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Chintharlapalli, S. et al.

1,1-Bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substitutedphenyl)methanes are peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists but decrease HCT-116 colon cancer cell survival through receptor-independent activation of early growth response-1 and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene-1.

1,1-Bis-(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substitutedphenyl)methanes containing p-trifluoromethyl (DIM-C-pPhCF3), p-t-butyl (DIM-C-pPhtBu), and phenyl (DIM-C-pPhC6H5) substituents decrease survival of HCT-116 colon cancer cells and activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma in this and other cancer cell lines. These PPARgamma-active compounds had minimal effects on expression of cell cycle proteins and did not induce caveolin-1 in HCT-116 cells. However, these compounds induced nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene-1 (NAG-1) and apoptosis in HCT-116 cells, and in time-course studies, the PPARgamma agonists maximally induced early growth response-1 (Egr-1) protein within 2 h, whereas a longer time course was observed for induction of NAG-1 protein. These data, coupled with deletion and mutation analysis of both the Egr-1 and NAG-1 gene promoters, indicate that activation of NAG-1 by these compounds was dependent on prior induction of Egr-1, and induction of these responses was PPARgamma-independent. Results of kinase inhibitor studies also demonstrated that activation of Egr-1/NAG-1 by methylene-substituted diindolylmethanes (C-DIMs) was phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent, and this represents a novel receptor-independent pathway for C-DIM-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in colon cancer cells.[1]

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1,1-Bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substitutedphenyl)methanes are peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists but decrease HCT-116 colon cancer cell survival through receptor-independent activation of early growth response-1 and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene-1. Chintharlapalli, S., Papineni, S., Baek, S.J., Liu, S., Safe, S. Mol. Pharmacol. (2005) [Pubmed]

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