PMID- 23219897 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130402 LR - 20181202 IS - 1872-7980 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3835 (Linking) VI - 330 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Apr 28 TI - Nuclear factor-E2 (Nrf2) is regulated through the differential activation of ERK1/2 and PKC alpha/betaII by Gymnasterkoreayne B. PG - 225-32 LID - S0304-3835(12)00715-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.11.053 [doi] AB - Phytochemicals are well known to have cancer chemopreventive effects by induction of phase II detoxification enzymes including quinone reductase (NQO-1) and glutathione-S-transferases. These detoxification enzymes are commonly regulated by nuclear factor-E2 (Nrf2), which is a representative antioxidant and cytoprotective factor involved in cancer chemoprevention. As one of the known quinone reductase (QR) inducers and Nrf2 activators, Gymnasterkoreayne B (GKB) isolated from Gymnaster (Aster) koraiensis was used to elucidate the upstream signalling pathway for Nrf2 regulation. In this study, we confirmed that GKB significantly increases expression levels of Nrf2 in HCT116 human colon cancer cells. We found the probable mechanism of upstream signalling pathways to activate Nrf2 by GKB. To reveal the pathway that affects Nrf2 translocation by GKB, we examined changes in various kinases in HCT116 cells treated with GKB. We observed that ERK and PKC pathways are particularly involved in the activation of Nrf2 by GKB, followed by translocation of Nrf2 and induction of NQO-1. These results suggest that GKB induces Nrf2 translocation and expression by differential regulation of ERK and PKC pathways in HCT116 cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Lee, Kyung-Mi AU - Lee KM AD - Functional Food Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kang, Kyungsu AU - Kang K FAU - Lee, Saet Byoul AU - Lee SB FAU - Nho, Chu Won AU - Nho CW LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121205 PL - Ireland TA - Cancer Lett JT - Cancer letters JID - 7600053 RN - 0 (Anticarcinogenic Agents) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (gymnasterkoreayne B) RN - 25067-58-7 (Polyynes) RN - EC 1.6.5.2 (NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)) RN - EC 1.6.5.2 (NQO1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C beta) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus MH - Anticarcinogenic Agents/*pharmacology MH - HCT116 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*physiology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*physiology MH - NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*physiology MH - Polyynes/*pharmacology MH - Protein Kinase C/*physiology MH - Protein Kinase C beta MH - Protein Kinase C-alpha/*physiology EDAT- 2012/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/03 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/11 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/03 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3835(12)00715-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.11.053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Lett. 2013 Apr 28;330(2):225-32. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.11.053. Epub 2012 Dec 5.