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- Title
Autophagic Cell Death by Poncirus trifoliata Rafin., a Traditional Oriental Medicine, in Human Oral Cancer HSC-4 Cells.
- Authors
Hye-Yeon Han; Bong-Soo Park; Guem San Lee; Seung-Hwa Jeong; Hyungwoo Kim; Mi Heon Ryu
- Abstract
Poncirus trifoliata Rafin. has long been used as anti-inflammatory and antiallergic agent to treat gastrointestinal disorders and pulmonary diseases such as indigestion, constipation, chest fullness, chest pain, bronchitis, and sputum in Korea. P. trifoliata extract has recently been reported to possess anticancer properties; however, its mechanisms of action remain unclear. In this study, its antiproliferative effects and possible mechanisms were investigated in HSC-4 cells. The methanol extract of P. trifoliata (MEPT) significantly decreased the proliferation of HSC-4 cells (inhibitory concentration (IC)50 = 142.7 µg/mL) in a dose-dependent manner. While there were no significant changes observed upon cell cycle analysis and ANNEXIN V and 7-AAD double staining in the MEPT-treated groups, the intensity of acidic vesicular organelle (AVO) staining and microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain (LC) 3-II protein expression increased in response to MEPT treatment. Furthermore, 3-methyladenine (3-MA, autophagy inhibitor) effectively blocked the MEPT-induced cytotoxicity of HSC-4 cells and triggered the activation of p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) proteins. Taken together, our results indicate that MEPT is a potent autophagy agonist in oral cancer cells with antitumor therapeutic potential that acts through the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; CELL cycle; RESEARCH methodology; ASIAN medicine; MOUTH tumors; RESEARCH funding; STAINS &; staining (Microscopy); TISSUE culture; WESTERN immunoblotting; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; IN vitro studies
- Publication
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2015, p1
- ISSN
1741-427X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/394263