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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2003

Opposing effects of butyrate and bile acids on apoptosis of human colon adenoma cells: differential activation of PKC and MAP kinases.

L McMillan, S K Butcher, J Pongracz, J M Lord

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L McMillanDepartment of Immunology, The Medical School, Birmingham University, UK.
S K Butcher
J Pongracz
J M Lord
University of Birmingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Butyrate, produced in the colon by fermentation of dietary fibre, induces apoptosis in colon adenoma and cancer cell lines, which may contribute to protection against colorectal cancer. However, butyrate is present in the colon along with other dietary factors, including unconjugated bile acids, which are tumour promoters. We have shown previously that the proapoptotic effects of butyrate on AA/C1 human adenoma cells were reduced in the presence of bile acids. To determine the cellular basis of this interaction, we examined the effects of butyrate and the secondary bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) on signalling pathways known to regulate apoptosis using AA/C1 cells. Butyrate activated PKC-delta and p38 MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase, whereas UDCA activated PKC-alpha and p42/44 MAP kinase. Butyrate treatment also resulted in the caspase-3-mediated proteolysis of PKC-delta. Butyrate-induced apoptosis was reduced by inhibitors of PKC-delta (Rottlerin), p38 MAP kinase (SB202190) and caspase 3 (DEVD-fmk), whereas the proliferative/survival effects of UDCA were blocked by inhibitors of PKC-alpha (Gö6976) and MEK 1 (PD98059). The effects of butyrate and bile acids are therefore mediated by the differential activation of signalling pathways that are known to regulate apoptosis.

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AdenomaApoptosisButyric AcidCaspase 3Caspase InhibitorsColonic NeoplasmsCysteine Proteinase InhibitorsEnzyme ActivationHumansIsoenzymesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase CUrsodeoxycholic AcidButyric AcidCASP3 protein, humanCaspase 3Caspase InhibitorsCysteine Proteinase InhibitorsIsoenzymesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase CUrsodeoxycholic Acid

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PMID12618885
PMCPMC2376332
OpenAlexW2047679761

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