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Curcumin induces apoptosis of HepG2 cells via inhibiting fatty acid synthase.

Curcumin induces apoptosis of HepG2 cells via inhibiting fatty acid synthase.

Targeted oncology (2013-07-04)

Huijin Fan, Weixi Tian, Xiaofeng Ma

ABSTRACT

Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is highly expressed in many kinds of human cancers, including liver cancer. Curcumin is the major active ingredient of Curcuma longa and has long been used to treat a variety of maladies. In the present study, we investigated the potential use of curcumin as a kind of FAS inhibitor for chemoprevention of liver cancer. Curcumin induced HepG2 cell apoptosis with the IC50 value of 8.84 μg/ml. It inhibited intracellular FAS activity, and downregulated expression and mRNA level of FAS in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, sodium palmitate could rescue cell apoptosis induced by curcumin. Further studies reviewed that siRNA of FAS showed similar results as curcumin. These findings suggested that curcumin might be useful for preventing or treating liver cancer.

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