Abstract
Anacardic acid (AnAc), a potential dietary agent for preventing and treating breast cancer, inhibited the proliferation of estrogen receptor α (ERα) positive MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cells. To characterize potential regulators of AnAc action, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were treated for 6 h with purified AnAc 24:1n5 congener followed by next generation transcriptomic sequencing (RNA-seq) and network analysis. We reported that AnAc-differentially regulated miRNA transcriptomes in each cell line and now identify AnAc-regulated changes in mRNA and lncRNA transcript expression. In MCF-7 cells, 80 AnAc-responsive genes were identified, including lncRNA MIR22HG. More AnAc-responsive genes (886) were identified in MDA-MB-231 cells. Only six genes were commonly altered by AnAc in both cell lines: SCD, INSIG1, and TGM2 were decreased and PDK4, GPR176, and ZBT20 were increased. Modeling of AnAc-induced gene changes suggests that AnAc inhibits monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in both cell lines and increases endoplasmic reticulum stress in MDA-MB-231 cells. Since modeling of downregulated genes implicated NFκB in MCF-7, we confirmed that AnAc inhibited TNFα-induced NFκB reporter activity in MCF-7 cells. These data identify new targets and pathways that may account for AnAc's anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 8063 |
Journal | Scientific reports |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Brandie N. Radde for performing the initial cell treatments and RNA isolation for RNA-seq. The research was supported in part by a pilot grant from the University of Louisville Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine to C.M.K. and D.J.S.; and by an Internal Research Grant from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation of the University of Louisville to C.M.K.; E.C.R. and the KBRIN Bioinformatics core are supported by NIH/NIGMS grant P20 GM103436 (Nigel Cooper, PI); A.K. was supported by a NIH 5 T35 DK072923 (Carolyn M. Klinge, PI), S.L.V. was supported by the University of Louisville Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP).
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