Abstract
THF-diols (9,12-oxy-10,13-dihydroxyoctadecanoic and 10,13-oxy-9,12-dihydroxyoctadecanoic acids) are endocrine disrupters in rats and mitogens in breast cancer cells. Microarray analyses and real-time PCR analyses on RNA from THF-treated MCF-7 cells revealed a number of genes (caveolin 1, heat shock protein 90α and 90β, vascular endothelial growth factor, ATPase, Ca++ transporting, ubiquitous) in the nitric oxide pathway (NOP) were targets for THF-diols. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies suggest THF-diols modify of histone H4 acetylation at the caveolin 1 promoter via an epigenetic mechanism. These findings are consistent with the well-known involvement of NOP genes in cell proliferation and sexual behavior.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-273 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Cancer Letters |
| Volume | 264 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 18 2008 |
Keywords
- Endocrine disruptor
- Growth regulation
- Human breast cancer
- Microarray
- Nitric oxide
- Reproduction
- Tetrahydrofurandiol