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Gamma-tocotrienol treatment increased peroxiredoxin-4 expression in HepG2 liver cancer cell line.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine the antiproliferative effect of gamma-tocotrienol (GTT) treatment on differential protein expression in HepG2 cells.

Methods

HepG2 cells were treated with 70 μM GTT for 48 hours and differentially expressed protein spots were determined by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE), identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer (MS) and validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).

Results

GTT treatment on HepG2 cells showed a total of five differentially expressed proteins when compared to their respective untreated cells where three proteins were down-regulated and two proteins were up-regulated. One of these upregulated proteins was identified as peroxiredoxin-4 (Prx4). Validation by qRT-PCR however showed decreased expression of Prx4 mRNA in HepG2 cells following GTT treatment.

Conclusions

GTT might directly influence the expression dynamics of peroxiredoxin-4 to control proliferation in liver cancer.

SUBMITTER: Abdul Rahman Sazli F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369828 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gamma-tocotrienol treatment increased peroxiredoxin-4 expression in HepG2 liver cancer cell line.

Abdul Rahman Sazli Farahani F Jubri Zakiah Z Abdul Rahman Mariati M Karsani Saiful Anuar SA Md Top Abdul Gapor AG Wan Ngah Wan Zurinah WZ

BMC complementary and alternative medicine 20150313

<h4>Background</h4>To determine the antiproliferative effect of gamma-tocotrienol (GTT) treatment on differential protein expression in HepG2 cells.<h4>Methods</h4>HepG2 cells were treated with 70 μM GTT for 48 hours and differentially expressed protein spots were determined by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE), identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer (MS) and validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).<h4>Results</h4>GTT treatment on HepG2 cells showed a total ...[more]

PMID: 25886747

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Gamma-tocotrienol treatment increased peroxiredoxin-4 expression in HepG2 liver cancer cell line.

Background

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Gamma-tocotrienol treatment increased peroxiredoxin-4 expression in HepG2 liver cancer cell line.

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