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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Newly Synthetized Chalcone L1 Is Involved in the Cell Growth Inhibition, Induction of Apoptosis and Suppression of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of HeLa Cells.

Tomas Kuruc, Martin Kello, Klaudia Petrova, Zuzana Kudlickova, Peter Kubatka, Jan Mojzis

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tomas KurucDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University, 04011 Košice, Slovakia.
Martin KelloDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University, 04011 Košice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-2454-5799
Klaudia PetrovaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University, 04011 Košice, Slovakia.
Zuzana KudlickovaDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 04181 Košice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-5310-6744
Peter KubatkaDepartment of Medical Biology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-5076
Jan MojzisDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Safarik University, 04011 Košice, Slovakia.
University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik · SKComenius University Bratislava · SKUniversity of Veterinary Medicine in Košice · SK

Funding

Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja APVV-16-0446European Regional Development Fund ITMS2014 + 313011D103Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 1/0136/19Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 1/0653/19Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 1/0753/17
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decades, natural products have emerged as promising agents with multiple biological activities. Many studies suggest the antioxidant, antiangiogenic, antiproliferative and anticancer effects of chalcones and their derivatives. Based on these findings, we decided to evaluate the effects of the newly synthetized chalcone L1 in a human cervical carcinoma cell (HeLa) model. Presented results were obtained by western blot and flow cytometric analyses, live cell imaging and antimigratory potential of L1 in HeLa cells was demonstrated by scratch assay. In the present study, we proved the role of L1 as an effective agent with antiproliferative activity supported by G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Moreover, we proved that L1 is involved in modulating Transforming Growth Factor-β1 (TGF-β) signal transduction through Smad proteins and it also modulates other signalling pathways including Akt, JNK, p38 MAPK, and Erk1/2. The involvement of L1 in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition was demonstrated by the regulation of N-cadherin, E-cadherin, and MMP-9 levels. Here, we also evaluated the effect of conditioned medium from BJ-5ta human foreskin fibroblasts in HeLa cell cultures with subsequent L1 treatment. Taken together, these data suggest the potential role of newly synthesized chalcone L1 as an anticancer-tumour microenvironment modulating agent.

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionApoptosisChalconesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGrowth InhibitorsHeLa CellsHumansPhosphorylationSignal TransductionUterine Cervical Neoplasmschalcone L1ChalconesGrowth Inhibitorsantiproliferativeapoptosischalconesconditioned mediumepithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionHeLa cellsmigrationTGF-βtumour microenvironment

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PMID33802621
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