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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2015

Novel Evidence for Curcumin and Boswellic Acid-Induced Chemoprevention through Regulation of miR-34a and miR-27a in Colorectal Cancer.

Shusuke Toden, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Constanze Buhrmann, Durgha Nattamai, Esperanza Anguiano, Nicole Baldwin, Mehdi Shakibaei, C Richard Boland, Ajay Goel

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shusuke TodenCenter for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research; Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Yoshinaga OkugawaCenter for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research; Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Constanze BuhrmannInstitute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Durgha NattamaiBaylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas.
Esperanza AnguianoBaylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas.
Nicole BaldwinBaylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas.
Mehdi ShakibaeiInstitute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
C Richard BolandCenter for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research; Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Ajay GoelCenter for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research; Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. ajay.goel@baylorhealth.edu.
Center for Cancer Research · US

Funding

The Biology and Diagnosis of HNPCCR01CA072851 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO · PI GOEL, AJAY · 1996 to 2019
$6.6M
Aspirin and Cancer Prevention in Lynch Syndrome: From Cell to Population DataU01CA187956 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI GOEL, AJAY, WODARZ, DOMINIK F · 2014 to 2018
$2.7M
METHYLATION BIOMARKER DEVELOPMENT FOR NONINVASIVE DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCERR01CA181572 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI GOEL, AJAY · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA 181572NCI NIH HHS R01 CA072851NCI NIH HHS R01 CA181572NCI NIH HHS R01 CA72851NCI NIH HHS U01 CA187956NCI NIH HHS U01CA187956
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-associated mortality worldwide, but it is truly a preventable disease. Both curcumin and boswellic acids are well-established dietary botanicals with potent antitumorigenic properties that have been shown to modulate multiple oncogenic pathways. Recent data suggest that the chemopreventive effects of these botanicals may, in part, be mediated through regulation of key cancer-related microRNAs (miRNA) and their downstream gene targets. Here, we investigated the antitumorigenic effects of curcumin and 3 acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA) on modulation of specific cancer-related miRNAs in colorectal cancer cells and validated their protective effects in vivo using a xenograft mouse model. Both curcumin and AKBA inhibited cellular proliferation, induced apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest in colorectal cancer cell lines, and these effects were significantly enhanced with combined treatment. Gene-expression arrays revealed that curcumin and AKBA regulated distinct cancer signaling pathways, including key cell-cycle regulatory genes. Combined bioinformatics and in silico analysis identified apoptosis, proliferation, and cell-cycle regulatory signaling pathways as key modulators of curcumin and AKBA-induced anticancer effects. We discovered that curcumin and AKBA induced upregulation of tumor-suppressive miR-34a and downregulation of miR-27a in colorectal cancer cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated in a mouse xenograft model that both curcumin and AKBA treatments suppressed tumor growth, which corresponded with alterations in the expression of miR-34a and miR-27a, consistent with our in vitro findings. Herein, we provide novel mechanistic evidence for the chemopreventive effects of curcumin and AKBA through regulation of specific miRNAs in colorectal cancer.

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AdenocarcinomaAnimalsCaco-2 CellsCell Line, TumorChemopreventionColorectal NeoplasmsCurcuminGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHCT116 CellsHT29 CellsHumansMaleMiceMice, NudeMicroRNAsTriterpenesboswellic acidCurcuminMicroRNAsMIRN27 microRNA, humanMIRN34 microRNA, humanTriterpenes

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PMCPMC4417447
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