| Literature DB >> 15365258 |
Soon Young Shin1, Chang Gun Kim, Dong Dae Hong, Jung-Hye Kim, Young Han Lee.
Abstract
The early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) is a tumor suppressor which plays an important role in cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. Egr-1 has been shown to be down-regulated in many types of tumor tissues. Trifluoperazine (TFP), a phenothiazine class of antipsychotics, restored serum-induced Egr-1 expression in several cancer cell lines. We investigated the effect of Egr-1 expression on the TFP-induced inhibition of cell growth. Ectopic expression of Egr-1 enhanced the TFP-induced antiproliferative activity and downregulated cyclin D1 level in U87MG glioma cells. Our results suggest that antipsychotics TFP exhibits antiproliferative activity through up-regulation of Egr-1.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15365258 DOI: 10.1038/emm.2004.50
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Mol Med ISSN: 1226-3613 Impact factor: 8.718