Quercetin Suppresses Glioma Stem Cells via Activating p16-INK4 Gene Expression through Epigenetic Regulation.

IF 2.6 4区医学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL

Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.2174/0118715206332048241126095207

Jianliang Li, Jingchen Li, Erkun Guo

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Abstract

Objectives: Our study aimed to explore the effects of quercetin on glioma stem cells in patients with brain tumors.

Methods: Human glioblastoma cell line, U373MG, or glioma stem cell lines, were treated with quercetin. Cell viability was determined by using the cell counting kit 8 assays. Cell apoptosis was determined by using the Annexin-V reagent. Western blotting and qPCR were used to detect the protein and mRNA levels of cyclindependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16INK4a). Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis was used to determine the enrichment of H3K27me3 on the p16-INK4 locus with or without quercetin.

Results: Treatment with quercetin inhibited cell viability and induced cell apoptosis in U373MG cells. Moreover, treatment with quercetin inhibited the cell viability of four glioma stem cell lines (G3, G10, G15, and G17) from brain tumor samples at high concentrations while having no obvious effects for the other two glioma stem cell lines (G9 and G21). Treatment with quercetin increased the mRNA and protein levels of p16- INK4 in glioma stem cell lines. The study of the underlying mechanism revealed that treatment with quercetin reduced H3K27me3 (an epigenetic modification to the DNA packaging protein histone H3) levels at the p16-INK4 locus.

Conclusions: In conclusion, quercetin inhibits glioma cell growth by activating p16-INK4 gene expression through epigenetic regulation.

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Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry ONCOLOGY-CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL

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5.10

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3.60%

发文量

323

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Formerly: Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Cancer Agents. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry aims to cover all the latest and outstanding developments in medicinal chemistry and rational drug design for the discovery of anti-cancer agents. Each issue contains a series of timely in-depth reviews and guest edited issues written by leaders in the field covering a range of current topics in cancer medicinal chemistry. The journal only considers high quality research papers for publication. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry is an essential journal for every medicinal chemist who wishes to be kept informed and up-to-date with the latest and most important developments in cancer drug discovery.