title: Inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth by 3',4',5'-trimethoxyflavonol (TMFol).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  TMFol (3',4',5'-trimethoxyflavonol) is a synthetic analogue of the naturally occurring flavonol fisetin and quercetin, which have been considered of potential usefulness in the management of prostate cancer. We investigated whether TMFol may have preclinical features superior to those of its two flavonol congeners.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ability of the three flavonols to compromise prostate cancer cell survival was tested in four prostate cancer cell types 22Rv1, TRAMP C2, PC-3 and LNCaP. The effect of TMFol on prostate cancer development in vivo was investigated in nude mice bearing the 22Rv1 or TRAMP C2 tumours.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TMFol inhibited cell growth in vitro in all four prostate cancer cell types more potently than fisetin and quercetin. It also interfered with TRAMP C2 tumour development in vivo, while fisetin and quercetin at equivalent doses were without activity in this model. Likewise, TMFol slowed the growth of the 22Rv1 tumour in vivo. Efficacy in either model was accompanied by induction of apoptosis, although in vitro only TRAMP C2 cells, but not 22Rv1, underwent apoptosis when exposed to TMFol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support the notion that among the three congeneric flavonols, quercetin, fisetin and TMFol, the latter may be the most suitable candidate agent for potential development in prostate cancer management.
authors.affiliation: Chemoprevention Group, Department of Cancer Studies, RKCSB, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
authors.forename: C U F Kelly
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Shaban E A
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: Andreas J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gescher
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sale
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Howells
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D044948:Flavonols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: C578455:3',4',5'-trimethoxyflavonol; D044948:Flavonols