Omega-3 fatty acids decrease protein kinase expression in human breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2001 Jun;67(3):279-83. doi: 10.1023/a:1017968029628.

Abstract

We report that 5-day exposure to physiological concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids resulted in a strong decrease in expression of the RIalpha regulatory subunit of protein kinase A and the PKC-alpha isozyme of protein kinase C in the human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arachidonic Acids / pharmacology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / biosynthesis*
  • Docosahexaenoic Acids / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes
  • Protein Kinase C / biosynthesis*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Arachidonic Acids
  • Isoenzymes
  • Docosahexaenoic Acids
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Protein Kinase C