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ArticleOncology letters2018

The natural sweetener metabolite steviol inhibits the proliferation of human osteosarcoma U2OS cell line.

Jun-Ming Chen, Jue Zhang, Yong-Mei Xia, Xiao-Xia Wang, Jian Li

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jun-Ming ChenState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China.
Jue ZhangKey Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine of Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214063, P.R. China.
Yong-Mei XiaState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China.
Xiao-Xia WangState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China.
Jian LiKey Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine of Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214063, P.R. China.
Ministry of Ecology and Environment · CNState Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology · CNJiangnan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Steviol is the colonic metabolite of the natural sweetener steviol glycosides. It does not diffuse to the blood and the half maximal inhibitory concentration of steviol is longer compared with that of current chemotherapy agents, including 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin. The present study demonstrated that steviol inhibits the proliferation of the human osteosarcoma U2OS cell line in a dose- and time-dependent manner, and that the inhibition rate is comparative with that of doxorubicin and 5-fluorouracil. The mechanism of this anticancer activity is also investigated. The results indicated that steviol inhibits U2OS cells through inducing G1 phase cell cycle arrest, downregulating the ability of colony formation via a mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, which was indicated by an increase of the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and activation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1, tumor protein 53 and cyclin-dependent kinase; whereas a Survivin and Caspase 3-independent mechanism was involved. Considering that steviol appears minimally in the plasma during metabolism, and possesses a median lethal dose of 100-fold greater compared with that of 5-fluorouracil, it may become a potential chemotherapy agent.

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apoptosisosteosarcomasteviolsteviol glycosideU2OS

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PMID29552164
PMCPMC5840661
OpenAlexW2788189594

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