Description
The identification of new agents that may modulate the progression of cancer cell growth is of great interest. In this regard, dietary agents can be utilized to identify molecular targets to be used as part of a chemopreventive strategy. Walnuts contain several bioactive compounds, including pedunculagin, a polyphenol metabolized by microbiota to form urolithins, namely urolithin A (UA). We performed a genomic analysis to study the effect of UA on androgen-dependent LNCaP prostate adenocarcinoma cells. Cells were incubated with 40M UA for 24 hours, then, RNA was extracted. RNA samples were processed in the automated Biomek FX System (Beckman Coulter), where aRNA was produced, and labeled with Biotin, purified , fragmented and hybridized onto HG U219-24 Array, using the GeneChip HT 3IVT Express Kit . Afterwards, the GeneTitan Multi-Channel (MC) Instrument (Affymetrix) was used to hybridize, wash , stain , and scan the arrays. Microarray results were analyzed using the GeneSpring GX v13.0 software.