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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2015

Timosaponin AIII mediates caspase activation and induces apoptosis through JNK1/2 pathway in human promyelocytic leukemia cells.

Hsin-Lien Huang, Whei-Ling Chiang, Pei-Ching Hsiao, Ming-Hsien Chien, Hui-Yu Chen, Wei-Chun Weng, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Shun-Fa Yang

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Hsin-Lien HuangInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, 110, Section 1, Chien-Kuo N. Road, Taichung, 40201, Taiwan.
Whei-Ling Chiang
Pei-Ching Hsiao
Ming-Hsien Chien
Hui-Yu Chen
Wei-Chun Weng
Ming-Ju Hsieh
Shun-Fa Yang
Chung Shan Medical University · TWChung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWTungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital · TWWan Fang Hospital · TW

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Abstract

Timosaponin AIII (TAIII) is a steroidal saponin isolated from Anemarrhena asphodeloides that has been shown to inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in cancer. However, the effect of TAIII on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains unclear. Here, the molecular mechanism by which TAIII-induced apoptosis affects human AML cells was investigated. The results showed that TAIII significantly inhibited cell proliferation of four AML cell lines (MV4-11, U937, THP-1, and HL-60). Furthermore, TAIII induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells through caspase-3, caspase-8, and caspase-9 activations and PARP cleavage in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Moreover, Western blot analysis also showed that TAIII increased phosphorylation of JNK1/2 and p38 MAPK in a dose-dependent manner. Inhibition of JNK1/2 by specific inhibitors significantly abolished the TAIII-induced activation of the caspase-8. Taken together, our results suggest that TAIII induces HL-60 cell apoptosis through JNK1/2 pathways and could serve as a potential additional chemotherapeutic agent for treating AML.

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ApoptosisCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLeukemia, Promyelocytic, AcuteMAP Kinase Signaling Systemp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaponinsSteroidsCaspasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaponinsSteroidstimosaponin AIII

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