Activation of PPARγ inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells
- 15 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 455 (1-2), 135-139
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00871-6
Abstract
We investigated the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and the role of PPARγ in cell growth in human gastric cancer cells. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, Northern blot and Western blot analyses showed that a human gastric cancer cell line, MKN45, expressed PPARγ mRNA and protein. Luciferase assay in MKN45 cells showed that troglitazone, a selective ligand for PPARγ, transactivated the transcription of a peroxisome proliferator response element-driven promoter. Troglitazone or pioglitazone, selective ligands for PPARγ, inhibited the growth of MKN45 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Co-incubation of MKN45 cells with troglitazone induced DNA ladder formation. These results suggest that human gastric cancer cells express PPARγ and that activation of PPARγ inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in gastric cancer cellsThis publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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