Mitochondrial mutations and mitoepigenetics: Focus on regulation of oxidative stress-induced responses in breast cancers

K Chen, P Lu, NM Beeraka, OA Sukocheva… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic regulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is an emerging and fast-develo**
field of research. Compared to regulation of nucler DNA, mechanisms of mtDNA epigenetic …

Targeting glucose transporters for breast cancer therapy: the effect of natural and synthetic compounds

AM Barbosa, F Martel - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Reprogramming of cellular energy metabolism is widely accepted to be a cancer hallmark.
The deviant energetic metabolism of cancer cells-known as the Warburg effect-consists in …

Revisiting the therapeutic potential of tocotrienol

R Ranasinghe, M Mathai, A Zulli - Biofactors, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The therapeutic potential of the tocotrienol group stems from its nutraceutical properties as a
dietary supplement. It is largely considered to be safe when consumed at low doses for …

Therapeutic aspects of AMPK in breast cancer: Progress, challenges, and future directions

L Ponnusamy, SR Natarajan, K Thangaraj… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most ubiquitous type of neoplasms among women worldwide.
Molecular aberrations associated with breast development and progressions have been …

Natural forms of vitamin E and metabolites—regulation of cancer cell death and underlying mechanisms

Q Jiang - IUBMB life, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The disappointing results from large clinical studies of α‐tocopherol (αT), the major form of
vitamin E in tissues, for prevention of chronic diseases including cancer have cast doubt on …

Anticancer properties of tocotrienols: A review of cellular mechanisms and molecular targets

M Montagnani Marelli, M Marzagalli… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin E is composed of two groups of compounds: α‐, β‐, γ‐, and δ‐tocopherols (TPs),
and the corresponding unsaturated tocotrienols (TTs). TTs are found in natural sources such …

Natural 6-hydroxy-chromanols and-chromenols: Structural diversity, biosynthetic pathways and health implications

M Birringer, K Siems, A Maxones, J Frank… - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the first comprehensive and systematic review on the structurally diverse toco-
chromanols and-chromenols found in photosynthetic organisms, including marine …

Beta-tocotrienol exhibits more cytotoxic effects than gamma-tocotrienol on breast cancer cells by promoting apoptosis via a P53-independent PI3-kinase dependent …

M Idriss, MH Hodroj, R Fakhoury, S Rizk - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Studies on tocotrienols have progressively revealed the benefits of these vitamin E isoforms
on human health. Beta-tocotrienol (beta-T3) is known to be less available in nature …

γ-Tocotrienol-induced autophagy in malignant mammary cancer cells

RV Tiwari, P Parajuli… - Experimental Biology and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
γ-Tocotrienol, a member of the vitamin E family of compounds, displays potent
antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects in a variety of cancer cell types at treatment doses that …

Antiproliferative effects of γ-tocotrienol are associated with lipid raft disruption in HER2-positive human breast cancer cells

OA Alawin, RA Ahmed, BA Ibrahim, KP Briski… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2016 - Elsevier
A large percentage of human breast cancers are characterized by excessive or aberrant
HER2 activity. Lipid rafts are specialized microdomains within the plasma membrane that …