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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2014

Synergistic effect of combinatorial treatment with curcumin and mitomycin C on the induction of apoptosis of breast cancer cells: a cDNA microarray analysis.

Qian-Mei Zhou, Qi-Long Chen, Jia Du, Xiu-Feng Wang, Yi-Yu Lu, Hui Zhang, Shi-Bing Su

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qian-Mei ZhouResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. tazhou@163.com.
Qi-Long ChenResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. cqlw1975@126.com.
Jia DuResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. sbwsyt625@163.com.
Xiu-Feng WangResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. xiufengw@sina.com.
Yi-Yu LuResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. ava0048@163.com.
Hui ZhangResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. zhanghuiman@126.com.
Shi-Bing SuResearch Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. ssb@shutcm.edu.cn.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to explore the synergistic mechanisms of combinatorial treatment using curcumin and mitomycin C (MMC) for breast cancer, MCF-7 breast cancer xenografts were conducted to observe the synergistic effect of combinatorial treatment using curcumin and MMC at various dosages. The synergistic mechanisms of combinatorial treatment using curcumin and MMC on the inhibition of tumor growth were explored by differential gene expression profile, gene ontology (GO), ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) and Signal-Net network analysis. The expression levels of selected genes identified by cDNA microarray expression profiling were validated by quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blot analysis. Effect of combinatorial treatment on the inhibition of cell growth was observed by MTT assay. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometric analysis and Hoechst 33258 staining. The combinatorial treatment of 100 mg/kg curcumin and 1.5 mg/kg MMC revealed synergistic inhibition on tumor growth. Among 1501 differentially expressed genes, the expression of 25 genes exhibited an obvious change and a significant difference in 27 signal pathways was observed (p<0.05). In addition, Mapk1 (ERK) and Mapk14 (MAPK p38) had more cross-interactions with other genes and revealed an increase in expression by 8.14- and 11.84-fold, respectively during the combinatorial treatment by curcumin and MMC when compared with the control. Moreover, curcumin can synergistically improve tumoricidal effect of MMC in another human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells. Apoptosis was significantly induced by the combinatorial treatment (p<0.05) and significantly inhibited by ERK inhibitor (PD98059) in MCF-7 cells (p<0.05). The synergistic effect of combinatorial treatment by curcumin and MMC on the induction of apoptosis in breast cancer cells may be via the ERK pathway.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCurcuminDrug SynergismFemaleFlavonoidsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, NudeMitomycin2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-oneAntineoplastic AgentsCurcuminFlavonoidsMitomycin

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