Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Mol Biol Rep. 2024 Jan 28;51(1):230. doi: 10.1007/s11033-023-09145-2.
Cancer is an intricate ailment that has a higher death rate globally and is characterized by aberrant cell proliferation and metastasis in nature. Since the beginning of healthcare, natural products, especially those derived from plants, have been utilized to support human health. Green tea contains an essential catechin called epigallocatechin gallate, which has anti-proliferative, anti-mutagenic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative properties. The anticancer properties of EGCG have been extensively studied using pre-clinical cell culture and animal model systems. Dysregulated miRNA may be a biomarker since it influences the different characteristics of cancer like upholding proliferative signaling, cell death, invasiveness, metastasis, and angiogenesis. EGCG either elevates or lowers the expression of dysregulated miRNAs in cancer. Nonetheless, due to its anticancer properties, greater attention has been paid towards the development of efficient strategies for utilizing EGCG in cancer chemotherapy. This review summarizes the modifying effect of EGCG on miRNAs in cancer after briefly discussing the anticancer mechanisms of EGCG and the function of miRNAs in cancer.
癌症是一种复杂的疾病,在全球范围内死亡率较高,其特征是细胞异常增殖和自然转移。自医疗保健开始以来,天然产物,特别是来自植物的天然产物,一直被用于支持人类健康。绿茶含有一种重要的儿茶素,称为表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG),具有抗增殖、抗突变、抗炎和抗氧化作用。已经使用临床前细胞培养和动物模型系统广泛研究了 EGCG 的抗癌特性。失调的 miRNA 可能是一种生物标志物,因为它影响癌症的不同特征,如维持增殖信号、细胞死亡、侵袭性、转移和血管生成。EGCG 要么上调要么下调癌症中失调 miRNA 的表达。然而,由于其抗癌特性,人们更加关注开发有效的策略,将 EGCG 用于癌症化疗。在简要讨论 EGCG 的抗癌机制和 miRNA 在癌症中的功能后,本文综述了 EGCG 对癌症中 miRNA 的修饰作用。