The catechin flavonoid reduces proliferation and induces apoptosis of murine lymphoma cells LB02 through modulation of antiapoptotic proteins

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Daniela Laura Papademetrio²  Aldana Trabucchi²  Victoria Cavaliere²  Rafael Ricco¹  Susana Costantino²  Marcelo Luis Wagner¹  Elida Álvarez² 

[1] ,Universidad de Buenos Aires Instituto Prof. Dr. Ricardo Margni Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica,Argentina

关键词: apoptosis;    Bcl-2/Bax ratio;    catechin;    leukemia;    mitochondrial membrane potential;    survivin;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-695X2013005000025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Flavonoids are products of secondary metabolism of plants. They are present in herbs and trees and also act as natural chemopreventives and anticancer agents. Ligaria cuneifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Tiegh., Loranthaceae, is a hemiparasite species that belongs to Argentine flora. Phytochemical studies have disclosed the presence of quercetin, catechin-4β-ol and pro-anthocyanidine as polyphenolic compounds in the active extracts. We previously demonstrated that ethyl acetate extract was capable of reducing cell proliferation and inducing apoptotic death of lymphoid tumor cells. The aim of the current study is to determine whether or not catechin, isolated from L. cuneifolia extracts can induce leukemia cell death and to determine its effect on the cytoplasmatic proteins that modulate cell survival. Our results show that catechin can reduce proliferation of murine lymphoma cell line LB02. The effect is mediated by apoptosis at concentrations upper to 100 µg/mL. Cell death is related to the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and a down regulation of survivin and Bcl-2 together with the increase of pro-apoptotic protein Bax. In summary, the current study indicates that catechin present in the extract of L. cuneifolia is in part, responsible for the anti-proliferative activity of whole extracts by induction of ΔΨm disruption and modulation of the anti-apoptotic proteins over expressed in tumor cells. These results give new findings into the potential anticancer and chemopreventive activities of L. cuneifolia.

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