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ArticleMarine drugs2013

Proteomic investigation of the sinulariolide-treated melanoma cells A375: effects on the cell apoptosis through mitochondrial-related pathway and activation of caspase cascade.

Hsing-Hui Li, Jui-Hsin Su, Chien-Chih Chiu, Jen-Jie Lin, Zih-Yan Yang, Wen-Ing Hwang, Yu-Kuei Chen, Yu-Hsuan Lo, Yu-Jen Wu

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Article in Marine drugs, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hsing-Hui LiNational Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 94450, Taiwan. hhli@nmmba.gov.tw
Jui-Hsin Su
Chien-Chih Chiu
Jen-Jie Lin
Zih-Yan Yang
Wen-Ing Hwang
Yu-Kuei Chen
Yu-Hsuan Lo
Yu-Jen Wu
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWMeiho University · TWNational Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium · TWNational Pingtung University of Science and Technology · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sinulariolide is an active compound isolated from the cultured soft coral Sinularia flexibilis. In this study, we investigated the effects of sinulariolide on A375 melanoma cell growth and protein expression. Sinulariolide suppressed the proliferation and migration of melanoma cells in a concentration-dependent manner and was found to induce both early and late apoptosis by flow cytometric analysis. Comparative proteomic analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of sinulariolide at the molecular level by comparison between the protein profiles of melanoma cells treated with sinulariolide and those without treatment. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) master maps of control and treated A375 cells were generated by analysis with PDQuest software. Comparison between these maps showed up- and downregulation of 21 proteins, seven of which were upregulated and 14 were downregulated. The proteomics studies described here identify some proteins that are involved in mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis-associated proteins, including heat shock protein 60, heat shock protein beta-1, ubiquinol cytochrome c reductase complex core protein 1, isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD) subunit alpha (down-regulated), and prohibitin (up-regulated), in A375 melanoma cells exposed to sinulariolide. Sinulariolide-induced apoptosis is relevant to mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis via caspase-dependent pathways, elucidated by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome c, and activation of Bax, Bad and caspase-3/-9, as well as suppression of p-Bad, Bcl-xL and Bcl-2. Taken together, our results show that sinulariolide-induced apoptosis might be related to activation of the caspase cascade and mitochondria dysfunction pathways. Our results suggest that sinulariolide merits further evaluation as a chemotherapeutic agent for human melanoma.

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AnimalsAnthozoaApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationDiterpenesDown-RegulationHumansMelanomaMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMitochondriaProteomeProteomicsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCaspasesDiterpenesProteomesinulariolide

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PMID23880933
PMCPMC3736442
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