scholarly journals Pseuderanthemum palatiferum (Nees) Radlk extract induces apoptosis via reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondria-dependent pathway in A549 human lung cancer cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Udomlak Kongprasom ◽  
Wanida Sukketsiri ◽  
Pennapa Chonpathompikunlert ◽  
Morakot Sroyraya ◽  
Somporn Sretrirutchai ◽  
...  
APOPTOSIS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Heng Hsieh ◽  
Jing-Ping Wang ◽  
Chien-Chih Chiu ◽  
Chun-Yen Liu ◽  
Ching-Fa Yao ◽  
...  

In Vivo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1193-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
WAN-NIEN YU ◽  
YING-JU LAI ◽  
JUI-WEN MA ◽  
CHI-TANG HO ◽  
SHAN-WEI HUNG ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Hsuan Cheng ◽  
Hung-Ling Huang ◽  
Yen-You Lin ◽  
Kuan-Hao Tsui ◽  
Pei-Chin Chen ◽  
...  

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world, with a five-year survival rate of less than 30%. Clinically effective chemotherapeutic treatments at the initial stage may eventually face the dilemma of no drug being effective due to drug resistance; therefore, finding new effective drugs for lung cancer treatment is a necessary and important issue. Compounds capable of further increasing the oxidative stress of cancer cells are considered to have anticancer potential because they possessed the ability to induce apoptosis. This study mainly investigated the effects of BA6 (heteronemin), the marine sponge sesterterpene, on lung cancer cell apoptosis, via modulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). BA6 has cellular cytotoxic activities against a variety of cancer cell lines, but it has no effect on nontumor cells. The BA6-treated lung cancer cells show a significant increase in both cellular ROS and mtROS, which in turn caused the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). The increase of oxidative stress in lung cancer cells treated with BA6 was accompanied by a decrease in the expression of antioxidant enzymes Cu/Zn SOD, MnSOD, and catalase. In addition, OXPHOS performed in the mitochondria and glycolysis in the cytoplasm were inhibited, which subsequently reduced downstream ATP production. Pretreatment with mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoTEMPO reduced BA6-induced apoptosis through the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway, which was accompanied by increased cell viability, decreased mtROS, enhanced MMP, and suppressed expression of cleaved caspase-3 and caspase-9 proteins. In conclusion, the results of this study clarify the mechanism of BA6-induced apoptosis in lung cancer cells via the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, suggesting that it is a potentially innovative alternative to the treatment of human lung cancer.


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Rin Lee ◽  
Jong-Yoon Lee ◽  
Hyun-Ji Kim ◽  
Myong-Joon Hahn ◽  
Jong-Sun Kang ◽  
...  

AbstractChloride intracellular channel 1 (CLIC1) is a promising therapeutic target in cancer due to its intrinsic characteristics; it is overexpressed in specific tumor types and its localization changes from cytosolic to surface membrane depending on activities and cell cycle progression. Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical signaling molecules that modulate diverse cellular functions, including cell death. In this study, we investigated the function of CLIC1 in Ca2+ and ROS signaling in A549 human lung cancer cells. Depletion of CLIC1 via shRNAs in A549 cells increased DNA double-strand breaks both under control conditions and under treatment with the putative anticancer agent chelerythrine, accompanied by a concomitant increase in the p-JNK level. CLIC1 knockdown greatly increased basal ROS levels, an effect prevented by BAPTA-AM, an intracellular calcium chelator. Intracellular Ca2+ measurements clearly showed that CLIC1 knockdown significantly increased chelerythrine-induced Ca2+ signaling as well as the basal Ca2+ level in A549 cells compared to these levels in control cells. Suppression of extracellular Ca2+ restored the basal Ca2+ level in CLIC1-knockdown A549 cells relative to that in control cells, implying that CLIC1 regulates [Ca2+]i through Ca2+ entry across the plasma membrane. Consistent with this finding, the L-type Ca2+ channel (LTCC) blocker nifedipine reduced the basal Ca2+ level in CLIC1 knockdown cells to that in control cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that CLIC1 knockdown induces an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ level via LTCC, which then triggers excessive ROS production and consequent JNK activation. Thus, CLIC1 is a key regulator of Ca2+ signaling in the control of cancer cell survival.


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