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Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Oncology Année : 2013

Novel methylsulfonyl chalcones as potential antiproliferative drugs for human prostate cancer: Involvement of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis

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Limited success has been achieved in extending the survival of patients with metastatic and hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). There is a strong need for novel agents in the treatment and prevention of HRPC. In the present study, the apoptotic mechanism of action of RG003 (2'-hydroxy-4- methylsulfonylchalcone) and RG005 (4'-chloro-2'-hydroxy-4- methylsulfonylchalcone) in association with intracellular signalling pathways was investigated in the hormone-independent prostate carcinoma cells PC-3 and DU145. We showed that these compounds induced apoptosis through the intrinsic pathway but not through the extrinsic one. We showed that synthetic chalcones induced an activation of caspase-9 but not caspase-8 in PC-3 cells. Even if both chalcones induced apoptosis in PC-3 cells, a dominant effect of RG003 treatment was observed resulting in a disruption of δm, caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation, PARP cleavage and DNA fragmentation. Furthermore, in regard to our results, it is clear that the simultaneous inhibition of Akt and NF-κB signalling can significantly contribute to the anticancer effects of RG003 and RG005 in PC-3 prostate cancer cells. NF-κB inhibition was correlated with the reduction of COX-2 expression and induction of apoptosis. Our results clearly indicate for the first time that RG003 and RG005 exert their potent anti proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects through the modulation of Akt/NF-κB/COX-2 signal transduction pathways in PC-3 prostate cancer cells with a dominant effect for RG003

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hal-00937783 , version 1 (28-01-2014)

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Bassel Ismail, Lamia Ghezali, Rockhaya Gueye, Youness Limami, Christelle Pouget, et al.. Novel methylsulfonyl chalcones as potential antiproliferative drugs for human prostate cancer: Involvement of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. International Journal of Oncology, 2013, 43 (4), pp.1160-1168. ⟨10.3892/ijo.2013.2024⟩. ⟨hal-00937783⟩
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