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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2011.21.1.89

Apoptotic Effects of Curcumin and EGCG via Akt-p53 Signaling Pathway in HCT116 Colon Cancer Cells  

Park, Song-Yi (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University)
Lee, Sol-Hwa (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University)
Park, Ock-Jin (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University)
Kim, Young-Min (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.21, no.1, 2011 , pp. 89-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
p53 is tumor suppressor gene that regulates apoptosis such as caspase-dependent and p21-mediated signaling pathways. PI3K/Akt is known to be over-activated in cancer cells. Akt activates many survival-related signals such as mTOR and COX-2. Inactivation of Akt would result in non-inhibition of p53 as well as induced apoptosis. In this study, we showed that curcumin and EGCG activate p53 via inhibition of the Akt signaling pathway. Treatments using curcumin and EGCG in different concentrations for 24 hr and 48 hr inhibited proliferation of HCT116 colon cancer cells and increased apoptotic cell death. Also, our data showed that curcumin and EGCG increased the p53 expression and decreased the p-Akt. Treatment of LY294002 (Akt inhibitor) resulted in decreased cell proliferation of cancer cells, while LY294002 treated with curcumin or EGCG showed a greater decrease of cell proliferation. In addition, inhibition of Akt induced p53 activation in HCT116 colon cancer cells. These results suggest that curcumin and EGCG induce apoptosis by inhibiting Akt and increase p53 in HCT116 colon cancer cells.
Keywords
Curcumin; EGCG; apoptosis; HCT116 colon cancer cells; p53; Akt;
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