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Gallic acid provokes DNA damage and suppresses DNA repair gene expression in human prostate cancer PC‐3 cells
Author(s) -
Liu KuoChing,
Ho HengChien,
Huang AnCheng,
Ji BinChuan,
Lin HuiYi,
Chueh FuShin,
Yang JaiSing,
Lu ChiCheng,
Chiang JoHua,
Meng Menghsiao,
Chung JingGung
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1522-7278
pISSN - 1520-4081
DOI - 10.1002/tox.20752
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , dna damage , comet assay , dna repair , biology , dna fragmentation , cancer cell , dna , apoptosis , chemistry , programmed cell death , biochemistry , cancer , genetics
Our earlier studies have demonstrated that gallic acid (GA) induced cytotoxic effects including induction of apoptosis and DNA damage and inhibited the cell migration and invasion in human cancer cells. However, GA‐affected DNA damage and repair gene expressions in human prostate cancer cells are still unclear. In this study, we investigated whether or not GA induces DNA damage and inhibits DNA repair gene expression in a human prostate cancer cell line (PC‐3). The results from flow cytometric assay indicated that GA decreased the percentage of viable PC‐3 cells in a dose‐ and time‐dependent manner. PC‐3 cells after exposure to different doses (50, 100, and 200 μM) of GA and various periods of time (12, 24, and 48 h) led to a longer DNA migration smear (comet tail) occurred based on the single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay). These observations indicated that GA‐induced DNA damage in PC‐3 cells, which also confirmed by 4,6‐diamidino‐2‐phenylindole dihydrochloride staining and DNA agarose gel electrophoresis. Alternatively, results from real‐time polymerase chain reaction assay also indicated that GA inhibited ataxia telangiectasia mutated, ataxia‐telangiectasia and Rad3‐related, O 6 ‐methylguanine‐DNA methyltransferase, DNA‐dependent serine/threonine protein kinase, and p53 mRNA expressions in PC‐3 cells. Taken together, the present study showed that GA caused DNA damage and inhibited DNA repair genes as well as both effects may be the critical factors for GA‐inhibited growth of PC‐3 cells in vitro . © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 28: 579–587, 2013.