scholarly journals Methanol Extract of Coleus amboinicus (Lour) Exhibited Antiproliferative Activity and Induced Programmed Cell Death in Colon Cancer Cell WiDr

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farida Laila ◽  
Dedi Fardiaz ◽  
Nancy Dewi Yuliana ◽  
M. Rizal M. Damanik ◽  
Fitriya Nur Annisa Dewi

Coleus amboinicus(Lour) (CA) has been reported to possess many pharmacological activities. In this study, evaluation of cytotoxicity using brine shrimp lethality bioassay and MTT assay using WiDr cell lines was carried out. The expression of several genes responsible for programmed cell death of the methanol extract of CA was also investigated. The morphology of the cells undergoing apoptosis was detected using Hoechst staining assay. The gene expression of BAX, BCL2, P53, Caspase 1, 7, 8, and 9 of treated samples with different concentrations (10, 15, 25 & 50 µg/ml) were measured with RT PCR. The phytochemical profiles were investigated using LC MS. The results showed that the lethality concentration (LC50) of methanol extract using brine shrimp was 34.545 µg/ml and the extract exhibited good antiproliferative activity against cancer cells WiDr with IC50 value (8.598 ± 2.68 µg/ml) as compared to standard drug 5-fluorouracil (IC50 value 1.839 ± 0.03 µg/ml). There was apoptotic evidences from the morphology of treated cells. The expressions of BAX,P53, and Caspase 9 were upregulated in lower concentration of the extract (10 and 15 µg/ml) but downregulated in higher concentration (25 and 50 µg/ml). BCL2 as anti-apoptotic gene was downregulated in all concentrations. Caspase 1 and Caspase 7 were upregulated in high concentration (25 and 50 µg/ml), but downregulated in lower concentrations. These data provide a mode of cell death for the methanol extract of CA in low concentrations corresponding to apoptosis with intrinsic pathway. Many valuable compounds identified including caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid, malic acid, eicosapentanoic acid, benserazide, alpha-linolenic acid, betaine, Salvanolic B, 4-hydroxibenzoic acid and firulic acid have been previously reported as being active agents against many cancer cells. This study suggested that CA might become an effective ingredient for health-beneficial foods to prevent colon cancer.

2004 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 4227-4234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Jarry ◽  
Laetitia Charrier ◽  
Chantal Bou-Hanna ◽  
Marie-Claire Devilder ◽  
Véronique Crussaire ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Pal Singh ◽  
Ki Hun Park ◽  
Tejinder Pal Khaket ◽  
Sun Chul Kang

Background: Colon cancer is the second most common cancer to cause death worldwide. About half of colon cancers patients require adjuvant therapy to control relapse following surgical resection. Therefore, abolition of tumor cell progression using an effective chemotherapeutic agent holds a feasible approach to treat patients suffering from colon cancer. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of geranylated flavonoid CJK-7, isolated from Paulownia tomentosa on HCT-116 human colon carcinoma cells. Materials and Methods: The effects of CJK-7 as an active component on HCT-116 cells programmed cell death and its underlying molecular mechanism were examined by using MTT assay, morphological assessment, H2DCFDA staining, Fura-2AM staining, Hoechst-33342 staining, comet assay, Acridine orange staining, mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) assay and Western blot analyses. Results and Conclusion: The results revealed that, CJK-7 was capable of inducing caspase-dependent cell death events in cancer cells. Moreover, it was involved in up-regulation of autophagy signaling as evidenced by enhanced expression of LC3I/II. We also noticed stimulated expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress markers and phosphorylation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), which was associated with up-regulated expression of p53, PUMA, Atg5 and Beclin-1, and down-regulation of Bcl-2, stressing the interaction of ROS on the aforementioned signaling. Furthermore, exposure to ROS scavengers (N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), and JNK-specific inhibitor SP600125) significantly reversed the effects of CJK-7 by down-regulating apoptosis and autophagy signatures in HCT-116 cancer cells. Collectively our findings clarify the ROS-dependent regulatory effect of CJK-7 on programmed cell death signaling events in HCT-116 cancer cells while depicting its virile pro-oxidant capacity.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261
Author(s):  
Nurul Fattin Che Rahim ◽  
Yazmin Hussin ◽  
Muhammad Nazirul Mubin Aziz ◽  
Nurul Elyani Mohamad ◽  
Swee Keong Yeap ◽  
...  

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer worldwide and a leading cause of cancer death. According to the Malaysian National Cancer Registry Report 2012–2016, colorectal cancer was the second most common cancer in Malaysia after breast cancer. Recent treatments for colon cancer cases have caused side effects and recurrence in patients. One of the alternative ways to fight cancer is by using natural products. Curcumin is a compound of the rhizomes of Curcuma longa that possesses a broad range of pharmacological activities. Curcumin has been studied for decades but due to its low bioavailability, its usage as a therapeutic agent has been compromised. This has led to the development of a chemically synthesized curcuminoid analogue, (2E,6E)-2,6-bis(2,3-dimethoxybenzylidine) cyclohexanone (DMCH), to overcome the drawbacks. This study aims to examine the potential of DMCH for cytotoxicity, apoptosis induction, and activation of apoptosis-related proteins on the colon cancer cell lines HT29 and SW620. The cytotoxic activity of DMCH was evaluated using the [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] (MTT) cell viability assay on both of the cell lines, HT29 and SW620. To determine the mode of cell death, an acridine orange/propidium iodide (AO/PI) assay was conducted, followed by Annexin V/FITC, cell cycle analysis, and JC-1 assay using a flow cytometer. A proteome profiler angiogenesis assay was conducted to determine the protein expression. The inhibitory concentration (IC50) of DMCH in SW620 and HT29 was 7.50 ± 1.19 and 9.80 ± 0.55 µg/mL, respectively. The treated cells displayed morphological features characteristic of apoptosis. The flow cytometry analysis confirmed that DMCH induced apoptosis as shown by an increase in the sub-G0/G1 population and an increase in the early apoptosis and late apoptosis populations compared with untreated cells. A higher number of apoptotic cells were observed on treated SW620 cells as compared to HT29 cells. Human apoptosis proteome profiler analysis revealed upregulation of Bax and Bad proteins and downregulation of Livin proteins in both the HT29 and SW620 cell lines. Collectively, DMCH induced cell death via apoptosis, and the effect was more pronounced on SW620 metastatic colon cancer cells, suggesting its potential effects as an antimetastatic agent targeting colon cancer cells.


2013 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. S-166-S-167
Author(s):  
Karen Boland ◽  
Caoimhin Concannon ◽  
Niamh McCawley ◽  
Elaine W. Kay ◽  
Deborah McNamara ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Joanna Wawszczyk ◽  
Katarzyna Jesse ◽  
Sławomir Smolik ◽  
Małgorzata Kapral

Pterostilbene is a dietary phytochemical that has been found to possess several biological activities, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Recent studies have shown that it exhibits the hallmark characteristics of an anticancer agent. The aim of the study was to investigate the anticancer activity of pterostilbene against HT-29 human colon cancer cells, focusing on its influence on cell growth, differentiation, and the ability of this stilbene to induce cell death. To clarify the mechanism of pterostilbene activity against colon cancer cells, changes in the expression of several genes and proteins that are directly related to cell proliferation, signal transduction pathways, apoptosis, and autophagy were also evaluated. Cell growth and proliferation of cells exposed to pterostilbene (5–100 µM) were determined by SRB and BRDU assays. Flow cytometric analyses were used for cell cycle progression. Further molecular investigations were performed using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. The expression of the signaling proteins studied was determined by the ELISA method. The results revealed that pterostilbene inhibited proliferation and induced the death of HT-29 colon cancer cells. Pterostilbene, depending on concentration, caused inhibition of proliferation, G1 cell arrest, and/or triggered apoptosis in HT-29 cells. These effects were mediated by the down-regulation of the STAT3 and AKT kinase pathways. It may be concluded that pterostilbene could be considered as a potential therapeutic option in the treatment of colon cancer in the future.


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