PMID- 16007131 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051207 LR - 20131121 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 48 DP - 2005 Nov 3 TI - Luteolin induces apoptosis via death receptor 5 upregulation in human malignant tumor cells. PG - 7180-9 AB - Luteolin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, induces apoptosis in various cancer cells. Little is known however concerning the underlying molecular mechanisms responsible for this activity. In this report, we reveal a novel mechanism by which luteolin-induced apoptosis occurs, and show for the first time that the apoptosis by luteolin is mediated through death receptor 5 (DR5) upregulation. Luteolin markedly induced the expression of DR5, along with Bcl-2-interacting domain cleavage and the activation of caspase-8, -10, -9 and -3. In addition, suppression of DR5 expression with siRNA efficiently reduced luteolin-induced caspase activation and apoptosis. Human recombinant DR5/Fc also inhibited luteolin-induced apoptosis. On the other hand, luteolin induced neither DR5 protein expression nor apoptosis in normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. These results suggest that DR5 induced by luteolin plays a role in luteolin-induced apoptosis, and raises the possibility that treatment with luteolin might be promising as a new therapy against cancer. CI - Oncogene (2005) 24, 7180-7189. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208874; published online 11 July 2005. FAU - Horinaka, Mano AU - Horinaka M AD - Department of Molecular-Targeting Cancer Prevention, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. FAU - Yoshida, Tatsushi AU - Yoshida T FAU - Shiraishi, Takumi AU - Shiraishi T FAU - Nakata, Susumu AU - Nakata S FAU - Wakada, Miki AU - Wakada M FAU - Nakanishi, Ryoko AU - Nakanishi R FAU - Nishino, Hoyoku AU - Nishino H FAU - Matsui, Hiroshi AU - Matsui H FAU - Sakai, Toshiyuki AU - Sakai T LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein) RN - 0 (Caspase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (TNFRSF10A protein, human) RN - 0 (TNFRSF10B protein, human) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - KUX1ZNC9J2 (Luteolin) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein/metabolism MH - Blotting, Western MH - Caspase Inhibitors MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/*drug effects MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Luciferases/metabolism MH - Luteolin/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation/*drug effects EDAT- 2005/07/12 09:00 MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00 CRDT- 2005/07/12 09:00 PHST- 2005/07/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/07/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - 1208874 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1208874 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2005 Nov 3;24(48):7180-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208874.