Inhibition of Hedgehog-Signaling Driven Genes in Prostate Cancer Cells by Sutherlandia frutescens Extract
Date
2015-12-28
Authors
Lu, Yuan
Starkey, Nicholas
Lei, Wei
Li, Jilong
Cheng, Jianlin
Folk, William R.
Lubahn, Dennis
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Public Library of Science
Abstract
Sutherlandia frutescens (L) R. Br. (Sutherlandia) is a South African botanical that is traditionally used to treat a variety of health conditions, infections and diseases, including cancer. We hypothesized Sutherlandia might act through Gli/ Hedgehog (Hh)-signaling in prostate cancer cells and used RNA-Seq transcription profiling to profile gene expression in TRAMPC2 murine prostate cancer cells with or without Sutherlandia extracts. We found 50% of Hh-responsive genes can be repressed by Sutherlandia ethanol extract, including the canonical Hh-responsive genes Gli1 and Ptch1 as well as newly distinguished Hh-responsive genes Hsd11b1 and Penk.
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prostate cancer, gene expression, cancer treatment, colorectal cancer, small cell lung cancer, gene ontologies, ethanol, prostate gland, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Lu, Y., Starkey, N., Lei, W., Li, J., Cheng, J., Folk, W. R., & Lubahn, D. B. (2015). Inhibition of hedgehog-signaling driven genes in prostate cancer cells by Sutherlandia frutescens extract. PLoS One, 10(12), e0145507.
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