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Involvement of the mitochondrion-dependent and the endoplasmic reticulum stress-signaling pathways in isoliquiritigenin-induced apoptosis of HeLa cell.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Yuan, Xuan Zhang, Bo Wang, Zhen Hua Liu, Liang Liang Zheng, Qiu Sheng Wang, Zhi-Ping |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE Isoliquiritigenin (ISL), a licorice chalconoid, is considered to be a bioactive agent with chemopreventive potential. This study investigates the mechanisms involved in ISL-induced apoptosis in human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells. METHODS Cell viability was evaluated using a 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry using an Annexin V-FITC Apoptosis Detection Kit. The intracellular ROS levels were assessed using a 2, 7-dichlorofluorescein probe assay. The mitochondrial membrane potential was measured with the dual-emission potential-sensitive probe 5, 5', 6, 6'-tetra-chloro-1, 1', 3, 3'-tetraethyl-imidacarbocyanine iodide (JC-1). The degradation of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) protein, the phosphorylation of PKR-like ER kinase (PERK), the phosphorylation of the α-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α), the expression of the 78 kD glucose-regulated protein (GRP 78), and the activation of caspase-12 were analyzed via western blot analysis. RESULTS ISL significantly inhibited the proliferation, the increase in ROS levels and apoptotic rates of HeLa cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, ISL induced mitochondrial dysfunction, caspase activation, and PARP cleavage, which displayed features of mitochondria dependent on apoptotic signals. Besides, exposure of HeLa cells to ISL triggered endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, as indicated by the increase in p-eIF2α and GRP78 expression, ER stress-dependent apoptosis is caused by the activation of ER-specific caspase-12. CONCLUSION The findings from our study suggest that ISL-induced oxidative stress causes HeLa cell apoptosis via the mitochondrion-dependent and the ER stress-triggered signaling pathways. |
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| DOI | 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.04.005 |
| PubMed reference number | 23534467 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.besjournal.com/Articles/Archive/2013/No4/201303/P020130325523426619998.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3967/0895-3988.2013.04.005 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
