Curcumin-Gene Expression Response in Hormone Dependent and Independent Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells

Shilpa Katta; Arun Srivastava; Rajesh  L. Thangapazham; Inger  L. Rosner; Jennifer Cullen; Hua Li; Shashwat Sharad

doi:10.3390/ijms20194891

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Oct 2019)

Curcumin-Gene Expression Response in Hormone Dependent and Independent Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells

Shilpa Katta,
Arun Srivastava,
Rajesh L. Thangapazham,
Inger L. Rosner,
Jennifer Cullen,
Hua Li,
Shashwat Sharad

Affiliations

Shilpa Katta: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Arun Srivastava: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Rajesh L. Thangapazham: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Inger L. Rosner: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Jennifer Cullen: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Hua Li: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Shashwat Sharad: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20194891
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 19
p. 4891

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The androgen receptor is one of the key targets for prostate cancer treatment. Despite its less satisfactory effects, chemotherapy is the most common treatment option for metastatic and/or castration-resistant patients. There are constant needs for novel anti-prostate cancer therapeutic/prevention agents. Curcumin, a known chemo-preventive agent, was shown to inhibit prostate cancer cell growth. This study aimed to unravel the inhibitory effect of curcumin in prostate cancer through analyzing the alterations of expressions of curcumin targeting genes clusters in androgen-dependent LNCaP cells and androgen-independent metastatic C4-2B cells. Hierarchical clustering showed the highest number of differentially expressed genes at 12 h post treatment in both cells, suggesting that the androgen-dependent/independent manner of curcumin impacts on prostate cancer cells. Evaluation of significantly regulated top canonical pathways highlighted that Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), Wingless-related integration site (Wnt), Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Protein Kinase B/ mammalian target of rapamycin (PIK3/AKT(PKB)/mTOR), and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kB) signaling were primarily inhibited, and Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) dependent cell cycle arrest and apoptosis pathways were elevated with curcumin treatment. The short term (3−24 h) and long term (48 h) effect of curcumin treatment revealed 31 and four genes modulated in both cell lines. TGF-β signaling, including the androgen/TGF-β inhibitor Prostate transmembrane protein androgen-induced 1 (PMEPA1), was the only pathway impacted by curcumin treatment after 48 h. Our findings also established that MYC Proto-Oncogene, basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) Transcription Factor (MYC) signaling was down-regulated in curcumin-treated cell lines. This study established, for the first time, novel gene-networks and signaling pathways confirming the chemo-preventive and cancer-growth inhibitory nature of curcumin as a natural anti-prostate cancer compound.

Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN: 1661-6596 (Print); 1422-0067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General); Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms

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