1. Down regulation of c-Myc and induction of an angiogenesis inhibitor, thrombospondin-1, by 5-FU in human colon cancer KM12C cells.
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Zhao HY, Ooyama A, Yamamoto M, Ikeda R, Haraguchi M, Tabata S, Furukawa T, Che XF, Iwashita K, Oka T, Fukushima M, Nakagawa M, Ono M, Kuwano M, and Akiyama S
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Colonic Neoplasms genetics, Colonic Neoplasms pathology, Down-Regulation, Humans, MicroRNAs genetics, Multigene Family, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Angiogenesis Inhibitors genetics, Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Colonic Neoplasms drug therapy, Fluorouracil pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic drug effects, Genes, myc, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Thrombospondin 1 genetics
- Abstract
5-FU is commonly used for treatment of various solid tumors including colon carcinoma. We have previously demonstrated that Egr-1 induced by 5-FU enhanced TSP-1 expression in human colon cancer KM12C cells. In this study, a Genechip analysis of KM12C cells treated with 5-FU revealed down-regulation of 924 genes and up-regulation of 460 genes. The decreased expression of c-Myc mRNA and phosphorylated c-Myc were detected and confirmed by RT-PCR and immunoblotting. Since 5-FU induced the expression of TSP-1, we examined the effect of c-Myc on the TSP-1 promoter. Deletion of the TSP-1 promoter region in which binding sites for c-Myc reside had no effect on the TSP-1 promoter activity induced by 5-FU. Meanwhile, 5-FU dose-dependently decreased the expression of miR-17-92 cluster. These findings suggest that 5-FU decreased the expression of c-Myc and consequently miR-17-92 cluster and increased the expression of TSP-1 mRNA.
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- 2008
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