| Literature DB >> 23851185 |
Kai Wang1,2, Yan Li2, Yi-Zhou Jiang2, Cai-Feng Dai2,3, Manish S Patankar2, Jia-Sheng Song4, Jing Zheng2,5.
Abstract
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor mediates many biological processes. Herein, we investigated if 2-(1'H-indole-3'-carbonyl)-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (ITE, an endogenous AhR ligand) regulated proliferation and migration of human ovarian cancer cells via AhR. We found that AhR was widely present in many histotypes of ovarian cancer tissues. ITE suppressed OVCAR-3 cell proliferation and SKOV-3 cell migration in vitro, which were blocked by AhR knockdown. ITE also suppressed OVCAR-3 cell growth in mice. These data suggest that the ITE might potentially be used for therapeutic intervention for at least a subset of human ovarian cancer.Entities:
Keywords: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Growth; ITE; Ovarian cancer cells
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23851185 PMCID: PMC3781955 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.06.026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679