Abstract:
:Armillaria mellea is a honey mushroom often used in the traditional Chinese medicine "Tianma". Currently, this medicinal mushroom is also used as a dietary supplement in numerous Western and Eastern countries. Armillarikin was isolated from A. mellea, and we previously discovered that it induced cytotoxicity in human leukemia cells. In this study, we further investigated the cytotoxicity of armillarikin against liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer cells. Armillarikin was cytotoxic against human hepatocellular carcinoma Huh7, HA22T, and HepG2 cells based on the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium and alamarBlue(®) assays. Armillarikin treatment also induced the collapse of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential of these cells. Furthermore, armillarikin-induced apoptotic cell death was demonstrated by sub-G1 chromosomal DNA formation by using flow cytometry. In addition, the apoptosis was inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor, Z-VAD-fmk. Immunoblotting also revealed the armillarikin-induced activation of procaspase-3, -8, and -9 and upregulation of the apoptosis- and cell cycle arrest-related phospho-histones 2 and 3, respectively. Moreover, reactive oxygen species scavengers also inhibited the armillarikin-induced apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma, suggesting that reactive oxygen species formation played an important role in the armillarikin-induced apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma. In conclusion, our study indicates the potential of armillarikin as an effective agent for hepatoma or leukemia therapies.
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Onco Targets Therjournal_title
OncoTargets and therapyauthors
Chen YJ,Chen CC,Huang HLdoi
10.2147/OTT.S103940subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-08-01 00:00:00pages
4773-83issn
1178-6930pii
ott-9-4773journal_volume
9pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies show that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to the progression and poor prognosis of carcinoma through multiple mechanisms. Both inflammation and changing of epithelium have a close relationship with tumorigenesis of gastric cancer. Howe...
journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S103112
更新日期:2016-06-30 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The prognostic impact of smoking and drinking on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) was scarcely discussed. We investigated the prognostic value of smoking and drinking and their relationships with clinicopathological characteristics in a large cohort of patients with locoregional ESCC. PATIENTS AN...
journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S104182
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S223216
更新日期:2019-10-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S221589
更新日期:2019-10-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S109023
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S192377
更新日期:2019-01-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S77378
更新日期:2015-04-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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doi:10.2147/OTT.S146221
更新日期:2018-09-27 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S205017
更新日期:2019-11-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S223668
更新日期:2019-11-26 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S155473
更新日期:2018-03-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type:
doi:10.2147/OTT.S190333
更新日期:2018-12-18 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S157440
更新日期:2018-03-28 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:This study is aimed to investigate the combined treating efficacy of sodium butyrate and docetaxel on proliferation and apoptosis of the lung adenocarcinoma A549 cell line based on Gli1 regulation in vitro and in vivo. Materials and Methods:RNA interference method was used to overexpress Gli1 in A549 cells. Ce...
journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S252323
更新日期:2020-09-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S130087
更新日期:2017-05-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S254323
更新日期:2020-08-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S48284
更新日期:2013-07-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S207560
更新日期:2019-06-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S184078
更新日期:2018-12-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S141476
更新日期:2017-07-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S95306
更新日期:2015-11-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-06-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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doi:10.2147/OTT.S278349
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S65373
更新日期:2014-09-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S88463
更新日期:2015-09-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S108134
更新日期:2016-10-28 00:00:00