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The Sanguinarine Apoptosis Induction of Hep3B Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells is Dependent on the Activation of Caspase

Sanguinarine에 의한 Hep3B 인체 간암세포의 apoptosis 유도에 관한 연구

  • Han, Min Ho (Department of Applied Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) ;
  • Choi, Sung Hyun (Department of System Management, Korea Lift College) ;
  • Hong, Su Hyun (Open Laboratory for Muscular and Skeletal Disease, and Department of Biochemistry, Dongeui University College of Korean Medicine) ;
  • Park, Dong Il (Department of Internal Medicine, Dongeui University College of Korean Medicine) ;
  • Choi, ung Hyun (Open Laboratory for Muscular and Skeletal Disease, and Department of Biochemistry, Dongeui University College of Korean Medicine)
  • 한민호 (국립해양생물자원관) ;
  • 최성현 (한국승강기대학교 승강기시스템관리과) ;
  • 홍수현 (동의대학교 한의과대학 생화학교실 및 근.골격계질환제어 융합연구실) ;
  • 박동일 (동의대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최영현 (동의대학교 한의과대학 생화학교실 및 근.골격계질환제어 융합연구실)
  • Received : 2017.07.21
  • Accepted : 2017.11.15
  • Published : 2017.11.30
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Abstract

Sanguinarine is a benzophenanthridine alkaloid derived from the roots of Sanguinaria canadensis L., which is used for the purpose of treating various diseases. Although studies of anticancer activities have been performed using various cancer cell lines, the phenomenon of inducing apoptosis in cancer cells by using sanguinarine requires more research. Therefore, this study investigated the anti-cancer activities and related mechanisms of sanguinarine used with Hep3B human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in terms of the regulation of apoptosis. Sanguinarine inhibited the proliferation of Hep3B cells in a concentration-dependent manner, which was associated with the induction of apoptosis. Sanguinarine also increased the activity of caspase-3, which is a typical effector caspase, and the activities of caspase-8 and caspase-9, which are key when initiating extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis pathways, respectively. In addition, sanguinarine increased the expression of death receptor-related genes and pro-apoptotic BAX, which belongs to the Bcl-2 family, while suppressing the expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2. Sanguinarine promoted the truncation of Bid and enhanced the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytoplasm due to a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Furthermore, the reduction of a survival rate that was induced by sanguinarine and the induction of apoptosis disappeared with the inhibition of artificial caspase activity. Therefore, the results of the study indicated that sanguinarine-induced apoptosis in Hep3B cells involves both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways; such apoptosis is a caspase-dependent phenomenon.

Sanguinarine은 다양한 목적으로 사용되고 있는 Sanguinaria canadensis L.의 뿌리에서 유래된 benzophenanthridine alkaloid 계열 물질중의 하나이다. 그동안 sanguinarine의 다양한 약리학적인 효능이 알려져 왔고, 항암활성에 대한 연구도 여러 암세포들을 대상으로 수행되어 왔다. 그러나 sanguinarine에 의한 암세포의 apoptosis 유도에 대한 현상은 여전히 많은 부분에서 연구의 대상으로 남아 있다. 본 연구는 Hep3B 인체 간암세포를 대상으로 sanguinarine의 항암활성에 대한 추가적인 자료를 제시하기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 논문의 결과에 의하면, sanguinarine은 처리 농도 의존적으로 Hep3B 세포의 증식을 억제하였으며, 이는 apoptosis 유도와 연관성이 있었다. Sanguinarine은 두 가지 apoptosis 경로인 extrinsic 및 intrinsic 경로의 개시 initiator caspase인 caspase-8 및 caspase-9 뿐만 아니라 대표적인 effector caspase인 caspase-3의 활성을 증가시켰고, caspase-3의 기질인 PARP의 분절을 유발하였다. 아울러 sanguinarine은 DR-related 유전자들의 발현을 부분적으로 증가시켰으며, Bcl-2 family에 속하는 pro-apoptotic Bax의 발현을 증가시킨 반면, anti-apoptotic Bcl-2의 발현은 억제시켰다. 또한 sanguinarine은 Bid의 truncation을 촉진하였고, MMP의 소실에 따른 cytochrome c를 미토콘드리아에서 세포질로의 이동을 증가시켰다. 그리고 sanguinarine에 의한 apoptosis 유도 및 세포 증식율 억제 현상이 caspase의 활성을 인위적으로 억제하였을 경우, 모두 사라졌다. 따라서 sanguinarine에 의하여 유도하는 Hep3B 세포의 apoptosis 유발에는 caspase 의존적으로 extrinsic 및 intrinsic 경로가 모두 관여하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

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