Abstract:
:Bee venom (BV) has been known to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in BV-induced apoptosis are still uncharacterized in human leukemic cells. In the present study, we report that BV induces apoptosis in leukemic U937 cells through downregulation of ERK and Akt signal pathway. Furthermore, BV-induced apoptosis was accompanied by downregulation of Bcl-2, activation of caspase-3 and a subsequent poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) cleavages. The induction of apoptosis also was accompanied by the downregulation of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family proteins. Caspase-3 inhibitor, z-DEVD-fmk, was significantly capable of restoring cell viability and BV-induced apoptosis through caspase-3 activation was significantly attenuated in Bcl-2-overexpressing cells. These results indicate that downregulation of Bcl-2 plays a major role in the initiation as an activator of a caspase-3 involved with BV-induced apoptosis. BV also triggered the activation of p38 MAPK and JNK, and downregulation of ERK and Akt. PD98059 (an inhibitor of ERK) or LY294002 (an inhibitor of Akt), but not an inhibitor of p38 MAPK and JNK, significantly decreased cell viability and increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. The results indicated that key regulators in BV-induced apoptosis are Bcl-2 and caspase-3 in human leukemic U937 cells through downregulation of the ERK and Akt signal pathway.
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Int Immunopharmacoljournal_title
International immunopharmacologyauthors
Moon DO,Park SY,Heo MS,Kim KC,Park C,Ko WS,Choi YH,Kim GYdoi
10.1016/j.intimp.2006.07.027subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-12-05 00:00:00pages
1796-807issue
12eissn
1567-5769issn
1878-1705pii
S1567-5769(06)00230-Xjournal_volume
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