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Diarylheptanoid-myricanone isolated from ethanolic extract of Myrica cerifera shows anticancer effects on HeLa and PC3 cell lines: signalling pathway and drug-DNA interaction / 中西医结合学报
Journal of Integrative Medicine ; (12): 405-415, 2013.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-308227
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To test if myricanone (C21H24O5), a cyclic diarylheptanoid, has anticancer effects on two different cancer cell lines HeLa and PC3. The present study was conducted with a note on the drug-DNA interaction and apoptotic signalling pathway.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Several studies like cytotoxicity, nuclear damage, annexin-V-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)/propidium iodide (PI)-labelled apoptotic assay and cell cycle arrest, immunoblot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used following standard protocols. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy was also done to evaluate whether myricanone effectively interacted with DNA to bring about conformational changes that could strongly inhibit the cancer cell proliferation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Myricanone showed a greater cytotoxic effect on PC3 cells than on HeLa cells. Myricanone promoted G0/G1 arrest in HeLa cells and S phase arrest in PC3 cells. Nuclear condensation and annexin V-FITC/PI studies revealed that myricanone promoted apoptotic cell death. CD spectroscopic data indicated that myricanone had an interaction with calf thymus DNA that changed DNA structural conformation. RT-PCR and immunoblot studies revealed that myricanone activated the apoptotic signalling cascades through down-regulation of transcription factors like nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) (p65), and signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3); cell cycle regulators like cyclin D1, and survivin and other signal proteins like Bcl-2 and up-regulation of Bax, caspase-9 and caspase-3.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Myricanone induced apoptosis in both types of cancer cells by triggering caspase activation, and suppression of cell proliferation by down-regulation of NF-κB and STAT3 signalling cascades, which makes it a suitable candidate for possible use in the formulation of therapeutic agent for combating cancer.</p>
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pharmacology / DNA / Plant Extracts / Signal Transduction / Cell Cycle / Cell Survival / Chemistry / Circular Dichroism / Apoptosis / Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Type of study: Practice guideline Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Journal of Integrative Medicine Year: 2013 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pharmacology / DNA / Plant Extracts / Signal Transduction / Cell Cycle / Cell Survival / Chemistry / Circular Dichroism / Apoptosis / Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Type of study: Practice guideline Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Journal of Integrative Medicine Year: 2013 Type: Article