Dietary compounds for targeting prostate cancer

Seungjin Noh, Eunseok Choi, Cho Hyun Hwang, Ji Hoon Jung, Sung Hoon Kim, Bonglee Kim

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Abstract

Prostate cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, and the burden of the disease is increased. Although several chemotherapies have been used, concerns about the side effects have been raised, and development of alternative therapy is inevitable. The purpose of this study is to prove the efficacy of dietary substances as a source of anti-tumor drugs by identifying their carcinostatic activities in specific pathological mechanisms. According to numerous studies, dietary substances were effective through following five mechanisms; apoptosis, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastasis, microRNA (miRNA) regulation, and anti-multi-drug-resistance (MDR). About seventy dietary substances showed the anti-prostate cancer activities. Most of the substances induced the apoptosis, especially acting on the mechanism of caspase and poly adenosine diphosphate ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage. These findings support that dietary compounds have potential to be used as anticancer agents as both food supplements and direct clinical drugs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2401
JournalNutrients
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019

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Keywords

  • Angiogenesis
  • Apoptosis
  • Dietary compounds
  • Metastasis
  • MiRNA
  • Multi drug resistance
  • Natural compounds
  • Prostate cancer

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