-156Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2013.741758
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- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [AGL 2008-02475]
- Junta de Andalucia
- Postgraduate National Program of FPU fellowship
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion
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Oleuropein (OL) is the most prominent phenolic compound in the fruit of olive tree. Although OL has shown powerful anticancer activity the underlying action mechanism remains largely unknown. The present study evaluated the effects of OL on hydroxityrosol (HT)-29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells in comparison to hydroxytyrosol, its hydrolysis product, and to elucidate the underlying anticancer molecular mechanisms involved. Cell proliferation was determined using SRB assay. Cell cycle and apoptosis were assessed by flow cytometry and changes in MAPK cascade protein expression, HIF-1, p53, PPAR, and NFK signaling pathways by Western blot. Although OL showed less potency than HT, in terms of cell growth inhibition, induced significant changes in cell cycle analysis and caused a significant increase in the apoptotic population. Both compounds produced a remarkable decrease in HIF-1 protein and an upregulation of p53 protein expression. However, no significant changes in IkB- and MAPK cascade protein expressions were observed. HT produced a significant upregulation in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR) expression whereas OL failed. PPAR upregulation may be one of the principal mechanisms of the tumor shrinkage by HT. Our novel findings demonstrate that OL limits the growth and induces apoptosis in HT-29 cells via p53 pathway activation adapting the HIF-1 response to hypoxia.
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