| Literature DB >> 19962231 |
Huanjie Yang1, Dong Kui Sun, Di Chen, Qiuzhi Cindy Cui, Yan Yan Gu, Tao Jiang, Wei Chen, Sheng Biao Wan, Q Ping Dou.
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Epidemiological studies support the cancer-preventive effects of green tea and its main constituent (-)-epigallocatechin gallate [(-)-EGCG], however, (-)-EGCG is unstable under physiological conditions. Here we report that two novel fluoro-substituted (-)-EGCG analogs inhibited tumor growth with similar potency to that of Pro-EGCG (1) which has improved potency over parental compound (-)-EGCG in human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 xenografts. MDA-MB-231 tumors treated with each fluoro-substituted (-)-EGCG analog showed proteasome inhibition and apoptotic cell death, suggesting that the proteasome might be one of the cellular targets of fluoro-(-)-EGCGs and that proteasome inhibition is partially responsible for the observed antitumor activity. Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19962231 PMCID: PMC2854268 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.11.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679