期刊
JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH
卷 58, 期 2, 页码 189-197出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12205
关键词
breast cancer; DNA-PKcs; MCF-7 cells; melatonin; pineal gland; RAD51; radiation
资金
- Spanish Science Technology and Innovation Ministry [SAF2010-19579, SAF2013-42012-P]
- Instituto de Investigacion Valdecilla (IDIVAL) [APG/12]
Radiation and adjuvant endocrine therapy are nowadays considered a standard treatment option after surgery in breast cancer. Melatonin exerts oncostatic actions on human breast cancer cells. In the current study, we investigated the effects of a combination of radiotherapy and melatonin on human breast cancer cells. Melatonin (1 mM, 10 mu M and 1 nM) significantly inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 cells. Radiation alone inhibited the MCF-7 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Pretreatment of breast cancer cells with melatonin 1 wk before radiation led to a significantly greater decrease of MCF-7 cell proliferation compared with radiation alone. Melatonin pretreatment before radiation also decreased G(2)-M phase arrest compared with irradiation alone, with a higher percentage of cells in the G(0)-G(1) phase and a lower percentage of cells in S phase. Radiation alone diminished RAD51 and DNA-protein kinase (PKcs) mRNA expression, two main proteins involved in double-strand DNA break repair. Treatment with melatonin for 7 days before radiation led to a significantly greater decrease in RAD51 and DNA-PKcs mRNA expression compared with radiation alone. Our findings suggest that melatonin pretreatment before radiation sensitizes breast cancer cells to the ionizing effects of radiation by decreasing cell proliferation, inducing cell cycle arrest and downregulating proteins involved in double-strand DNA break repair. These findings may have implications for designing clinical trials using melatonin and radiotherapy.
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