ArticlePloS one2013
Pterostilbene acts through metastasis-associated protein 1 to inhibit tumor growth, progression and metastasis in prostate cancer.
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- Dietary polyphenols in prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2015Pooled it
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- Gnetin C in Cancer and Other Diseases: What Do We Know So Far?Nutrients · 2025Review
- Pterostilbene suppresses head and neck cancer cell proliferation via induction of apoptosis.Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2024Article
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- Metastasis-associated protein 1-mediated antitumor and anticancer activity of dietary stilbenes for prostate cancer chemoprevention and therapy.Seminars in cancer biology · 2022Review
- Dietary Pterostilbene for MTA1-Targeted Interception in High-Risk Premalignant Prostate Cancer.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Article
- Dietary stilbenes as modulators of specific miRNAs in prostate cancer.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
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- Chemopreventive effects of pterostilbene through p53 and cell cycle in mouse lung of squamous cell carcinoma model.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Pterostilbene in Cancer Therapy.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Grape Powder Supplementation Attenuates Prostate Neoplasia Associated with Pten Haploinsufficiency in Mice Fed High-Fat Diet.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2020Article
- Dietary Compounds for Targeting Prostate Cancer.Nutrients · 2019Review
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- Pterostilbene inhibits lung squamous cell carcinoma growthOncology letters · 2019Article
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Abstract
The development of natural product agents with targeted strategies holds promise for enhanced anticancer therapy with reduced drug-associated side effects. Resveratrol found in red wine, has anticancer activity in various tumor types. We reported earlier on a new molecular target of resveratrol, the metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1), which is a part of nucleosome remodeling and deacetylation (NuRD) co-repressor complex that mediates gene silencing. We identified resveratrol as a regulator of MTA1/NuRD complex and re-activator of p53 acetylation in prostate cancer (PCa). In the current study, we addressed whether resveratrol analogues also possess the ability to inhibit MTA1 and to reverse p53 deacetylation. We demonstrated that pterostilbene (PTER), found in blueberries, had greater increase in MTA1-mediated p53 acetylation, confirming superior potency over resveratrol as dietary epigenetic agent. In orthotopic PCa xenografts, resveratrol and PTER significantly inhibited tumor growth, progression, local invasion and spontaneous metastasis. Furthermore, MTA1-knockdown sensitized cells to these agents resulting in additional reduction of tumor progression and metastasis. The reduction was dependent on MTA1 signaling showing increased p53 acetylation, higher apoptotic index and less angiogenesis in vivo in all xenografts treated with the compounds, and particularly with PTER. Altogether, our results indicate MTA1 as a major contributor in prostate tumor malignant progression, and support the use of strategies targeting MTA1. Our strong pre-clinical data indicate PTER as a potent, selective and pharmacologically safe natural product that may be tested in advanced PCa.
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