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. 2021 Jun 26;2021:9924328. doi: 10.1155/2021/9924328

Table 1.

Dietary antioxidants show the expression of p53 in experimental models.

Antioxidants Experimental model Mechanism Expression of p53 References
(i) Cancer cells
 Vitamin C T-lymphocyte cell lines (HuT-102, C91-PL, CEM, and Jurkat) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, Bax ↑, Bcl-2 ↓ Protein [153]
Human lung carcinoma cell lines (H460 and A549) p53 ↑, caspase-3 ↑, caspase-7 ↑ Protein, mRNA [99]
 Vitamin B6 HT29, Caco2, LoVo, HEK293T, and HepG2 cell lines and ICR mice p53 ↑, p21 ↑ Protein, mRNA [154]
 Vitamin D Mice (1α(OH)ase−/−) p53 ↑, p21 ↓, p16 ↑ Protein, mRNA [155]
 Folic acid Human p53 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓ Protein [156]
 N-Acetylcysteine Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cell line p53 ↑, p65 ↓ Protein, mRNA [157]
 Vitamin E Human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) p53 ↓ Protein, mRNA [158]
β-Carotene RAT-1 murine fibroblast cell line p53 ↑, p21 ↑, Bax ↑, Bcl-2 ↓ Protein [160]
 Quercetin Human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) p53 ↑, caspase-3 ↑, caspase-9 ↑, Bax ↑, Bcl-2 ↓ Protein, mRNA [164]
 Apigenin Human colon cancer cell lines (HCT116 and HT29) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, NAG-1 ↑ Protein, mRNA [165]
 Acacetin Human liver cancer cell line (HepG2) p53 ↑, Bax ↑ Protein, mRNA [167]
 Fisetin Human colon cancer cell line (HCT116) p53 ↑, caspase-3 ↑ Protein, mRNA [168]
 Luteolin Human lung cancer cell lines (A549 and H460) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, MDM4 ↓ Protein, mRNA [170]
 Theaflavin Human prostate cancer cell line (LNCaP) p53 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓, Bax ↑ Protein [171]
 Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) Human prostate cancer cell line (LNCaP) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓, Bax ↑, caspase-3 ↑, caspase-8 ↑, caspase-9 ↑ Protein [93]
 Caffeic acid Human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) p53 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓ Protein [174]
 Caffeic acid phenethyl ester C6 glioma cell line p53 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓, Bax ↓ Protein [175]
 Ellagic acid Human cervical cancer cell line (CaSki) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, GAPDH ↑ Protein, mRNA [176]
 Curcumin Human cervical cancer cell lines (HeLa, SiHa, and CaSki) p53 ↑ Protein [177]
Multiple myeloma cell line (U266B1) p53 ↑, p21 ↑ Protein [178]
 Resveratrol Human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) p53 ↑, p21 ↑, p16 ↑ Protein [180]
Human colon cancer cell lines (HCT116, CO-115, and SW48) p53 ↑, PARP ↓, caspase-3 ↓ Protein [181]
 Red wine Human lung cancer cell line (A549) p53 ↑, p53 (Ser15) ↑ Protein [182]
 Caffeine Human T-lymphocyte leukemia MOLT-4 cell line p53 ↑, p21 ↑, Mcl-1 ↓ Protein [183]
 Harmine Human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) p53 ↑ mRNA [185]
 Colchicine Human cervical cancer cell lines (CaSki and HeLa) p53 ↑, Bcl-2 ↓, Bax ↑ Protein, mRNA [186]
(ii) Normal cells
α-Tocopherol, ascorbic acid, & β-carotene Rat p53 ↓, MDM2 ↓ Protein [159]
 Kaempferol Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line (HUVEC) p53 ↑, ATM ↑, Fas ↑, DR5 ↑, caspase-3 ↑, caspase-8 ↑, caspase-9 ↑ Protein [166]
 Fisetin Wistar rat p53 ↓, p21 ↓, Bax ↓, Bcl-2 ↑ Protein [169]
 Apple flavonoids Normal human bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) p53 ↓, Chk1 ↓, ATR ↓ Protein [172]
 Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G) Kunming mice (KM) p53 ↓, Bax ↓, caspase-3 ↓, caspase-9 ↓, Bcl-2 ↑ Protein [173]
 Curcumin Wistar rat p53 ↓, p21 ↓ Protein [179]
 Caffeine Normal human fibroblast cell line (NHF1) p53 ↓, p21 ↓ Protein [184]