title: Effect of trans-resveratrol on signal transduction pathways involved in paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.
abstract: trans-Resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene) is able to significantly reduce paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in the human neuroblastoma (HN) SH-SY5Y cell line, acting on several cellular signaling pathways that are involved in paclitaxel-induced apoptosis. trans-Resveratrol reverses phosphorylation of Bcl-2 induced by paclitaxel and concomitantly blocks Raf-1 phosphorylation, also observed after paclitaxel exposure, thus suggesting that Bcl-2 inactivation may be dependent on the activation of the Raf/Ras cascade. trans-Resveratrol also reverses the sustained phosphorylation of JNK/SAPK, which specifically occurs after paclitaxel exposure.Overall, our observations demonstrate that (a) the toxic action of paclitaxel on neuronal-like cells is not only related to the effect of the drug on tubulin, but also to its capacity to activate several intracellular pathways leading to inactivation of Bcl-2, thus causing cells to die by apoptosis, (b) trans-resveratrol significantly reduces paclitaxel-induced apoptosis by modulating the cellular signaling pathways which commit the cell to apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia, Via Cadore 48, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20052 Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rigolio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scuteri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miloso
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saccomanno
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavaletti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tredici
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D053179:Caspase 7; D020169:Caspases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000077185:Resveratrol; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D013267:Stilbenes; D004247:DNA; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C505520:CASP7 protein, human; D053179:Caspase 7; D020169:Caspases; D017239:Paclitaxel; D000077185:Resveratrol