Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.22.62 (caspase-9)
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Using K562 and HL60 cell lines, we have investigated the anti-tumoral activity of d-limonene, a monocyclic monoterpene, in human leukemia cells. Apoptosis was evaluated by Hoechst staining and by the annexin V/propidium iodide binding assay. d-Limonene induced apoptosis in a dose- and time-dependent manner in both cell lines. Our findings and data, demonstrating an increase in Bax protein expression, the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, and an increase in caspase-9 and cleaved caspase-3, but not caspase-8, after the treatment of d-limonene, all suggest that the mitochondrial death pathway is primarily involved in the development of d-limonene-induced apoptosis.
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PMID:Induction of apoptosis by d-limonene is mediated by a caspase-dependent mitochondrial death pathway in human leukemia cells. 2709 93