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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Ethanolic Extracts of Pluchea indica Induce Apoptosis and Antiproliferation Effects in Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells.

Chiu-Li Kao, Joshua Cho, Ya-Zhe Lee, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chih-Yen Chien, Chung-Feng Hwang, Yi-Ren Hong, Chao-Neng Tseng, Chung-Lung Cho

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 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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Chiu-Li KaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. joe7day@yahoo.com.tw.
Joshua ChoDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. jcho23@u.rochester.edu.
Ya-Zhe LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. m992010002@gmail.com.
Yuan-Bin ChengGraduate Institute of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. jmb@kmu.edu.tw.
Chih-Yen ChienDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chung Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. cychien3965@adm.cgmh.org.tw.
Chung-Feng HwangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chung Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. cfhwang.tw@gmail.com.
Yi-Ren HongDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. m835016@cc.kmu.edu.tw.
Chao-Neng TsengDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. cntseng.tw@gmail.com.
Chung-Lung ChoDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. clcho@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pluchea indica is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of lumbago, ulcer, tuberculosis and inflammation. The anti-cancer activities and the underlying molecular mechanisms of the ethanolic extracts of P. indica root (PIRE) were characterized in the present study. PIRE strongly inhibited the viability of the human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (NPC-TW 01 and NPC-TW 04) in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Migration of cancer cells was also suppressed by PIRE. In addition, PIRE significantly increased the occurrence of the cells in sub-G1 phase and the extent of DNA fragmentation in a dose-dependent manner, which indicates that PIRE significantly increased apoptosis in NPC cells. The apoptotic process triggered by PIRE involved up-regulation of pro-apoptotic Bax protein and down-regulation of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein, consequently increasing the ratios of Bax/Bcl-2 protein levels. Moreover, the p53 protein was up-regulated by PIRE in a concentration-dependent manner. Therefore, PIRE could induce the apoptosis-signaling pathway in NPC cells by activation of p53 and by regulation of apoptosis-related proteins.

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ApoptosisAsteraceaeCarcinomaCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsPlant ExtractsPlant Extractsapoptosisnasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)p53Pluchea indica

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PMID26111179
PMCPMC6272159

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