Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: EC:3.4.22.56 (caspase-3)
 35,750 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

Piceatannol, a polyphenolic compound present in grapes and wine, has been reported to exhibit anticancer properties. Recently, it has been demonstrated to exert antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects in various human cancer types. The aim of our study was to investigate whether piceatannol induces autophagy and apoptosis in MOLT-4 human leukemia cells. Our results revealed that piceatannol activated autophagy in MOLT-4 cells, as evidenced by the detection of an increased level of LC3-II protein and a concomitant decrease in p62/SQSTM1 protein level. Moreover, piceatannol induced apoptosis in MOLT-4 cells which was accompanied by phosphatidylserine externalization, caspase-3 activation, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, PARP1 cleavage, chromatin condensation, and fragmentation of cell nuclei. However, the toxic effects exerted by piceatannol in MOLT4 cells diminished after longer periods of exposure to the compound. Our findings imply that MOLT-4 cells may acquire resistance to piceatannol toxicity, which may result from the induction of efflux transporters such as P-glycoprotein. The present study provides new data showing that the use of piceatannol as a potential chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of leukemia may be associated with the risk of multidrug resistance.
 ...
PMID:Induction of autophagy, apoptosis and aquisition of resistance in response to piceatannol toxicity in MOLT-4 human leukemia cells. 3094 May 61

Resveratrol is a naturally occurring polyphenolic compound present in many plant species and wine. It possesses a wide range of beneficial biological properties including anticancer activity. Resveratrol has been demonstrated to induce both autophagy and apoptosis in several human cancer cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate whether resveratrol modulates autophagy and apoptosis in MOLT-4 human lymphoblastic leukemia and HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells. Cell viability was evaluated by the neutral red uptake assay. Cell cycle distribution, phosphatidylserine externalization, caspase-3 activation, changes of the mitochondrial membrane potential, intracellular production of reactive oxygen species were evaluated by flow cytometry. LC3-I to LC3-II conversion was examined based on Western blotting and immunofluorescence analyses. The level of p62/SQSTM1 protein and PARP1 cleavage were analyzed by Western blotting. The DNA degradation was assessed by gel electrophoresis. We found that resveratrol is able to modulate autophagy in MOLT-4 and HL-60 cells, as evidenced by the detection of an increased level of LC3-II and p62/SQSTM1 proteins. Moreover, resveratrol induced apoptosis in both cell lines which was associated with phosphatidylserine externalization, disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential, caspase-3 activation, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, PARP1 cleavage, chromatin condensation, and fragmentation of cell nuclei. The present study provides evidence that resveratrol can act as an autophagy modulator as well as an apoptosis inducer in MOLT-4 and HL-60 human leukemia cells. Our findings imply that resveratrol can be a promising chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of leukemia.
 ...
PMID:The wine polyphenol resveratrol modulates autophagy and induces apoptosis in MOLT-4 and HL-60 human leukemia cells. 3208 44


<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5