Molecular mechanisms of curcumin-induced cytotoxicity: induction of apoptosis through generation of reactive oxygen species, down-regulation of Bcl-XL and IAP, the release of cytochrome c and inhibition of Akt. [electronic resource]
- Carcinogenesis Jul 2003
- 1199-208 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
0143-3334
10.1093/carcin/bgg082 doi
Antineoplastic Agents--pharmacology Apoptosis--drug effects Blotting, Western Carcinoma, Renal Cell--metabolism Caspases--metabolism Curcumin--pharmacology Cytochrome c Group--metabolism Down-Regulation Enzyme Activation--drug effects Enzyme Inhibitors--pharmacology Free Radical Scavengers--pharmacology Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Humans Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Kidney Neoplasms--metabolism Mitochondria--drug effects Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases--metabolism Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Proteins--antagonists & inhibitors Proto-Oncogene Proteins--antagonists & inhibitors Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2--antagonists & inhibitors RNA, Messenger--metabolism Reactive Oxygen Species Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Tumor Cells, Cultured bcl-2-Associated X Protein bcl-X Protein