γ-Tocotrienol inhibited cell proliferation and induced a paraptosis-like cell death in human colon cancer cell and may be a potential treatment to prevent and treat apoptosis-resistance colon cancer. - GreenMedInfo Summary
γ-Tocotrienol induces paraptosis-like cell death in human colon carcinoma SW620 cells.
PLoS One. 2013 ;8(2):e57779. Epub 2013 Feb 28. PMID: 23469066
Jing-Shu Zhang
Colorectal cancer is one of the most serious illnesses among diagnosed cancer. As a new type of anti-cancer composition from tocotrienol-rich fraction of palm oil,γ-tocotrienol is widely used in anti-cancer research. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of γ-tocotrienol on human colon cancer SW620 and HCT-8 cells. We showed that treatment with different concentrations of γ-tocotrienol resulted in a dose dependent inhibition of cellgrowth. Cell death induced by γ-tocotrienol was mediated by a paraptosis-like cell death in SW620 and HCT-8 cells. Real-time RT-PCR and western blot analyses showed that γ-tocotrienol inhibited the expression level of β-catenin, cyclin D1 and c-jun. These data suggest that a paraptosis-like celldeath induced by γ-tocotrienol in SW620 cells is associated with the suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway, which offers a novel tool for treating apoptosis-resistance colon cancer.