期刊
EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 41, 期 3, 页码 201-207出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2009.41.3.023
关键词
AMP-activated protein kinases; apoptosis; cyclooxygenase-2; growth inhibitors; HT-29 cells; quercetin
资金
- Korean Government (MOEHRD) [KRF 20078443-HJ-R-0101-S000100]
AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) is highly conserved in eukaryotes, where it functions primarily as a sensor of cellular energy status. Recent studies indicate that AMPK activation strongly suppresses cell proliferation in non-malignant cells as well as in tumor cells. In this study, quercetin activated AMPK in MCF breast cancer cell lines and HT-29 colon cancer cells, and this activation of AMPK seemed to be closely related to a decrease in COX-2 expression. The application of a COX-2 inhibitor or cox-2(-/-) cells supported the idea that AMPK is an upstream signal of COX-2, and is required for the anti-proliferatory and pro-apoptotic effects of quercetin. The suppressive or growth inhibitory effects of quercetin on COX-2 were abolished by treating cancer cells with an AMPK inhibitor Compound C. These results suggest that AMPK is crucial to the anti-cancer effect of quercetin and that the AMPK-COX-2 signaling pathway is important in quercetin-mediated cancer control.
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