• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6739-6742
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• 2013

Background: Breast cancer is a major health problem worldwide. Olive oil induces apoptosis in some cancer cells due to phenolic compounds like oleuropein. Although oleuropein has anticancer activity, the underlying mechanisms of action remain unknown. The study aimed to assess the mechanism of oleuropin-induced breast cancer cell apoptosis. Materials and Methods: p53, Bcl-2 and Bax gene expression was evaluated by semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in luminal MCF-7 cells. Results: Oleuropein-induced apoptosis was accompanied by up-regulation of both p53 and Bax gene expression levels and down-regulation in Bcl2. Conclusions: Oleuropein induces apoptosis in breast tumour cells via a p53-dependent pathway mediated by Bax and Bcl2 genes. Therefore, oleuropein may have therapeutic potential in breast cancer patients by inducing apoptosis via activation of the p53 pathway.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.2133-2139
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• 2014

4-Methylsulfinyl-3-butenyl isothiocyanate (MTBITC) found in the radish (Raphanus sativus L.), is a wellknown anticancer agent. In this study, the mechanisms of the MTBITC induction of cell apoptosis in human A549 lung cancer cells were investigated. Our PI staining results showed that MTBITC treatment significantly increased the apoptotic sub-G1 fraction in a dose-dependent manner. The mechanism of apoptosis induced by MTBITC was investigated by testing the change of mitochondrial membrane potential (${\Delta}{\Psi}m$), the expression of mRNAs of apoptosis-related genes by RT-PCR, and the activities of caspase-3 and -9 by caspase colorimetric assay. MTBITC treatment decreased mitochondrial membrane potential by down-regulating the rate of Bcl-2/Bax and Bcl-xL/Bax, and activation of caspase-3 and -9. Therefore, mitochondrial pathway and Bcl-2 gene family could be involved in the mechanisms of A549 cell apoptosis induced by MTBITC.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.216-224
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• 2011

Capsosiphon fulvescens is well-known green sea algae that, in recent years, has been proposed as a potential anticancer drug. In this study, we found that C. fulvescens glycoprotein (Cf-GP) had pro-apoptotic effects on human gastric carcinoma cells. By SDS-PAGE, we confirmed that C. fulvescens extract contained a glycoprotein. Using H33342 staining, we found that the Cf-GP caused cell death in a does-dependent manner, while an MTS assay showed decreased cellular viability due to induction of apoptosis. To determine the effect of Cf-GP on apoptosis-related cellular events, cells were treated with Cf-GP and the expression of several apoptosis-related protein was determined by Western blotting. Our results indicate that Cf-GP activated both a caspase cascade and PARP, which is a substrate of caspase-3, caspase-8 and the Bcl-2 family proteins. In addition, we assessed caspase-3, and -8 activation and annexin V staining. Our results revealed a cell cycle arrest, itself leading to an increased percentage of sub-G1 cells. Our findings indicate that Cf-GP may be a source of bio-functional material with therapeutic effects on human gastrointestinal cancer.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.369-374
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• 2010

Grape is one of the most popular and widely cultivated fruits in the world. Although grape skin and seeds are waste product of the winery and grape juice industry, these wastes contain large amounts of phytochemicals such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, and anthocyanidins, which play an important role as chemopreventive and anticancer agents. We evaluated efficacies of grape skin and seeds on hepatic injury induced by dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) in rats. Treatment with DMN significantly increased levels of serum alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin. Diet supplementation with grape skin or seeds (10% daily for 4 weeks) prevented these elevations. The grape skin and seeds also restored serum albumin and total protein levels, and reduced the hepatic level of hydroxyproline and malondialdehyde. Furthermore, grape skin and seeds reduced DMN-induced collagen accumulation, as estimated by histological analysis of liver tissue stained with Sirius red. Grape skin and seeds also reduced hepatic stellate cell activation, as assessed by ${\alpha}$-smooth muscle actin staining. In conclusion, grape skin and seeds exhibited in vivo hepatoprotective and antifibrogenic effects against DMN-induced liver injury, suggesting that grape skin and seeds may be useful in preventing the development of hepatic fibrosis.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2009

Clusterin is a heterodimeric sulfated glycoprotein and plays a role in many different types of cancer as a cell survival factor and helps cancerous cells to evade stress-induced apoptosis. To investigate whether the regulation of clusterin expression is involved in the mechanism of anticancer agent, we studied the effect of tamoxifen on clusterin expression in human prostate cancer PC-3 cells. Treatment of PC-3 cells with tamoxifen reduced cellular proliferation. Western blot analyses showed that treatment with tamoxifen suppressed clusterin expression in a concentration-dependent manner. Transfection with clusterin siRNA plasmid showed that clusterin is required for PC-3 cell survival. We found that tamoxifen resulted in a rapid decrease in the phosphorylation of Akt on Ser473 leading to prevent kinase activity. Expression of myristoylated Akt prevented tamoxifen-mediated clusterin downregulation. Interestingly, MG132, a wellknown proteasome inhibitor also recovered clusterin expression suppressed by tamoxifen. These data indicate that clusterin expression may be regulated by activation of Akt and ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays an important role in tamoxifen-mediated clusterin suppression.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.385-389
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• 2010

Butein(3,4,2',4-tetrahydroxychalcone) has been reported anticancer effects in several cancer type, which is prostate, bladder cancer but breast cancer is not. This study was to investigate the antiproliferative effects by butein(3,4,2',4-tetrahydroxychalcone) in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells. We invastigated the effects of dose-dependently cell growth inhibition by butein, which could be proved by WST-1 assay. Also, flow cytometry analysis was butein increase percentage of subG1 phase. As well as, butein induces apoptosis through the expression of caspase-8,-3 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase(PARP) activation but not in DMSO treated cells. Taken together, this results suggest that butein induced MCF-7 apoptosis through extrinsic pathway and thus may have potential tumor suppressor in breast cancer.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2018년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.106-106
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• 2018

Cyanidin 3 - rutinoside chloride (CRC) is major anthocyanin, found in Schisandra chinensis, is known to have antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, tonic, and anti-aging effects in Korea, China and Japan. In the present study, the human mast cell line (HMC-1) was used to investigate the effects on the production of pro-inflammatory mediators. In this study, CRC showed no cytotoxicity in HMC-1. CRC significantly inhibited the secretion of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor $(TNF)-{\alpha}$ and interleukin (IL)-6 in PMA plus A23187 cacium ionophore (PMACI)-stimulated HMC-1 cells. In addition, CRC suppressed the serum levels of IgE. Furthermore, CRC decreased the PMACI- stimulated phosphorylation of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) such as p-ERK, p- JNK and p-P38. These results indicate that the pharmacological actions of CRC suggest their potential activity for treatment of allergic inflammation through the down-regulation of mast cell activation.

• 혜화의학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2000

Basidiomycete, Agaricus blazei murill has grown Brazil naturally. It was first cultivated 1997 in Korea. Proteoglycan or polysaccharide which have the effect of immunopotency and anticancer were extracted from it. From the mycelium of cultivated mushroom, were extracted lectin, linoleic acid, FIII-2-b, and simmilar to glucomannan from fruit body of Basidiomycete Agaricus blazei. Fruit body was more studied than mycelium. The experiments were most in vivo study. The effect were shown on S-180, MethA tumor, Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, Shionogi carcinoma 42, Meth A fibrosarcoma by transferation of tumor cell line, specially effectiveness on the S-180. About immunopotenciation, were shown as activation of NK cell, pancreatic T-cell, helper T cell, enhancement of population of cytotoxity T cell. It was effect on the MethA tumor cells in vitro cell cytotoxity and has induction of apoptosis. Forthermore cytotoxity of many other tumor cell line, aneiognensis, cell cyle studies will be needed.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권sup1호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2001

This study was designed to investigate the mechanism of cell death after cisplatin treatment in human glioblastoma A172 cells. Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(Cisplatin) demonstrated cytostatic or cytotoxic effects on A172 cells in a dosedependent manner. Cisplatin-mediated cytotoxity in A172 cells was revealed as an apoptosis characterized by high molecular weight DNA fragmentation by agarose electrophoresis as well as nuclear fragmentation by Hoechst staining. Cisplatin also resulted in the activation of caspase 3-like protease as well as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase(PARP) cleavage. Interestingly, the anti-apoptotic Bcl2 protein was degraded and furthermore, expression of p53 protein was increased by cisplatin in a time-dependent manner. Taken together, these results suggest that anticancer drug, cisplatin induces the apoptotic death of human glioblastoma A172 cells via the activations of caspase 3-like protease, degradation of anti-apoptotic Bcl2 protein and increase in the expression of p53.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2019

Decursin is a major biological active component of Angelica gigas Nakai and is known to induce apoptosis of metastatic prostatic cancer cells. Recently, other reports have been commissioned to examine the anticancer activities of this plant. In this study, we evaluated the inhibitory activity and related mechanism of action of decursin against glioblastoma cell line. Decursin demonstrated cytotoxic effects on U87 and C6 glioma cells in a dose-dependent manner but not in primary glial cells. Additionally, decursin increased apoptotic bodies and phosphorylated JNK and p38 in U87 cells. Decursin also down-regulated Bcl-2 as well as cell cycle dependent proteins, CDK-4 and cyclin D1. Furthermore, decursin-induced apoptosis was dependent on the caspase activation in U87 cells. Taken together, our data provide the evidence that decursin induces apoptosis in glioblastoma cells, making it a potential candidate as a chemotherapeutic drug against brain tumor.