title: Induction of apoptosis in a human breast cancer cell overexpressing ErbB-2 receptor by alpha-tocopheryloxybutyric acid.
abstract: The overexpression of ErbB-2 receptor relates to malignant transformation of breast cancer. The present study was carried out to establish the usefulness of alpha-tocopheryloxybutyric acid (TE) as a chemotherapeutic agent for human breast cancer. TE caused induction of apoptosis in MDA-MB-453 cells overexpressing the ErbB-2 receptor. TE reduced levels of activated ErbB-2 receptor and Akt. In contrast, TE induced the activation of p38, and SB203580, a specific inhibitor for p38, attenuated the TE-induced apoptosis. These data indicate that simultaneous occurrences of Akt inhibition and p38 activation by TE result in the cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akazawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Itsumaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kumadaki
authors.forename: Haruna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Kiyokazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Sung Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D014810:Vitamin E; C113106:tocopheryloxybutyric acid