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Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells

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    • Carolina Alonso-González
    • Javier Menéndez-Menéndez
    • Alicia González-González
    • Alicia González
    • Samuel Cos
    • Carlos Martínez-Campa
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    Affiliations: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria and Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), ES-39011 Santander, Spain
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Results from clinical trials and multiple in vivo and in vitro studies point to melatonin as a promising adjuvant molecule with many beneficial effects when concomitantly administered with chemotherapy. Melatonin palliates side‑effects and enhances the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. However, the mechanisms through which melatonin regulates molecular changes induced by chemotherapeutic agents remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that melatonin enhanced the anti-proliferative and apoptotic responses to low doses of docetaxel in breast cancer cells. Importantly, these effects were more potent when melatonin was added prior to docetaxel. Treatment with 1 µM docetaxel (equivalent to the therapeutic dosage) induced changes in gene expression profiles and melatonin modulated these changes. Specifically, docetaxel downregulated TP53, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A) and cadherin 13 (CDH13), and upregulated mucin 1 (MUC1), GATA binding protein 3 (GATA3) and c-MYC, whereas melatonin counteracted these effects. Melatonin further stimulated the expression of the pro-apoptotic BAD and BAX genes, and enhanced the inhibition of the anti-apoptotic gene BCL-2 induced by docetaxel. The findings of this study suggest that melatonin is a molecule with potential for use as an adjuvant in cancer chemotherapy, which may have implications for designing clinical trials using chemotherapeutic drugs in combination with melatonin.
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Alonso-González C, Menéndez-Menéndez J, González-González A, González A, Cos S and Martínez-Campa C: Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells. Int J Oncol 52: 560-570, 2018.
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Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., & Martínez-Campa, C. (2018). Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology, 52, 560-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4213
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Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., Martínez-Campa, C."Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 52.2 (2018): 560-570.
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Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., Martínez-Campa, C."Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 52, no. 2 (2018): 560-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4213
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Alonso-González C, Menéndez-Menéndez J, González-González A, González A, Cos S and Martínez-Campa C: Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells. Int J Oncol 52: 560-570, 2018.
APA
Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., & Martínez-Campa, C. (2018). Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology, 52, 560-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4213
MLA
Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., Martínez-Campa, C."Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 52.2 (2018): 560-570.
Chicago
Alonso-González, C., Menéndez-Menéndez, J., González-González, A., González, A., Cos, S., Martínez-Campa, C."Melatonin enhances the apoptotic effects and modulates the changes in gene expression induced by docetaxel in MCF‑7 human breast cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology 52, no. 2 (2018): 560-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4213
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