PURPOSE: A constituent of green tea, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), has been known to possess anti-cancer properties. In this study, we investigated the time-course anticancer effects of EGCG on human ovarian cancer cells to provide insights into the molecular-level understanding of growth suppression mechanism involved in EGCG-mediated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. METHODS: Three human ovarian cancer cell lines (p53 negative, SKOV-3 cells; mutant type p53, OVCAR-3 cells; and wild type p53, PA-1 cells) were used. The effect of EGCG treatment was studied via cell count assay, cell cycle analysis, FACS, Western blot, and macroarray assay. RESULTS: EGCG exerts a significant role in suppressing ovarian cancer cell growth. Also, EGCG showed growth inhibitory effects in each cell line in a dose-dependent fashion and induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. The cell cycle was arrested at the G(1) phase by EGCG in SKOV-3 and OVCAR-3 cells. In contrast, the cell cycle was arrested in the G(1)/S phase arrest in PA-1 cells. EGCG differentially regulated the expression of genes and proteins (Bax, p21, Retinoblastoma, cyclin D1, CDK4, Bcl-X(L)) more than 2-fold, showing a possible gene regulatory role of EGCG. The continual expression in p21WAF1 suggests that EGCG acts in the same way with p53 proteins to facilitate apoptosis after EGCG treatment. And Bax, PCNA, and Bcl-X are important in EGCG-mediated apoptosis. In contrast, CDK4 and Rb are not important in ovarian cancer cell growth inhibition. CONCLUSION: EGCG can inhibit ovarian cancer cell growth through induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest as well as regulation of cell cycle-related proteins. Thereby, the EGCG-mediated apoptosis can be applied to an advanced strategy in the development of a potential drug against ovarian cancer.
PURPOSE: A constituent of green tea, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), has been known to possess anti-cancer properties. In this study, we investigated the time-course anticancer effects of EGCG on humanovarian cancer cells to provide insights into the molecular-level understanding of growth suppression mechanism involved in EGCG-mediated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. METHODS: Three humanovarian cancer cell lines (p53 negative, SKOV-3 cells; mutant type p53, OVCAR-3 cells; and wild type p53, PA-1 cells) were used. The effect of EGCG treatment was studied via cell count assay, cell cycle analysis, FACS, Western blot, and macroarray assay. RESULTS:EGCG exerts a significant role in suppressing ovarian cancer cell growth. Also, EGCG showed growth inhibitory effects in each cell line in a dose-dependent fashion and induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. The cell cycle was arrested at the G(1) phase by EGCG in SKOV-3 and OVCAR-3 cells. In contrast, the cell cycle was arrested in the G(1)/S phase arrest in PA-1 cells. EGCG differentially regulated the expression of genes and proteins (Bax, p21, Retinoblastoma, cyclin D1, CDK4, Bcl-X(L)) more than 2-fold, showing a possible gene regulatory role of EGCG. The continual expression in p21WAF1 suggests that EGCG acts in the same way with p53 proteins to facilitate apoptosis after EGCG treatment. And Bax, PCNA, and Bcl-X are important in EGCG-mediated apoptosis. In contrast, CDK4 and Rb are not important in ovarian cancer cell growth inhibition. CONCLUSION:EGCG can inhibit ovarian cancer cell growth through induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest as well as regulation of cell cycle-related proteins. Thereby, the EGCG-mediated apoptosis can be applied to an advanced strategy in the development of a potential drug against ovarian cancer.
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