title: Effect of conjugated linoleic acid isomers on growth factor-induced proliferation of human breast cancer cells.
abstract: We evaluated the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers on the growth factor-induced proliferation of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. When MCF-7 cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 1% fetal bovine serum (FBS), CLA inhibited the proliferation and notably cis9, trans11 (c9,t11)-CLA showed the strongest effect. However, cells barely grew when cultured with 1% charcoal-treated FBS (cFBS). Proliferation was promoted in cFBS cultured cells by the addition of 17beta-estradiol (E2), insulin, and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Trans10, cis12 (T10,c12)-CLA inhibited cell proliferation induced by E2 and insulin, but not by EGF. T10,c12-CLA also exhibited cell-killing activity when cells were induced with insulin. On the other hand, c9,t11-CLA was shown to have no effect on MCF-7 cell proliferation induced by and of these three growth factors. In conclusion, although both c9, t11 and t10, c12-CLA can inhibit the proliferation of MCF-7 cells, our results suggested that they have separate mechanisms and different targets of actions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chujo
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nou
authors.forename: Nami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016923:Cell Death; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007536:Isomerism; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; D004958:Estradiol; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor