Quercetin Suppresses Twist to Induce Apoptosis in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells.

Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science

Apoptosis/*drug effects ; Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy ; Breast Neoplasms/*pathology ; Cell Proliferation/*drug effects ; Nuclear Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors ; Quercetin/*pharmacology ; Twist-Related Protein 1/*antagonists & inhibitors; Blotting, Western ; Breast Neoplasms/enzymology ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Humans ; Immunoenzyme Techniques ; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Twist-Related Protein 1/genetics ; Twist-Related Protein 1/metabolism

Quercetin is a dietary flavonoid which exerts anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. In this study, we investigated the anti-proliferative effect of quercetin in two breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231), which differed in hormone receptor. IC50 value (37μM) of quercetin showed significant cytotoxicity in MCF-7 cells, which was not observed in MDA-MB-231 cells even at 100μM of quercetin treatment. To study the response of cancer cells to quercetin, with respect to different hormone receptors, both the cell lines were treated with a fixed concentration (40μM) of quercetin. MCF-7 cells on quercetin treatment showed more apoptotic cells with G1 phase arrest. In addition, quercetin effectively suppressed the expression of CyclinD1, p21, Twist and phospho p38MAPK, which was not observed in MDA-MB-231 cells. To analyse the molecular mechanism of quercetin in exerting an apoptotic effect in MCF-7 cells, Twist was over-expressed and the molecular changes were observed after quercetin administration. Quercetin effectively regulated the expression of Twist, in turn p16 and p21 which induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. In conclusion, quercetin induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells through suppression of Twist via p38MAPK pathway.

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Date Created: 20151023 Date Completed: 20160609 Latest Revision: 20181113

20221213

PMC4619597

10.1371/journal.pone.0141370

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