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Effects of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid on androgen-mediated cell growth and gene expression in LNCaP prostate cancer cells

Authors
 Byung Ha Chung  ;  Susan H. Mitchell  ;  Jin-San Zhang  ;  Charles Y. F. Young 
Citation
 CARCINOGENESIS, Vol.22(8) : 1201-1206, 2001 
Journal Title
CARCINOGENESIS
ISSN
 0143-3334 
Issue Date
2001
MeSH
Androgen Receptor Antagonists* ; Androgens/physiology* ; Blotting, Northern ; Blotting, Western ; Cell Division/drug effects* ; Cell Division/physiology ; Docosahexaenoic Acids/pharmacology* ; Eicosapentaenoic Acid/pharmacology* ; Gene Expression/drug effects* ; Gene Expression/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Receptors, Androgen/genetics ; Receptors, Androgen/metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
Abstract
There is some epidemiological support for a protective influence of ω-3 fatty acids against prostate cancer. We wanted to explore whether ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) can affect androgen receptor function in prostate cancer cells. Our study showed that both DHA and EPA inhibit androgen-stimulated cell growth. Androgenic induction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) protein was repressed by DHA and EPA in a dose-dependent manner. The mRNA levels of five androgen up-regulated genes, PSA, ornithine decarboxylase, NKX 3.1, immunophilin fkbp 51 and Drg-1, were decreased with DHA treatment in the presence of androgens. Transfection experiments using a DNA vector containing androgen-responsive elements demonstrated that both DHA and EPA could interfere with transactivation activities of the androgen receptor (AR). However, western blot analysis of AR protein showed that DHA and EPA treatments did not change AR expression levels. Interestingly, the proto-oncoprotein c-jun was increased by DHA treatment. A transient transfection found that forced expression of c-jun inhibited AR transactivation activity. Thus, this study found that the inhibitory effects of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on AR-mediated actions are due, at least in part, to an increase in c-jun protein.
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DOI
10.1093/carcin/22.8.1201
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Urology (비뇨의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Chung, Byung Ha(정병하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-3660
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/142947
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