Apigenin inhibits colonic inflammation and tumorigenesis by suppressing STAT3-NF-κB signaling

Apigenin is a naturally occurring compound with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties. Here, we investigated the effects of apigeninin inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Apigenin effectively inhibited ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, and CAC. Apigenin decreased myeloperoxidase (MPO), inflammatory cytokine and COX-2 levels, and it attenuated inflammatory cell infiltration in treated colon tissues as compared to untreated model colon tissues. Apigenin also reduced NF-κB and STAT3 activity in vitro and in vivo, thereby inhibiting inflammation and inflammation-induced carcinogenesis. Thus apigenin appears to inhibit inflammation and inflammation-induced carcinogenesisin IBD and CAC by suppressing STAT3-NF-κB signaling.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 8(2017), 59 vom: 21. Nov., Seite 100216-100226

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ai, Xiao-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui-Jua [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Zhan-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jia-Huan [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Wei-Long [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yan-Rong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hong-Gang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Cheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apigenin
CAC
IBD
Journal Article
NF-κB
STAT3

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.22145

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NLM279104545