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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

Apigenin Inhibits Human SW620 Cell Growth by Targeting Polyamine Catabolism.

Jing Wang, TongMing Li, Linquan Zang, Xuediao Pan, Sujun Wang, Yanyan Wu, Guixiang Wang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing WangSchool of Chinese Herbology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
TongMing LiSchool of Chinese Herbology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Linquan ZangSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Xuediao PanSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Sujun WangSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Yanyan WuSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Guixiang WangSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3751-5337
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apigenin is a nonmutagenic flavonoid that has antitumor properties. Polyamines are ubiquitous cellular polycations, which play an important role in the proliferation and differentiation of cancer cells. Highly regulated pathways control the biosynthesis and degradation of polyamines. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the metabolism, and spermidine/spermine-N1-Acetyl transferase (SSAT) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the catabolism of polyamines. In the current study, the effect of increasing concentrations of apigenin on polyamine levels, ODC and SSAT protein expression, mRNA expression, cell proliferation and apoptosis, and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was investigated in SW620 colon cancer cells. The results showed that apigenin significantly reduced cell proliferation, decreased the levels of spermidine and spermine, and increased previously downregulated putrescine contents. Apigenin also enhanced SSAT protein and mRNA levels and the production of reactive oxygen species in SW620 cells, though it had no significant effect on the levels of ODC protein or mRNA. Apigenin appears to decrease the proliferation rate of human SW620 cells by facilitating SSAT expression to induce polyamine catabolism and increasing ROS levels to induce cell apoptosis.

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