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The enigmatic effects of caffeine in cell cycle and cancer.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16709440     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Caffeine may very well be the most frequently ingested neuroactive drug in the world. Mechanistically, caffeine has been reported to affect cell cycle function, induce programmed cell death or apoptosis and perturb key cell cycle regulatory proteins. Although the effects of caffeine have been heavily investigated, much of the research data regarding caffeine's effects on cell cycle and proliferation seem ambiguous. One important factor may be that caffeine has been used experimentally in numerous cell types under a variety of conditions at concentrations ranging from micromolar to high millimolar. Physiologically, achieving experimental blood levels of caffeine would be extremely difficult without adverse side effects. Therefore, the relevance of experimental data obtained by using high concentrations of caffeine is not clear and may account for some of the discrepancies in the literature. This review attempts to reconcile data regarding the cellular effects of caffeine by examining reported effects on cell cycle, proliferation and apoptosis with careful attention to differences in experimental conditions and caffeine concentration utilized.
Authors:
Ann M Bode; Zigang Dong
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2006-05-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer letters     Volume:  247     ISSN:  0304-3835     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer Lett.     Publication Date:  2007 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-12-25     Completed Date:  2007-03-20     Revised Date:  2010-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600053     Medline TA:  Cancer Lett     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  26-39     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA. ambode@hi.umn.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Apoptosis / drug effects
Caffeine / administration & dosage,  adverse effects,  pharmacology*
Cell Cycle / drug effects
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Cells, Cultured
DNA Damage
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Humans
Neoplasms / metabolism,  pathology*
Research Design
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P01 CA027502-270022/CA/NCI NIH HHS; P01 CA088961-01A10003/CA/NCI NIH HHS; P01 CA088961-020003/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA081064-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA081064-06/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA081064-07/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; 58-08-2/Caffeine
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