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Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Is Not a Major Modulating Factor in the Cytotoxic Response to Natural Products in Cancer Cell Lines.
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Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) [Molecules] 2021 Sep 27; Vol. 26 (19). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 27. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Numerous natural products exhibit antiproliferative activity against cancer cells by modulating various biological pathways. In this study, we investigated the potential use of eight natural compounds (apigenin, curcumin, epigallocatechin gallate, fisetin, forskolin, procyanidin B2, resveratrol, urolithin A) and two repurposed agents (fulvestrant and metformin) as chemotherapy enhancers and mesenchymal-to-epithelial (MET) inducers of cancer cells. Screening of these compounds in various colon, breast, and pancreatic cancer cell lines revealed anti-cancer activity for all compounds, with curcumin being the most effective among these in all cell lines. Although some of the natural products were able to induce MET in some cancer cell lines, the MET induction was not related to increased synergy with either 5-FU, irinotecan, gemcitabine, or gefitinib. When synergy was observed, for example with curcumin and irinotecan, this was unrelated to MET induction, as assessed by changes in E-cadherin and vimentin expression. Our results show that MET induction is compound and cell line specific, and that MET is not necessarily related to enhanced chemosensitivity.
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- Biomarkers, Tumor genetics
Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism
Breast Neoplasms drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms genetics
Breast Neoplasms metabolism
Cell Movement
Cell Proliferation
Colonic Neoplasms drug therapy
Colonic Neoplasms genetics
Colonic Neoplasms metabolism
Female
Humans
Pancreatic Neoplasms drug therapy
Pancreatic Neoplasms genetics
Pancreatic Neoplasms metabolism
Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology
Biological Products pharmacology
Breast Neoplasms pathology
Colonic Neoplasms pathology
Drug Synergism
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1420-3049
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34641401
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195858