Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer related deaths and is a disease with poor prognosis. It is refractory to standard chemotherapeutic drugs or to novel treatment modalities, making it imperative to find new treatments. In this study, using both primary and metastatic pancreatic cancer cell lines, we have demonstrated that the flavonoid myricetin induced pancreatic cancer cell death in vitro via apoptosis, and caused a decrease in PI3 kinase activity. In vivo, treatment of orthotopic pancreatic tumors with myricetin resulted in tumor regression and decreased metastatic spread. Importantly, myricetin was non-toxic, both in vitro and in vivo, underscoring its use as a therapeutic agent against pancreatic cancer.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-188 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cancer Letters |
Volume | 308 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 28 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported in part from an NIH grants DK-58694 and CA-124723 (AKS). P.A.P. is currently supported by a Cancer Institute NSW Fellowship (2009–2012).
Keywords
- Apoptosis
- Myricetin
- Orthotopic model
- Pancreatic cancer