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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2012

Resveratrol dimers are novel sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitors and affect sphingosine kinase 1 expression and cancer cell growth and survival.

Keng Gat Lim, Alexander I Gray, Susan Pyne, Nigel J Pyne

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keng Gat LimCell Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Groups, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Alexander I Gray
Susan Pyne
Nigel J Pyne
University of Strathclyde · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeSphingosine kinase 1 catalyses formation of the bioactive lipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate, which protects cancer cells from apoptosis. Therefore, sphingosine kinase 1 is a novel target for intervention with anti-cancer agents. We have assessed the effect of the anti-cancer agent, resveratrol and its dimers (ampelopsin A and balanocarpol) on sphingosine kinase 1 activity and on survival of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Ampelopsin A and balanocarpol were purified from Hopea dryobalanoides and their effect on sphingosine kinase 1 activity and expression, [(3)H] thymidine incorporation, ERK-1/2 phosphorylation and PARP activity assessed in MCF-7 cells. KEY

resultsResveratrol, ampelopsin A and balanocarpol were novel inhibitors of sphingosine kinase 1 activity. Balanocarpol was a mixed inhibitor (with sphingosine) of sphingosine kinase 1 with a K(ic) = 90 ± 10 µM and a K(iu) of ∼500 µM. Balanocarpol and ampelopsin A also induced down-regulation of sphingosine kinase 1 expression and reduced DNA synthesis, while balanocarpol stimulated PARP cleavage in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Resveratrol was a competitive inhibitor (with sphingosine) of sphingosine kinase 1 with a K(ic) = 160 ± 40 µM, reduced sphingosine kinase 1 expression and induced PARP cleavage in MCF-7 cells. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Each molecule of balanocarpol may bind at least two sphingosine kinase 1 catalytic molecules to reduce the activity of each simultaneously. These findings suggest that resveratrol, ampelopsin A and balanocarpol could perturb sphingosine kinase 1-mediated signalling and this might explain their activity against MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorEnzyme InhibitorsHumansNeoplasmsPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)ResveratrolSphingosine KinaseStilbenesAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)ResveratrolSphingosine KinaseStilbenes

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PMID22251058
PMCPMC3419905
OpenAlexW1501764680

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