Abstract:
:Apigenin, a plant flavonoid, induced the reversion of transformed phenotypes of v-H-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells at a quite low concentration of 12.5 microM. In the present study, we have examined the components of this Ras-mediated signaling transduction to determine whether they were involved in the apigenin-induced reversion process. Interestingly, the consitutively activated mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) in the ras transformant was inhibited significantly and rapidly by 25 microM apigenin within 30 min, and this reduction continued for more than 4 h. Corroborating these observations, expression of the downstream oncogenes c-jun and c-fos was also dramatically reduced during the first 4 h of treatment. We found that the levels of ras protein and mRNA were not affected by 24 h of treatment with apigenin. These findings indicate that apigenin-induced reversion of v-H-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells may occur by inhibiting MAPK activity and its downstream oncogenes rather than by affecting the expression of the ras gene.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Kuo ML,Yang NCdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1995.2035subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-26 00:00:00pages
767-75issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X85720359journal_volume
212pub_type
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