Abstract
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. Currently, there is no effective therapy for malignant estrogen-independent breast cancer. In our study, we used hydrogen peroxide, a well-known strong oxidative reagent capable of activating the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factor. The IC 50 value of the culinary-medicinal Shaggy Inc Cap mushroom Coprinus comatus culture liquid crude extract on MCF7 cell viability was found to be as low as 76 μg/mL, and the 50 value of C. comatus ethyl acetate extract was only 32 μg/ mL. Our results also showed that both extracts significantly affected IκBα phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. The effect of ethyl acetate extract was comparable to the effect of curcumin, a known NF-κB pathway inhibitor, and seemed to be the most active inhibitor of H 2O 2-dependent IκBα phosphorylation. In addition, the data obtained showed that only ethyl acetate extract inhibited the activity of IKK complex, at close to 90% as compared to the control of the untreated sample. These results suggest that C. comatus contains potent compounds capable of inhibiting NF-κB function and also possibly acts as an antitumor agent.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 19-25 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Received January 14, 1986. Accepted October 2, 1986. Address requests for reprints to: J. H. Szurszewski, Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. Parts of this study were previously published in abstract form (GASTROENTEROLOGY 1982;82:1080). This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (AM 17632). The authors thank Dr. David Donald for guidance and assistance in performing the surgical procedures, Phil Schmalz for assistance in the operating procedures and for stastical analysis of the data, and Jan Applequist for patiently typing the manuscript. © 1987 by the American Gastroenterological Association
Keywords
- Coprinus comatus substances
- IKK complex
- IκBα phosphorylation
- Medicinal mushrooms
- NF-κB activation pathway
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery