Novel anticancer activity of phloroglucinol against breast cancer stem-like cells
- Title
- Novel anticancer activity of phloroglucinol against breast cancer stem-like cells
- Author
- 이수재
- Keywords
- Phloroglucinol; Breast cancer stem-like cells; Relapse; Resistance to anticancer treatment; KRAS; Anticancer activity
- Issue Date
- 2015-08
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Citation
- TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY, v. 286, NO 3, Page. 143-150
- Abstract
- Poor prognosis of breast cancer patients is closely associated with metastasis and relapse. There is substantial evidence supporting that cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) are primarily responsible for relapse in breast cancer after anticancer treatment. However, there is a lack of suitable drugs that target breast cancer stem-like cells (BCSCs). Here, we report that phloroglucinol (PG), a natural phlorotannin component of brown algae, suppresses sphere formation, anchorage-independent colony formation and in vivo tumorigenicity. In line with these observations, treatment with PG also decreased CD44(+) cancer cell population as well as expression of CSC regulators such as Sox2, CD44, Oct4, Notch2 and beta-catenin. Also, treatment with PG sensitized breast cancer cells to anticancer drugs such as cisplatin, etoposide, and taxol as well as to ionizing radiation. Importantly, PG inhibited KRAS and its downstream PI3K/AKT and RAF-1/ERK signaling pathways that regulate the maintenance of CSCs. Taken together, our findings implicate PG as a good candidate to target BCSCs and to prevent the disease relapse. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- URI
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X15001179http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/27126
- ISSN
- 0041-008X; 1096-0333
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.taap.2015.03.026
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- COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES[S](자연과학대학) > LIFE SCIENCE(생명과학과) > Articles
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