Induction of Apoptosis in Tumor Cells by Three Naphthoquinone Esters Isolated from Thai Medicinal Plant: Rhinacanthus nasutus KURZ.

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  • Siripong Pongpun
    Natural Products Research Section, Research Division, National Cancer Institute
  • Yahuafai Jantana
    Natural Products Research Section, Research Division, National Cancer Institute
  • Shimizu Kosuke
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
  • Ichikawa Kanae
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
  • Yonezawa Sei
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
  • Asai Tomohiro
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
  • Kanokmedakul Kwanjai
    Department of Chemistry, Khon Kaen University
  • Ruchirawat Somsak
    Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Chulabhorn Research Institute
  • Oku Naoto
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

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Rhinacanthus nasutus KURZ. (Acanthaceae) has been used as Thai traditional medicine for the treatment of various cancers. Recently, we reported that rhinacanthins, active components of the plant, had antiproliferative activity against human cancer line cells. In the present study, we investigated the growth inhibitory mechanism of rhinacanthins-C, -N and -Q, three main naphthoquinone esters isolated from the roots of R. nasutus KURZ. in human cervical carcinoma (HeLaS3) cells by means of TUNEL staining, DNA fragmentation assay, flow cytometry, and cleavage assay of Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-peptide-nitroanilide, a caspase-3 substrate. After the HeLaS3 cells was exposed with different concentrations of the drugs, rhinacanthins-C, -N and -Q exhibited antiproliferative effects on HeLaS3 cells with the IC50 values of 80, 65, 73 μM; 55, 45, 55 μM; and 1.5, 1.5 and 5.0 μM for 24, 48 and 72 h time points, respectively. Morphological changes showing nuclear fragmentation of rhinacanthins-treated cells were clearly observed after 48 h exposure. Consistent with this observation, the appearance of a ladder formation was also evident with an agarose gel electrophoresis of the extracted DNA. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that rhinacanthin-N caused G2/M arrest of HeLaS3 cells after 24 h incubation, and increased the proportion of sub-G1 hypodiploid cells, apoptotic cells, in the population of HeLaS3 cells after 48 and 72 h incubation. Moreover, the drug treatment markedly elevated the activity of caspase-3. Based on these results, our findings demonstrated for the first time that the inhibitory effects of three main naphthoquinone esters isolated from the roots of R. nasutus KURZ. on the growth of HeLaS3 cells appear to arise from the induction of apoptosis, that might be associated with the activation of caspase-3 pathway.

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