Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214328
Keywords
prostate cancer; polyphenon E; DNA microarray; gene expression; MXD1; RGS4
Funding
- University of Tampa through a Dana Grant [GF2205]
- David Delo Research Grant [CC15201]
- Research and Innovation Scholarly Excellence Award/David Delo Research Grant [GR0028]
- Polyphenon Pharma
- Mitsui Norin Co., Japan
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Poly E, a green tea extract, has chemopreventive activity against PCa. It induces gene expression changes in PCa cells, with significant increases in MXD1 and RGS4 expression, suggesting that Poly E may exert its chemopreventive activity through the regulation of these genes.
Polyphenon E (Poly E) is a standardized, caffeine-free green tea extract with defined polyphenol content. Poly E is reported to confer chemoprotective activity against prostate cancer (PCa) progression in the TRAMP model of human PCa, and has shown limited activity against human PCa in human trials. The molecular mechanisms of the observed Poly E chemopreventive activity against PCa are not fully understood. We hypothesized that Poly E treatment of PCa cells induces gene expression changes, which could underpin the molecular mechanisms of the limited Poly E chemoprevention activity against PCa. PC-3 cells were cultured in complete growth media supplemented with varied Poly E concentrations for 24 h, then RNA was isolated for comparative DNA microarray (0 vs. 200 mg/L Poly E) and subsequent TaqMan qRT-PCR analyses. Microarray data for 54,613 genes were filtered for >2-fold expression level changes, with 8319 genes increased and 6176 genes decreased. Eight genes involved in key signaling or regulatory pathways were selected for qRT-PCR. Two genes increased expression significantly, MXD1 (13.98-fold; p = 0.0003) and RGS4 (21.98-fold; p = 0.0011), by qRT-PCR. MXD1 and RGS4 significantly increased gene expression in Poly E-treated PC-3 cells, and the MXD1 gene expression increases were Poly E dose-dependent.
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