Resolvins, docosatrienes, and neuroprotectins, novel omega-3-derived mediators, and their aspirin-triggered endogenous epimers: an overview of their protective roles in catabasis.
Serhan CN, Gotlinger K, Hong S, Arita M.
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat. 2004 Apr;73(3-4):155-72. Review.
PMID: 15290791
The combination effects index (CI) analysis confirmed the synergy of clioquinol and clofibrate on inhibiting cancer cell viability. Using inhibitors to block PPARalpha signaling diminished the synergistic cytotoxicity of clioquinol and DHA. These results provide pharmacological evidence that the synergistic anticancer action of clioquinol and DHA is mediated by PPARalpha signaling in human cancer cells.
PPARalpha signaling mediates the synergistic cytotoxicity of clioquinol and docosahexaenoic acid in human cancer cells.
Tuller ER, Brock AL, Yu H, Lou JR, Benbrook DM, Ding WQ.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2009 May 1;77(9):1480-6. Epub 2009 Feb 13.
PMID: 19426685
Conclusion
We demonstrated that the VDRE in the CAMP gene originated from the exaptation of an AluSx SINE in the lineage leading to humans, apes, OWMs and NWMs and remained under purifying selection for the last 55-60 million years. We present convincing evidence of an evolutionarily fixed, Alu-mediated divergence in steroid hormone nuclear receptor gene regulation between humans/primates and other mammals. Evolutionary selection to place the primate CAMP gene under regulation of the vitamin D pathway potentiates the innate immune response and may counter the anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin D.
Exaptation of an ancient Alu short interspersed element provides a highly conserved vitamin D-mediated innate immune response in humans and primates.
Gombart AF, Saito T, Koeffler HP.
BMC Genomics. 2009 Jul 16;10:321.
PMID: 19607716
doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-321
Cutting edge: vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the induction of cathelicidin.\nLiu PT, Stenger S, Tang DH, Modlin RL.\nJ Immunol. 2007 Aug 15;179(4):2060-3.\nPMID: 1767546
Melanoma growth is reduced in fat-1 transgenic mice: impact of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.
Xia S, Lu Y, Wang J, He C, Hong S, Serhan CN, Kang JX.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 15;103(33):12499-504. Epub 2006 Aug 3.
PMID: 16888035
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605394103
In vitro experiments showed that addition of the n-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid or PGE(3) inhibited the growth of B16 cell line and increased the expression of PTEN, which could be partially attenuated by inhibition of PGE(3) production, suggesting that PGE(3) may act as an antitumor mediator. These data demonstrate an anticancer (antimelanoma) effect of n-3 fatty acids through, at least in part, activation of PTEN pathway mediated by PGE(3).
Identification of endogenous resolvin E1 and other lipid mediators
derived from eicosapentaenoic acid via electrospray low-energy tandem
mass spectrometry: spectra and fragmentation mechanisms.
Lu Y, Hong S, Yang R, Uddin J, Gotlinger KH, Petasis NA, Serhan CN.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2007;21(1):7-22.
PMID: 17131464
Alteration of natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity in rats treated with selenium, diethylnitrosamine and ethylnitrosourea.
Talcott PA, Exon JH, Koller LD.
Cancer Lett. 1984 Jul;23(3):313-22.
PMID: 6611196
Conjugated linoleic acid promotes human adipocyte insulin resistance through NFkappaB-dependent cytokine production.
Chung S, Brown JM, Provo JN, Hopkins R, McIntosh MK.
J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 18;280(46):38445-56. Epub 2005 Sep 9.
PMID: 16155293
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M508159200
Collectively, these data demonstrate for the first time that trans-10, cis-12 CLA promotes NFkappaB activation and subsequent induction of IL-6, which are at least in part responsible for trans-10, cis-12 CLA-mediated suppression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma target gene expression and insulin sensitivity in mature human adipocytes.
In summary, our in vitro data demonstrate that a physiological level of trans-10, cis-12 CLA activates NFκB- and ERK1/2-dependent cytokine production, which together suppress PPARγ and Glut4 levels and lead to impaired glucose uptake. Studies are currently under way examining 1) how CLA regulates PPARγ and the expression of its target genes, 2) the specific signaling role of SV cells and adipocytes in mediating the TG-lowering actions of CLA, and 3) the CLA-induced, upstream signal that activates NFκB and ERK1/2.
Berberine suppresses in vitro migration and invasion of human SCC-4 tongue squamous cancer cells through the inhibitions of FAK, IKK, NF-kappaB, u-PA and MMP-2 and -9.
Ho YT, Yang JS, Li TC, Lin JJ, Lin JG, Lai KC, Ma CY, Wood WG, Chung JG.
Cancer Lett. 2009 Jul 8;279(2):155-62. Epub 2009 Feb 28.
PMID: 19251361
doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2009.01.033
There is increasing evidence that urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in cancer metastasis and angiogenesis. Inhibition of u-PA and MMPs could suppress migration and invasion of cancer cells. Berberine, one of the main constituents of the plant Rhizoma coptidis, is a type of isoquinoline alkaloid, reported to have anti-cancer effects in different human cancer cell lines. There is however, no available information on effects of berberine on migration and invasion of human tongue cancer cells. Here, we report that berberine inhibited migration and invasion of human SCC-4 tongue squamous carcinoma cells. This action was mediated by the p-JNK, p-ERK, p-p38, IκK and NF-κB signaling pathways resulting in inhibition of MMP-2 and -9 in human SCC-4 tongue squamous carcinoma cells. Our Western blowing analysis also showed that berberine inhibited the levels of urokinase-plasminogen activator (u-PA). These results suggest that berberine down-regulates u-PA, MMP-2 and -9 expressions in SCC-4 cells through the FAK, IKK and NF-κB mediated pathways and a novel function of berberine is to inhibit the invasive capacity of malignant cells.
P.T. Liu, S. Stenger, H. Li, L. Wenzel, B.H. Tan, S.R. Krutzik, M.T. Ochoa, J. Schauber, K. Wu, C. Meinken, et al.\nVitamin D3-Triggered Antimicrobial Response--Another Pleiotropic Effect beyond Mineral and Bone Metabolism: Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response. Science 311: 1770-1773, 2006\nJ. Am. Soc. Nephrol., November 1, 2006; 17(11): 2949 - 2953.
Lim YC, Lee SH, Song MH, Yamaguchi K, Yoon JH, Choi EC, Baek SJ.
Growth inhibition and apoptosis by (-)-epicatechin gallate are mediated by cyclin D1 suppression in head and neck squamous carcinoma cells.
Eur J Cancer. 2006 Dec;42(18):3260-6. Epub 2006
Liu PT, Stenger S, Tang DH, Modlin RL.
Cutting Edge: Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Dependent on the Induction of Cathelicidin.
J Immunol. 2007 Aug 15;179(4):2060-3.
PMID: 17675463 [PubMed - in pr
Frick KK, LaPlante K, Bushinsky DA.
RANK ligand and TNF-alpha mediate acid-induced bone calcium efflux in vitro.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2005 Nov;289(5):F1005-11. Epub 2005 Jun 21.
PMID: 15972386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
Krieger NS, Parker WR, Alexander KM, Bushinsky DA.
Prostaglandins regulate acid-induced cell-mediated bone resorption.
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