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Curcumin induces apoptosis involving bax/bcl-2 in human hepatoma SMMC-7721 cells.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Zhou, Xiaoming He, Xiaosong Dai, Meihong Zhang, Qin
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Curcumin is a major active component of Curcuma aromatica salisb, which has been shown to inhibit proliferation of a wide variety of tumor cells. In this study, the molecular mechanisms of curcumin inducing apoptosis in human hepatoma SMMC-7721 cells were examined. We find that curcumin inhibits the growth of SMMC-7721 cells significantly in a concentration-depenent manner, with typical apoptotic morphological changes of cellular nuclei. Annexin-V/PI double staining detected by flow cytometry and expression of the relative apoptotic proteins (Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase-3) revealed a strong apoptosis-inducing competent of curcumin in SMMC-7721 cells. Curcumin increased the expression of bax protein while decreasing that of bc1-2 protein significantly. The results suggest that curcumin induction of apoptosis involves modulation of bax/bcl-2 in SMMC-7721 cells and provide a molecular basis for the development of naturally compounds as novel anticancer agents for human hepatomas.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
PubMed reference number	22292626
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	8
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://journal.waocp.org/article_25812_9adf720ccef576f9bbbc1b2d39384e57.pdf
Journal	Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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