Cephalotaxus griffithii Hook.f. needle extract induces cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and suppression of hTERT and hTR expression on human breast cancer cells

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Mohan Chandra Kalita¹  Narayan Chandra Talukdar²  Dinesh Singh Moirangthem²  Jagat Chandra Borah²  Surbala Laishram² 

[1] Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, 781014, Guwahati, Assam, India;Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat Institutional Area, 795001, Imphal, Manipur, India;

关键词: Cephalotaxus griffithii;    Apoptosis;    Cell cycle;    Telomerase;    p53;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-14-305

 received in 2014-04-30, accepted in 2014-08-13,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCephalotaxus spp. are known to possess anticancer potential. In this present work, for the first time the effects of C. griffithii needle (CGN) extracts on human cancer cells were examined.MethodsThe CGN was successively extracted with petroleum ether (PE), acetone and methanol. The extracts were tested for its effect on proliferation of cancer cells (MTT assay on HeLa, ZR751 and HepG2). Extract that showed the maximum growth inhibitory effect was subjected for mechanism of action study. These included apoptosis (morphological and DNA fragmentation assay), cell cycle (flow cytometry), caspase expression (Western blot) and activity (assay kit), p53 (western blot and TP53 siRNA interference) and telomerase expression (reverse transcriptase PCR) analysis.ResultsAmong the extracts, PE extract induced maximum cytotoxicity, with highest death occurred in ZR751 cells. Since, PE extract induced cell death was highest among the CGN extracts, with maximum cancer cell death occurred in ZR751 cells; we carried out mechanism study of PE extract induced ZR751 cell death. It was observed that PE extract induced ZR751 cell death was associated with cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by activating both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways. Knock down study revealed that p53 is essential for loss of ZR751 cell viability induced by PE extract. Further, PE extract down-regulated hTERT, hTR, and c-Myc expression. Thin layer chromatography analysis indicated the presence of unique phytochemicals in PE extract.ConclusionBased on the observations, we concluded that PE extract of C. griffithii needle contains important phyto-components with multiple cellular targets for control of breast cancer and is worthy of future studies.

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