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Lunasin—a multifunctional anticancer peptide from soybean
Abstract
Lunasin is a bioactive peptide that was originally isolated from soybean and has since been shown to have a number of biological activities, including both cancer chemopreventive and therapeutic activities. Our recent focus has been on determining the range of cancer types that lunasin can affect and the mechanism of action against specific cancers. We recently found that lunasin has significant therapeutic activity against non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistic studies using lunasin-sensitive and lunasin-resistant NSCLC cell lines revealed the lunasin blocks cell proliferation by inhibiting cell cycle progression at the G1/S phase interface and that this inhibition was associated with reduced Akt signaling. In addition, we found that these effects were linked to the inhibition of integrin signaling through αv-containing integrins. Our results provide strong support for the hypothesis that direct effects on integrin signaling represent a major mode of action responsible for lunasin’s anticancer activity.
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