JA,a new type of polyunsaturated fatty acid isolated from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Juglans mandshurica</Emphasis> Maxim,limits the survival and induces apoptosis of heptocarcinoma cells |
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Authors: | Xiu-Li Gao Hua Lin Wei Zhao Ya-Qin Hou Yong-Li Bao Zhen-Bo Song Lu-Guo Sun Shang-Yi Tian Biao Liu Yu-Xin Li |
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Institution: | 1.National Engineering Laboratory for Druggable Gene and Protein Screening,Northeast Normal University,Changchun,China;2.Research Center of Agriculture and Medicine Gene Engineering of Ministry of Education,Northeast Normal University,Changchun,China;3.Department of Hand Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital,Jilin University,Changchun,China |
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Abstract: | Juglans mandshurica Maxim (Juglandaceae) is a famous folk medicine for cancer treatment and some natural compounds isolated from it have been studied extensively. Previously we isolated a type of ω-9 polyunsaturated fatty acid (JA) from the bark of J. mandshurica, however little is known about its activity and the underlying mechanisms. In this study, we studied anti-tumor activity of JA on several human cancer cell lines. Results showed that JA is cytotoxic to HepG2, MDA-MB-231, SGC-7901, A549 and Huh7 cells at a concentration exerting minimal toxic effects on L02 cells. The selective toxicity of JA was better than other classical anti-cancer drugs. Further investigation indicated that JA could induce cell apoptosis, characterized by chromatin condensation, DNA fragmentation and activation of the apoptosis-associated proteins such as Caspase-3 and PARP-1. Moreover, we investigated the cellular apoptosis pathway involved in the apoptosis process in HepG2 cells. We found that proteins involved in mitochondrion (cleaved-Caspase-9, Apaf-1, HtrA2/Omi, Bax, and Mitochondrial Bax) and endocytoplasmic reticulum (XBP-1s, GRP78, cleaved-Caspase-7 and cleaved-Caspase-12) apoptotic pathways were up-regulated when cells were treated by JA. In addition, a morphological change in the mitochondrion was detected. Furthermore, we found that JA could inhibit DNA synthesis and induce G2/M cell cycle arrest. The expression of G2-to-M transition related proteins, such as CyclinB1 and phosphorylated-CDK1, were reduced. In contrast, the G2-to-M inhibitor p21 was increased in JA-treated cells. Overall, our results suggest that JA can induce mitochondrion- and endocytoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis, and G2/M phase arrest in HepG2 cells, making it a promising therapeutic agent against hepatoma. |
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