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- Title
Pomegranate Extract (POMx) Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis of Oral Cancer Cells.
- Authors
Peng, Sheng-Yao; Lin, Li-Ching; Chen, Shu-Rong; Farooqi, Ammad A.; Cheng, Yuan-Bin; Tang, Jen-Yang; Chang, Hsueh-Wei
- Abstract
The anticancer effect of pomegranate polyphenolic extract POMx in oral cancer cells has rarely been explored, especially where its impact on mitochondrial functioning is concerned. Here, we attempt to evaluate the proliferation modulating function and mechanism of POMx against human oral cancer (Ca9-22, HSC-3, and OC-2) cells. POMx induced ATP depletion, subG1 accumulation, and annexin V/Western blotting-detected apoptosis in these three oral cancer cell lines but showed no toxicity to normal oral cell lines (HGF-1). POMx triggered mitochondrial membrane potential (MitoMP) disruption and mitochondrial superoxide (MitoSOX) generation associated with the differential downregulation of several antioxidant gene mRNA/protein expressions in oral cancer cells. POMx downregulated mitochondrial mass, mitochondrial DNA copy number, and mitochondrial biogenesis gene mRNA/protein expression in oral cancer cells. Moreover, POMx induced both PCR-based mitochondrial DNA damage and γH2AX-detected nuclear DNA damage in oral cancer cells. In conclusion, POMx provides antiproliferation and apoptosis of oral cancer cells through mechanisms of mitochondrial impairment.
- Subjects
ORAL cancer; POMEGRANATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEAR DNA; CANCER cells; MITOCHONDRIAL membranes
- Publication
Antioxidants, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 7, p1117
- ISSN
2076-3921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/antiox10071117