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Downregulation of the Cyclin D1/Cdk4 Complex Occurs during Resveratrol-Induced Cell Cycle Arrest in Colon Cancer Cell Lines1

Freya Wolter, Bora Akoglu, Antje Clausnitzer and Jürgen Stein2

2nd Department of Medicine, J. W. Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany

2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: j.stein{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de.


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Resveratrol is a naturally occurring polyphenol with cancer chemopreventive properties. The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of resveratrol on the human colonic adenocarcinoma cell line Caco-2. The compound inhibited cell growth and proliferation of Caco-2 cells in a dose-dependent manner (12.5–200 µmol/L) as assessed by crystal violet assay, [3H]thymidine and [14C]leucine incorporation. Furthermore, apoptosis was determined by measuring caspase-3 activity, which increased significantly after 24 and 48 h of treatment with 200 µmol/L resveratrol. Perturbed cell cycle progression from the S to G2 phase was observed for concentrations up to 50 µmol/L, whereas higher concentrations led to reversal of the S phase arrest. These effects were specific for resveratrol; they were not observed after incubation with the stilbene analogs stilbenemethanol and rhapontin. Levels of cyclin D1 and cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 4 proteins were decreased, as revealed by immunoblotting. In addition, resveratrol enhanced the expression of cyclin E and cyclin A. The protein levels of cdk2, cdk6 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen were unaffected. Similar results were obtained for the colon carcinoma cell line HCT-116, indicating that cell cycle inhibition by resveratrol is independent of cyclooxygenase inhibition. The phosphorylation state of the retinoblastoma protein in Caco-2 cells was shifted from hyperphosphorylated to hypophosphorylated at 200 µmol/L, which may account for reversal of the S phase block at concentrations exceeding 50 µmol/L. These findings suggest that resveratrol exerts chemopreventive effects on colonic cancer cells by inhibition of the cell cycle.


KEY WORDS: • resveratrol • Caco-2 cells • cell cycle • colon cancer


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The polyphenol resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is naturally produced in several plants in response to environmental stress and challenges by plant pathogens (1)Citation . Red wine [contains up to 13.4 mg resveratrol/L (2)Citation ] and peanuts [contain 0.02–1.79 µg resveratrol/g (3)Citation ] represent the main sources in the human diet. The compound has been shown to exhibit cancer chemopreventive properties in different cell culture and animal models. Resveratrol induces HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell differentiation, suppresses prostanoid synthesis by inhibition of cyclooxygenases and induces phase II carcinogen detoxifying enzymes. In addition, it has been reported to inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells in vitro and to reduce the number of preneoplastic lesions in a mouse mammary gland culture model (4)Citation . Moreover, resveratrol induces apoptosis by enhancing the expression of Fas-ligand and activating caspases in HL-60 cells (5)Citation , whereas it decreases the level of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 (6)Citation . Recent studies have demonstrated the inhibitory effect of resveratrol on cell cycle progression (7Citation 8Citation 9)Citation . Most studies report perturbation of the S/G2 phase transition with a decrease of cells in G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle and an increase of cells in S phase (10Citation 11Citation 12Citation 13Citation 14)Citation . Despite a large amount of data on the antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties, the exact mechanism by which resveratrol exerts its effects on tumor cells is unknown. Even fewer data exist concerning inhibition of tumorigenesis and cell growth in the colon. Schneider et al. (15)Citation demonstrated reduced ornithine decarboxylase activity and growth inhibition at the S/G2 phase transition of Caco-2 cells after treatment with 25 µmol/L resveratrol. In addition, it has been shown that resveratrol inhibits growth of colorectal aberrant crypt foci and upregulates bax in azoxymethane-induced carcinogenesis of the rat colon, whereas it reduces p21WAF1/CIP1 protein level overall in the normal surrounding mucosa (16)Citation .

Colonic epithelial cells undergo a sequential process of proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and exfoliation as they migrate along the crypt-villus axis, which is deregulated in carcinogenesis. This process is largely regulated by periodical activation and inactivation of a highly conserved family of cyclin-dependent kinases (cdk)3 (17)Citation . Cdk activity is modulated by the cyclins, which bind to and activate the cdk (18)Citation . They are regulated primarily by their expression levels. A critical event in the development of malignant colorectal carcinomas from benign adenomas is mutation of the tumor suppressor p53 (19)Citation . Loss of p53 function leads to impaired control of cell cycle and apoptosis. Another common characteristic among colon carcinomas is overexpression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. The chemopreventive effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been associated with their ability to inhibit COX (20)Citation . Because resveratrol is a COX inhibitor, it might exert its effects on colon cancer cells via this pathway.

The primary objective of the present study was to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of inhibition of cell cycle progression by resveratrol. Because of the importance of cell cycle regulators in carcinogenesis, we determined whether they can be affected by resveratrol. Therefore, we assessed the influence of resveratrol on positive and negative regulators of the cell cycle in Caco-2 cells and HCT-116, which present well-established cell culture models and differ in p53 and COX expression. Caco-2 cells express mutated p53 and possess active COX-2, whereas HCT-116 cells express wild-type p53, but have no detectable COX activity (21Citation 22Citation 23)Citation . Our interest was in determining whether effects of resveratrol on the cell cycle would differ in these two cell lines.


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Cell culture.

The human colon cancer cell lines Caco-2 and HCT-116 were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, MD). Caco-2 cells of passages 45–55 were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), penicillin (1000 U/L) and streptomycin (1 mg/L). HCT-116 cells of passages 31–37 were cultured in McCoy’s 5A supplemented with 10% FCS, penicillin (1000 U/L) and streptomycin (1 mg/L). Both cell lines were maintained at 37°C under an atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air. The medium was changed three times per week. All cell culture reagents were obtained from Gibco (Eggenstein, Germany). A 1 mol/L stock solution of resveratrol (Sigma Chemical, Deisenhofen, Germany) was prepared in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and stored at -20°C. Control cells not receiving resveratrol routinely had equal amounts of DMSO added to the culture media (<= 0.1%). For treatment with resveratrol, cells were cultured until nearly confluent. The medium was then removed and replaced by a medium containing either solvent or 12.5–200 µmol/L resveratrol. Cytotoxicity was excluded by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany). Stilbenemethanol and rhapontin were obtained from Sigma Chemical.

Cell number.

Determination of cell numbers was carried out using a modification of the method of Matsubara et al. (24)Citation . Briefly, cells were plated at a densitiy of 7 x 103 cells per well in 96-well microtiter plates. Treatment with increasing concentrations of resveratrol was carried out for 24, 48 and 72 h (resveratrol-containing medium was changed after 48 h). At the end of the incubation period, the medium was removed and any adherent cells were fixed to the plate with 5% formaldehyde in PBS. The cells were then stained with an aqueous solution of crystal violet (5 g/L) followed by elution of the dye with 33% aqueous acetic acid. Absorbance at 570 nm was determined with a Tecan Spectrafluor Plus microplate reader (Tecan, Crailshaim, Germany) and the number of cells was determined from a standard curve of absorbance against cell numbers calculated from a mean of six experiments.

Western blot analysis.

Cells were plated on 80 cm2 flasks at a density of 2 x 106 cells per flask, allowed to attach overnight and then exposed to resveratrol vs. DMSO for 24 h. After the cells were washed three times with ice-cold PBS, they were incubated with cell lysis buffer (New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA) containing multiple protease inhibitors (Boehringer Mannheim, Germany) for 20 min at 4°C. Cells were sonicated on ice and centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 5 min to sediment the particulate material. Aliquots of the supernatant were assayed for total protein (BioRad Laboratories, Muenchen, Germany) according to the method described by Bradford (25)Citation . Protein (20 µg/lane) was separated by SDS-PAGE along with prestained molecular weight markers (BioRad Laboratories). The separated proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Schleicher & Schuell, Dassel, Germany) with a semidry blotting device. Membranes were reversibly stained with Ponceau-S red to verify homogeneity of protein blotting. The blots were blocked overnight with Tris-buffered saline containing 0.05% Tween-20 and 30 g/L nonfat milk at 4°C. The level of proteins was assayed using the primary antibodies for 1 h with agitation at room temperature. Immunoreactivity was demonstrated by enhanced chemiluminescence system (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Buckinghamshire, UK) using appropriate horseradish peroxidase conjugated secondary antibodies (1:2000). Reprobing of blots for expression of actin was done routinely. Antibodies against p27KIP1, cdc2, cdk2, cdk4, cdk6, cyclin A and cyclin D1 were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). Anti-p21WAF1/CIP1 (Ab-1) and anti-proliferating cell nuclear antigen (anti-PCNA) were purchased from Oncogene (Cambridge, MA) and anti-pRb and anti-cyclin E from Pharmingen (Becton-Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany). For quantification, the density of the bands was detected with scanning densitometry, using a Desaga CabUVIS scanner and Desaga ProViDoc software (Wiesloch, Germany). Results were expressed as a percentage of the control.

Incorporation of [3H]thymidine and [14C]leucine.

Caco-2 cells cultured in 24-well plates (5 x 104/well) were treated with resveratrol for 24 h. During treatment, the cells were pulsed with 1.8 x 107 Bq/well [3H]thymidine and 9.2 x 108 Bq/well [14C]leucine (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Freiburg, Germany). The medium was discarded, the monolayers were washed three times with PBS and the cellular macromolecules were precipitated using 5% trichloroacetic acid. The acid was aspirated, cells were washed with absolute methanol and formic acid (2.5 mol/L) was used to solubilize the precipitated macromolecules. Probes were transferred to scintillation vials; 3.0 mL scintillation fluid (Packard Biosciences, Groningen, Netherlands) was added and measurements were carried out with a liquid scintillation counter (Packard Instruments, Meridien, CT). Cellular protein concentrations were determined as described in the Western blot analysis section.

Determination of alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity.

Alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker of differentiation was measured using p-nitrophenylphosphate as substrate according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany). Cell lysates of Caco-2 cells treated for 1, 4, 8 or 12 d with 12.5 µmol/L resveratrol were analyzed in the assay. Cellular protein concentrations were determined as described in the Western blot analysis section. AP activity was calculated in units per milligram protein (U/mg protein).

Cell cycle analysis.

Cells were seeded 24 h before treatment in 6-well plates at a density of 15 x 104/well. Cells were washed 24 h after treatment with PBS and harvested by trypsinization (2.5% trypsin/EDTA solution, Gibco). DNA contents of cells were measured using a DNA staining kit (CycleTEST PLUS DNA Reagent Kit, Becton Dickinson). Propidium iodide–stained nuclear fractions were obtained by following the kit protocol. Data were acquired using CellQuest Software (Becton Dickinson) with a FACScalibur (Becton Dickinson) flow cytometry system using 10,000 cells per analysis. Cell cycle distributions were calculated using ModFit LT 2.0 software (Verity Software House, Topsham, ME).

Apoptosis assay.

The EnzCheck caspase-3 assay kit #2 (Molecular Probes, Leiden, Netherlands) was used according to the manufacturers suggestions. Briefly, cells grown in 80 cm2 cell culture flasks were incubated with 200 µmol/L resveratrol, vehicle or 50 µmol/L camptothecin for 8, 24 and 48 h. Floating cells were collected with the medium, and attached cells were collected by trypsinization. Both fractions were counted together with a hemocytometer. Cells (1 x 106/sample) were collected in PBS and centrifuged at 200 x g for 10 min. The supernatant was discarded and the cell pellets were frozen at -80°C until all samples were collected. The pellets were thawed on ice and resuspended in lysis buffer. After complete lysis of the cells, the particulate material was sedimented by centrifugation at 2000 x g for 5 min. The supernatant was incubated with the Z- DEVD-R110 substrate for 30 min. Fluorescence was measured (excitation/emission, 496/520 nm) with the fluorescence microplate reader Tecan SpectraFluor PLUS.

Statistical analysis.

Data are expressed as means ± SD Differences were tested for statistical significance using two-way ANOVA. Individual differences between groups were assessed using the least significant differences (LSD) test (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft, Roselle, IL). A P-value < 0.05 was considered to indicate a significant difference.


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To investigate the ability of resveratrol to inhibit growth of colon cancer cells, various amounts of resveratrol were added to the cell culture medium. Resveratrol significantly reduced the growth rate of Caco-2 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner (Fig. 1Citation ). When Caco-2 cells were treated with 100 µmol/L resveratrol, cell number did not increase after 72 h of incubation, whereas 200 µmol/L treatment reduced cell counts at this time (P < 0.05). To discriminate between an effect of resveratrol on the rate of cell growth as opposed to cell death, thymidine and leucine uptake were used to estimate any net change in biomass. Figure 2Citation shows the effect of increasing concentrations of resveratrol on the proliferation of Caco-2 cells over 24 h when both thymidine and leucine uptake were measured and related to protein content of the cells. Treatment resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of [3H]thymidine and [14C]leucine incorporation. A significant inhibitory effect was observed with resveratrol concentrations >=12.5 µmol/L, and a concentration of 100 µmol/L completely abolished proliferation of Caco-2 cells. The effects were not associated with unspecific toxicity of the compound because LDH activity in the cell culture medium was unaffected by resveratrol treatment (data not shown). AP activity, a marker of differentiation, was assessed in Caco-2 cells, which differentiate spontaneously after 1 wk in culture (increase of AP activity from 10.35 ± 2.23 at d 1 to 117.4 ± 14.06 U/mg protein at d 12). Treatment with 12.5 µmol/L resveratrol increased AP activity from 9.73 ± 4.25 at d 1 to 128.66 ± 4.34 U/mg protein at d 12 (values are means ± SD, n = 6, P < 0.05 vs. control at d 12).



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Figure 1. Effect of increasing concentrations of resveratrol on the growth of Caco-2 colonic adenocarcinoma cells over a 3-d period. Cell numbers were measured using the crystal violet technique. Values are means ± SD, n = 6. Values at a time point not sharing a letter differ significantly, P < 0.05.

 


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Figure 2. Proliferation of Caco-2 cells after resveratrol treatment using [3H]thymidine (panel A) and [14C]leucine incorporation (panel B). Cells were labeled with either [3H]thymidine or [14C]leucine for 24 h. Radioactivity was analyzed as described in Materials and Methods and is related to protein content. Values are means ± SD, n = 5. Values not sharing a letter differ significantly, P < 0.01.

 
DNA flow cytometry was performed to ascertain the cell cycle distribution of exponentially growing Caco-2 and HCT-116 cells after treatment with resveratrol for 24 h (Fig. 3Citation ). Untreated subconfluent Caco-2 cells revealed a constant cell cycle phase distribution of cells in G0/G1 (42.27 ± 0.27%), in S (44.57 ± 0.38%) and G2/M (13.17 ± 0.60%) phases (Fig. 3ACitation ). At 50 µmol/L, resveratrol led to a 54% decline (P < 0.05) of cells in G2/M phase. This effect was associated with a 14% increase (P < 0.05) in proportion of cells in S phase. At higher concentrations (100 and 200 µmol/L), the S phase arrest of the cell cycle was reversed, with values of 44.13 ± 0.13 and 43.93 ± 0.47% in the S phase population, respectively. Similar results were obtained for HCT-116 cells, which possess wild-type p53, and the effects were more dramatic (Fig. 3BCitation ). Under control conditions, the distribution of cells in G0/G1 (37.00 ± 0.84%), S (44.66 ± 0.46%) and G2/M (18.35 ± 0.38%) phases of the cell cycle remained constant during a 24-h incubation. The distribution profile for cells incubated with 50 µmol/L for 24 h recorded 13.23 ± 0.35% of cells in G0/G1, 83.60 ± 2.02% in S and 3.19 ± 2.37% in G2/M. This effect was reversible at higher concentrations. The cell cycle distribution of HCT-116 cells treated with 200 µmol/L resveratrol (32.45 ± 0.39% G0/G1, 48.36 ± 2.81% S, 19.20 ± 3.20% G2/M) differed little from values obtained for controls. To test the specificity of the cell cycle inhibitory effect of resveratrol, we treated Caco-2 cells with the glycosylated stilbene analogs rhapontin (100 µmol/L; 41.37 ± 0.23% G0/G1, 43.60 ± 0.70% S, 15.04 ± 0.30% G2/M) and stilbenemethanol (25 µmol/L; 41.73 ± 0.69% G0/G1, 44.58 ± 0.24% S, 13.70 ± 0.93% G2/M). No significant change in cell cycle distribution was observed (n = 2).



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Figure 3. Cell cycle analysis of Caco-2 (panel A) and HCT-116 colon adenocarcinoma cells (panel B) after treatment with resveratrol at the indicated concentrations for 24 h. On the basis of DNA content, cells in G0/G1 can be distinguished from those in S and G2/M. The percentages of cells in each phase are shown. Values are means ± SD, n = 2. *Significantly different from control values of the corresponding cell cycle phase, P < 0.05.

 
Resveratrol did not affect the protein levels of PCNA, cdc2, cdk2 or cdk6 (Figure 4ACitation ). A dose-dependent reduction in cdk4 and cyclin D1 protein levels was apparent. At concentrations >=100 µmol/L, no cyclin D1 protein was detected. Cyclin A protein level was enhanced at concentrations up to 100 µmol/L. The maximal effect was observed after the addition of 25 µmol/L resveratrol. The amount of cyclin E protein was elevated to a concentration of 200 µmol/L. We further examined the expression of the cell cycle inhibitors p21WAF1/CIP1 and p27KIP1 by immunoblot (Fig. 4BCitation ). A dose-dependent decrease of p27KIP1 was observed. The p21WAF1/CIP1 protein was constitutively present in resveratrol-treated Caco-2 cells. As an indication that resveratrol inhibits cdk activity, we determined the phosphorylation state of pRb by immunoblot. The retinoblastoma protein (pRb), as observed by a shift of the band in Western blot analysis, was changed from the hyperphosphorylated to the hypophosphorylated form at the highest concentration of resveratrol and total pRb protein was decreased. To exclude the possibility that the observed effects of resveratrol on the cell cycle–regulating proteins were cell line specific we incubated HCT-116, a human colorectal cancer cell line with 200 µmol/L resveratrol vs. vehicle for 24 h and performed Western blots with the cellular lysates. As observed in Caco-2 cells, resveratrol treatment decreased cyclin D1, cdk4 and p27KIP1 levels, whereas cdk2 and cdk6 levels were unmodified. The increase in cyclin E protein expression was also apparent in HCT-116 cells (Fig. 5Citation ).



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Figure 4. Western blot analysis of cell cycle regulatory protein expression in Caco-2 cells treated for 24 h with increasing amounts of resveratrol. Equal volumes of whole-cell extracts containing 20 µg (for p21WAF1/CIP1 40 µg) of protein were separated and electrophoretically blotted. For each protein a representative immunoblot is shown (n = 3). Panel A: Influence of resveratrol treatment on cdc2, cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)2, cdk4, cdk6, cyclin A, cyclin D1, cyclin E, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) levels. Panel B: Influence of resveratrol on the protein expression of the cell cycle inhibitors p21WAF1/CIP1, p27KIP1 and tumor suppressor retinoblastoma protein (pRb).

 


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Figure 5. Western blot analysis of cell cycle regulatory proteins cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)2, cdk4, cdk6, cyclin A, cyclin D1, cyclin E, and p27KIP1 expression in HCT-116 cells treated for 24 h with increasing amounts of resveratrol. Equal volumes of whole-cell extracts containing 20 µg of protein were separated and electrophoretically blotted. For each protein, a representative immunoblot is shown (n = 3).

 
To evaluate a possible influence of apoptosis induction on cell growth of Caco-2 cells, we assessed the activity of caspase-3 (Fig. 6Citation ). The topoisomerase inhibitor camptothecin, which induces capase-3–dependent apoptosis, was used as a positive control at 50 µmol/L. After 24 h, a significant increase in caspase-3 cleaving activity was found in resveratrol-treated cells, which was even more apparent after 48 h. Camptothecin induced capase-3 activity significantly after 8 h and led to higher values of capase-3 activity after 24 and 48 h compared with resveratrol.



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Figure 6. Effect of 200 µmol/L resveratrol (Res) vs. control (Con) on caspase-3 activity in Caco-2 cells at the times indicated. The topoisomerase inhibitor camptothecin (Cam) was used at a concentration of 50 µmol/L as a positive control. Activity of caspase-3 was determined on the basis of the cleavage of the fluorogenic substrate Z-DEVD-Rhodamine. Values are means ± SD, n = 3. Values not sharing a letter differ significantly, P < 0.05.

 

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The present study was designed to test whether resveratrol, a polyphenol present in the human diet in grapes, peanuts and red wine, may exert chemopreventive effects on colon cancer cells. Interest in the antitumorigenic properties of resveratrol has been elicited from the work of Jang et al. (4)Citation in which an inhibitory effect has been shown in different stages of tumorigenesis.

This study demonstrates that resveratrol significantly inhibits the growth and proliferation of the human colonic adenocarcinoma cell line Caco-2 in vitro without influencing differentiation. Even though the rise in AP activity, a hallmark of differentiation, was significant after 12 d of treatment with resveratrol, these values cannot be considered physiologically relevant. Comparison with the differentiation-inducing agent butyrate showed that the short-chain fatty acid enhanced Caco-2 cell AP activity at 2 mmol/L six- to sevenfold (26)Citation .

Flow cytometry results indicated a significant reduction of cells in the G2/M phase of the cell division cycle, whereas the S phase population increased, which is consistent with the results obtained by Schneider et al. (15)Citation . These effects are specific for resveratrol because addition of the stilbene analogs stilbenemethanol and rhapontin did not change cell cycle distribution. This prompted us to investigate in further detail the mechanism of action of resveratrol on the cell cycle machinery. Western blot analysis of positive cell cycle regulators (cdc2, cdk2, cdk4, cdk6, cyclin A, cyclin D1 and cyclin E) showed a dose-dependent increase in cyclin E levels and an increase in cyclin A levels only at concentrations up to 100 µmol/L, suggesting the presence of an S to G2 block. Resveratrol treatment significantly reduced cyclin D1 levels and its related serine/threonine kinase cdk4. As a positive regulator of cdk4 and cdk6, cyclin D1 has been implicated in controlling the G1 phase of the cell cycle and is frequently overexpressed in human colon adenocarcinomas (27Citation ,28)Citation . Overexpression of an antisense cyclin D1 cDNA construct in a human colon carcinoma cell line leads to impaired cell growth and tumorigenicity, implying that cyclin D1 presents an oncogene (29)Citation . The cyclin D1/cdk4 complex is responsible for cell cycle progression in early G1 phase and for phosphorylation and thus inactivation of the tumorsuppressor pRb (30Citation ,31)Citation . Hypophosphorylated pRb is able to sequester the transcription factor E2F in the cytosol, which suppresses protein expression of the cell cycle machinery, thus causing a blockade in G1 phase. As revealed by immunoblot, dephosphorylation of pRb was observed in response to resveratrol treatment at a concentration of 200 µmol/L. Hypophosphorylation of pRb has been associated with inhibition of growth and arrest of cells in G1 phase (32)Citation . This might be a possible explanation for the increase in G1/S ratio, a marker of G1 arrest, observed at concentrations exceeding 50 µmol/L. It is tempting to speculate that the reduction of cdk4, cyclin D1 and cyclin A levels is responsible for this effect. Previous studies indicate that primary human tumors and tumor-derived cell lines often display a correlation between the levels of expression of cyclin D1 and the pRb tumor suppressor protein (33)Citation . This could contribute to the observed reduction of total pRb protein expression. The kinase activity of the cdk is negatively regulated by binding of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (cki) p21WAF1/CIP1 and p27KIP1 (34)Citation , which are positive regulators of differentiation (35)Citation . Subsequently, we determined protein expression of cki p21WAF1/CIP1 and p27KIP1. The p21WAF1/CIP1 level was unmodified by resveratrol addition. In contrast, p27KIP1 expression was inhibited in treated cells, consistent with the results obtained by Doki et al. (33)Citation that expressions of cyclin D1 and p27KIP1 are closely correlated. The level of p27KIP1 in cyclin D1 overexpressing cells is largely dependent on levels of cyclin D1 protein (36)Citation , possibly contributing to the observed effect.

Expression of PCNA, a protein involved in cell cycle regulation, DNA synthesis and DNA repair, was not affected by resveratrol addition. As revealed by flow cytometry, the cells accumulate in S phase at a concentration of 50 µmol/L. This cell cycle arrest was reversed when higher concentrations of resveratrol were used. The cell cycle distribution corresponds well with expression of cyclin A, which is synthesized during S phase (37)Citation . Disruption of cyclin A function can inhibit chromosomal DNA replication (38)Citation . The growth inhibitory effect of resveratrol seems to be more pronounced at concentrations >=50 µmol/L, which correlates with a reduction of cyclin A levels. This effect, together with accumulation of cyclin E, was also observed by Park et al. (10)Citation in U937 human leukemia cells. This might lead to the conclusion that the effects of resveratrol on the cell division cycle are mainly a result of hampered DNA synthesis. The mechanism of action of resveratrol on tumor cells proposed to date includes inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase (39)Citation , DNA polymerase (40)Citation and COX-1 (4)Citation and inhibition of COX-2 transcription (41Citation ,42)Citation . Because Caco-2 cells express little or no COX-1 (22)Citation and HCT-116 cells lack COX-1 or COX-2 activity (23)Citation , we can conclude that the observed effects are not mediated by COX inhibition.

It has been assumed that the cell cycle inhibition in S and G2 phase is mediated by upregulation of p53 and induction of p21WAF1/CIP1 (43)Citation . The resveratrol-mediated cell cycle inhibition we observed was clearly independent of p53 because Caco-2 cells possess mutated p53 (21)Citation . Our finding that resveratrol exerts the same effects on HCT-116 cells, which express wild-type p53, confirms earlier work showing that inhibition of cell cycle progression by resveratrol can function independently of p53 (10Citation ,44)Citation . In addition, no changes in the p21WAF1/CIP1 protein levels were observed in Caco-2 cells.

Another possible mechanism by which the antiproliferative activity of resveratrol on Caco-2 cells may be exerted is induction of apoptosis. Indeed it has been demonstrated that resveratrol induces apoptosis in promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60) (6)Citation via upregulation of CD95 ligand (5)Citation through a strictly p53-dependent pathway in a mouse epidermal cell line (45)Citation , and independent of the CD95 pathway in CEM-C7H2 acute leukemia cells (44)Citation . We therefore determined whether resveratrol could induce apoptosis in Caco-2 cells. This was done by measuring the activity of caspase-3, a key protease in apoptosis. The increase of caspase-3 activity in Caco-2 cells was significant after 24 h. However, compared with camptothecin, this increase is very small. Because caspase-3 cleaving activity represents an early event in apoptosis, this might explain the reduction of cell counts, which was observed in the crystal violet assay after 72 h with 200 µmol/L resveratrol. Elimination of transformed cells via apoptosis is considered to be crucial for restoration of normal epithelial growth in the colon (46)Citation .

Epidemiologic studies reveal a strong inverse association between frequency of intake of plant-derived foods and cancer incidence. Resveratrol, widely distributed in red wine, peanuts and other sources of the human diet, exerts broad and potent anticarcinogenic and antitumor activities when applied at a pharmacologic level. The fact that the intestinal epithelium might be confronted with much higher concentrations than cells in other tissues, because the absorption rate of resveratrol in the perfused small intestine of the rat was estimated to be only 20.5% (47)Citation , implies that resveratrol could have an important role in the prevention of colon cancer by blocking hyperproliferation of the epithelium and by promoting apoptosis.


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1 Supported by the Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation. Back

3 Abbreviations used: AP, alkaline phosphatase; cdk, cyclin-dependent kinase; cki, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor; COX, cyclooxygenase; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; FCS, fetal calf serum; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; pRb, retinoblastoma protein. Back

Manuscript received March 8, 2001. Initial review completed April 12, 2001. Revision accepted May 17, 2001.


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