Juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione) from black walnut trees induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation of various malignant cells. Here, we investigated whether juglone affects 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced cell transformation through the phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway. The results showed that TPA- and endothelial growth factor (EGF)-induced anchorage-independent colony formation were suppressed in a dose-dependent manner by treatment of JB6 CI41 mouse skin epidermal cells with juglone (2.5 and 5 µM). We demonstrated that juglone suppressed PI3K activity via direct binding to PI3K by sepharose 4B pull-down assay and western blot analysis. Juglone significantly suppressed TPA-induced protein kinase B (AKT) and c-Jun phosphorylation and c-fos activation, but not mitogen-activated protein-kinase kinase (MEK), extracellular signaling-regulated kinase (ERK) or 90 kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase (RSK) phosphorylation. Juglone significantly blocked activator protein-1 (AP-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activation more than the PI3K inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin. Overall, these results showed the anticancer efficacy of juglone targeting PI3K to prevent TPA-induced tumorigenesis.
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