Selenium- or quercetin-induced retardation of DNA synthesis in primary prostate cells occurs in the presence of a concomitant reduction in androgen-receptor activity.

Morris, Jonathan D. and Pramanik, Rashida and Zhang, Xin and Carey, Anne Marie and Ragavan, Narasimhan and Martin, Francis L. and Muir, Gordon H. (2006) Selenium- or quercetin-induced retardation of DNA synthesis in primary prostate cells occurs in the presence of a concomitant reduction in androgen-receptor activity. Cancer Letters, 239 (1). pp. 111-122. ISSN 0304-3835

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Abstract

Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most common male malignancy in the Western world. Selenium or quercetin may down-regulate prostate-cell proliferation in immortalised cells (e.g. androgen-responsive LNCaP cells). However, whether such effects are apparent in primary prostate epithelial cells (PECs) remains to be examined. Following surgical resection, primary PECs isolated from tissues (n=10 patients) were cultured in the presence or absence of selenium, selenomethionine or quercetin. Tissues from a minimum of three patients were used to generate cell preparations that were cultured independently for the purposes of the experimental analysis of each test agent. These agents were also examined in LNCaP cells. DNA synthesis was assessed by the percentage of PECs or LNCaP cells that incorporated 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) into DNA. All three test agents induced a dose-related reduction in the percentage of PECs or LNCaP cells labelled with BrdU. In LNCaP cells transfected with an androgen-receptor (AR)-reporter gene coupled to luciferase, selenomethionine or quercetin reduced AR activity. Chemoprevention may retard DNA synthesis in short-term primary PECs and expression of AR-inducible elements may be a concomitant factor.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Cancer Letters
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? androgen receptorluciferase-reporter genelncap cellsprostate cancerprostate epithelial cellsquercetinseleniumcancer researchoncologyqh301 biology ??
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9172
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30 May 2008 12:59
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Yes
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