scholarly journals Ethanol Extract of Abnormal Savda Munziq, a Herbal Preparation of Traditional Uighur Medicine, Inhibits Caco-2 Cells Proliferation via Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdiryim Yusup ◽  
Halmurat Upur ◽  
Anwar Umar ◽  
Benedicte Berke ◽  
Nicholas Moore

Aims. Study the effect of Abnormal Savda Munziq (ASMq) ethanol extract on the proliferation, apoptosis, and correlative gene, expression in colon cancer cells (Caco-2) to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for the anticancer property of Abnormal Savda Munziq.Materials and Methods. ASMq ethanol extract was prepared by a professional pharmacist. Caco-2 cells were treated with different concentration of ASMq ethanol extract (0.5–7.5 mg/mL) for different time intervals (48 and 72 h). Antiproliferative effect of ASMq ethanol extract was determined by MTT assay; DNA fragmentation was determined by gel electrophoresis assay; cell cycle analysis was detected by flow cytometer; apoptosis-related gene expression was detected by RT-PCR assay.Results. ASMq ethanol extract possesses an inhibition effect on Caco-2 cells proliferation, induction of cell apoptosis, cell cycle arrest in sub-G1 phase, and downregulation of bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax gene expression.Conclusion. The anticancer mechanism of ASMq ethanol extract may be involved in antiproliferation, induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and regulation of apoptosis-related gene expression such as bcl-2 and Bax activity pathway.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakirah Razali ◽  
Al’aina Yuhainis Firus Khan ◽  
Alfi Khatib ◽  
Qamar Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Ridhwan Abdul Wahab ◽  
...  

The leaves of Neolamarckia cadamba (NC) (Roxb.) Bosser (family: Rubiaceae) are traditionally used to treat breast cancer in Malaysia; however, this traditional claim is yet to be scientifically verified. Hence, this study was aimed to evaluate the anticancer effect of NC leaves’ ethanol extract against breast cancer cell line (MCF-7 cells) using an in vitro cell viability, cytotoxicity, and gene expression assays followed by the gas chromatography analysis to further confirm active principles. Results revealed 0.2 mg/ml as the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) against MCF-7. The extract exerted anticancer effect against MCF-7 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The cell cycle assay showed that the extract arrested MCF-7 cells in the G0/G1 phase, and apoptosis was observed after 72 h by the Annexin-V assay. The gene expression assay revealed that the cell cycle arrest was associated with the downregulation of CDK2 and subsequent upregulation of p21 and cyclin E. The extract induced apoptosis via the mediation of the mitochondrial cell death pathways. A chromatography analysis revealed the contribution of D-pinitol and myo-inositol as the two major bioactive compounds to the activity observed. Overall, the study demonstrated that NC leaves’ ethanol extract exerts anticancer effect against MCF-7 human breast cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, thereby justifying its traditional use for the treatment of breast cancer in Malaysia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-750
Author(s):  
Wallax A.S. Ferreira ◽  
Rommel R. Burbano ◽  
Claudia do Ó. Pessoa ◽  
Maria L. Harada ◽  
Bárbara do Nascimento Borges ◽  
...  

Background: Pisosterol, a triterpene derived from Pisolithus tinctorius, exhibits potential antitumor activity in various malignancies. However, the molecular mechanisms that mediate the pisosterol-specific effects on glioma cells remain unknown. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the antitumoral effects of pisosterol on glioma cell lines. Methods: The 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and trypan blue exclusion assays were used to evaluate the effect of pisosterol on cell proliferation and viability in glioma cells. The effect of pisosterol on the distribution of the cells in the cell cycle was performed by flow cytometry. The expression and methylation pattern of the promoter region of MYC, ATM, BCL2, BMI1, CASP3, CDK1, CDKN1A, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, CHEK1, MDM2, p14ARF and TP53 was analyzed by RT-qPCR, western blotting and bisulfite sequencing PCR (BSP-PCR). Results: Here, it has been reported that pisosterol markedly induced G2/M arrest and apoptosis and decreased the cell viability and proliferation potential of glioma cells in a dose-dependent manner by increasing the expression of ATM, CASP3, CDK1, CDKN1A, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, CHEK1, p14ARF and TP53 and decreasing the expression of MYC, BCL2, BMI1 and MDM2. Pisosterol also triggered both caspase-independent and caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways by regulating the expression of Bcl-2 and activating caspase-3 and p53. Conclusions: It has been, for the first time, confirmed that the ATM/ATR signaling pathway is a critical mechanism for G2/M arrest in pisosterol-induced glioma cell cycle arrest and suggests that this compound might be a promising anticancer candidate for further investigation.


Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalini Muralidhar ◽  
Feng Xiao ◽  
Suwannee Thet ◽  
Hesham Sadek

Lower vertebrates, such as newt and zebrafish, retain a robust cardiac regenerative capacity following injury. Although adult mammals lack this cardiac regenerative potential, there is ample interest in understanding how heart regeneration occurs, and to reawaken this process in adult humans. Recently, we showed that mice are capable of regenerating their hearts shortly after birth following injury. This regenerative response is associated with robust proliferation of cardiomyocytes without significant hypertrophy or fibrosis. However, this regenerative capacity is lost by 7 days postnatally, coinciding with cell cycle arrest. In an effort to determine the mechanism of cardiomyocytes cell cycle arrest after the first week of life, we performed a gene array after cardiac injury at multiple post-natal time points. This enabled us to identify a number of transcription factors that are differentially expressed during this postnatal window. We recently reported that one of these transcription factors Meis1 regulates postnatal cell cycle arrest of cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, Myeloid leukemia factor 1 (Mlf1), a bhlh transcription factor that has not been previously studied in the heart has similar dysregulated pattern following injury. Our preliminary data with in-vitro knockdown of Mlf1 in cardiomyocyte resulted in 2-fold increase in cardiomyocyte proliferation. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry results indicated that the endogenous expression and nuclear localization of Mlf1 in the post-natal cardiomyocytes coincides with cell cycle arrest. To explore this pattern, we generated a cardiomyocyte-specific Mlf1 knockout mouse, and showed that loss of Mlf1 results in robust cardiomyocyte proliferation in postnatal hearts (P14). Additionally, we confirmed previous reports that Mlf1 regulates p53 and induces cell cycle arrest by induction of CDK inhibitors like p21 and p57 in these Mlf1 KO mice. This suggests a role of Mlf1 in promoting reactivation of injured myocardium through induction of cardiomyocyte proliferation. These findings will further provide evidences of molecular mechanisms involved in the dormant regenerative capacity in adult mammals that can be a potential target of therapeutic approaches.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Aminah Dalimunthe ◽  
Poppy Anjelisa Zaitun Hasibuan ◽  
Muflihah Fujiko ◽  
Masfria ◽  
Denny Satria

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian-sheng Zhong ◽  
Lin-lin Sun ◽  
Li-xia Dong

2019 ◽  
Vol 400 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Sun ◽  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Haiping Huang ◽  
Yafeng Yu ◽  
Zhendong Yang ◽  
...  

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the role of miRNA-1225-5p (miR-1225) in laryngeal carcinoma (LC). We found that the expression of miR-1225 was suppressed in human LC samples, while CDC14B (cell division cycle 14B) expression was reinforced in comparison with surrounding normal tissues. We also demonstrated that enhanced expression of miR-1225 impaired the proliferation and survival of LC cells, and resulted in G1/S cell cycle arrest. In contrast, reduced expression of miR-1225 promoted cell survival. Moreover, miR-1225 resulted in G1/S cell cycle arrest and enhanced cell death. Further, miR-1225 targets CDC14B 3′-UTR and recovery of CDC14B expression counteracted the suppressive influence of miR-1225 on LC cells. Thus, these findings offer insight into the biological and molecular mechanisms behind the development of LC.


Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 4282-4282
Author(s):  
Yan Chen ◽  
Bao-An Chen ◽  
Qing-long Guo

Abstract Abstract 4282 Objective: To evaluate the antileukemic effect of wogonoside and reveal the underlying mechanism. Method: In this study trypan blue dye exclusion assay, MTT assay, and soft agar colony formation assay were used to analysis growth inhibition of wogonoside the on AML (acute human promyelocytic) cell lines. Propidium iodide (PI)-staining and cell cycle-regulatory proteins detecting by western blots were applied to exam whether wogonoside could induce cell cycle arrest. Then a series of experiment were used to assess the ability of wogonoside to overcome the AML associated differentiation block, by using Giemsa staining, Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction assay, and cell-surface differentiation antigens expression analysis. Real time PCR, western blots, cycloheximide inhibition test and RNA interference, nuclear and cytoplasmic fractionation, immunofluorescent staining were used to investigate the underlying mechanism. In this point we mainly focus that wogonoside exerts antileukemic by modulating of PLSCR1 gene expression, as well as influence its subcellular localization to play a role in regulating gene transcription. Result: It was demonstrated that wogonoside have the capacity to decrease the growth of myeloid cell lines by induction of G0/1 phase cell cycle arrest and differentiation. This effect is mediated by the increasing in mRNA and up-regulating protein expression of phospholipids scramblase 1 (PLSCR1). Meanwhile wogonoside promoted PLSCR1 traffic into the nucleus, which let PLSCR1 to play a role in regulating cell cycle and differentiation-related genes transcription including p21, p27, c-myc and IP3R1. Conclusion: Wogonoside induced AML cell lines to undergo differentiation and G1 phase arrest by restricting phospholipid scramblase 1 gene expression and promoting its translocation into nuclear. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 284-284
Author(s):  
Yu Bin Tan ◽  
Timothy Shuen ◽  
Han Chong Toh

284 Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the 2nd leading global cause of cancer death. Recently, we have discovered previously undescribed deletion and germline mutation of GATA4 and showed that GATA4 is a key differentiation driver and metabolic regulator in HCC. However, as GATA4 is mostly deleted in HCC, targeting GATA4-downstream molecules is ideal. In this study, proof-of-concept experiments were conducted to show that introduction of HNF4A, which is a GATA4-regulated downstream target, could partially rescue the impaired phenotypes in GATA4-deficient HCC cell line. Methods: Correlation analysis using gene expression microarray of human HCC samples was conducted to identify the genes that are positively correlated with GATA4. A transgenic mouse model with a liver-specific conditional GATA4 knockout was designed to identify liver morphology and gene expression changes which are correlated with the loss of Gata4 in the mouse liver. CRISPR-mediated knockout of GATA4 and lentiviral HNF4A overexpression was carried out in a GATA4-deficient HCC cell lines, PLC/PRF/5 and Hep3B, followed by proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle and senescence functional assays. Results: Pearson correlation analysis from human HCC samples showed that expression of HNF4A is positively correlated with that of GATA4. Livers from conditional Gata4 knockout mice had lower Hnf4a gene expression when compared to age-matched control mice. Loss of function analysis by CRISPR-mediated GATA4 knockout further showed downregulation of HNF4A in GATA4-deficient PLC/PRF/5 cell line. Lentiviral HNF4A overexpression in PLC/PRF/5 and Hep3B demonstrated reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis while PLC/PRF/5 also showed cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase when compared to control. However, no senescence induction was detected in HNF4A-overexpressing cells. Conclusions: Transgenic mouse data, CRISPR-mediated knockout and analysis of HCC samples showed that HNF4A is a key GATA4-downstream target. HNF4A overexpression decreases proliferation, increases apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in GATA4-deficient HCC cell lines, thus representing a possible therapeutic target for HCC.


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