Berberine, a natural cholesterol reducing product, exerts antitumor cytostatic/cytotoxic effects independently from the mevalonate pathway

  • Authors:
    • Tadeusz Issat
    • Marek Jakóbisiak
    • Jakub Golab
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  • Published online on: December 1, 2006     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.16.6.1273
  • Pages: 1273-1276
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the mevalonate pathway in the cytostatic/cytotoxic effects of berberine, a natural plant alkaloid that reduces cholesterol concentration. Berberine as well as lovastatin, an inhibitor of the mevalonate pathway, exerted dose-dependent cytostatic/cytotoxic effects against human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB231). Although the mevalonate pathway metabolites (mevalonic acid, farnesyl pyrophosphate, geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate) effectively reversed cytostatic/cytotoxic effects of lovastatin against MDA-MB231 cells, they were not effective in influencing the cytostatic/cytotoxic effects of berberine. The cytostatic/cytotoxic effects of berberine do not seem to result from inhibition of the mevalonate pathway.

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Issat T, Jakóbisiak M and Golab J: Berberine, a natural cholesterol reducing product, exerts antitumor cytostatic/cytotoxic effects independently from the mevalonate pathway. Oncol Rep 16: 1273-1276, 2006
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Issat, T., Jakóbisiak, M., & Golab, J. (2006). Berberine, a natural cholesterol reducing product, exerts antitumor cytostatic/cytotoxic effects independently from the mevalonate pathway. Oncology Reports, 16, 1273-1276. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.16.6.1273
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Issat, T., Jakóbisiak, M., Golab, J."Berberine, a natural cholesterol reducing product, exerts antitumor cytostatic/cytotoxic effects independently from the mevalonate pathway". Oncology Reports 16.6 (2006): 1273-1276.
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Issat, T., Jakóbisiak, M., Golab, J."Berberine, a natural cholesterol reducing product, exerts antitumor cytostatic/cytotoxic effects independently from the mevalonate pathway". Oncology Reports 16, no. 6 (2006): 1273-1276. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.16.6.1273