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ArticlePharmacognosy magazine

Wangshi Xie, Zhang Zhang, Liyan Song, Chunhua Huang, Zhongyi Guo, Xianjing Hu, Sixue Bi, Rongmin Yu

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Article in Pharmacognosy magazine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wangshi XieDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China.
Zhang ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China.
Liyan SongDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China.
Chunhua HuangBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhongyi GuoDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China.
Xianjing HuBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Sixue BiBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Rongmin YuDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China.
Jinan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMATERIALS AND

methodsThe

objectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate the antiproliferative effect of CMF as well as the mechanism underlying the apoptosis and cell cycle arrest it induces in KB cells.

resultsCMF suppressed KB cells' proliferation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that CMF induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Western blot analysis revealed that CMF induced caspase-3, caspase-9, and PARP cleavages, and increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. CMF also led to increased expression of p21, decreased expression of cyclin B1, mitotic phosphatase cdc25c, and mitotic kinase cdc2, as well as unchanged expression of p53. In addition, CMF stimulated c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) protein phosphorylations, resulting in upregulated expression of c-Jun and nuclear localization of c-Jun. Pretreatment with JNK inhibitor SP600125 suppressed CMF-induced apoptosis and G2/M arrest.

conclusionsCMF is capable of modulating c-Jun caspase and Bcl-2 family proteins through JNK-dependent apoptosis, which results in G2/M phase arrest in KB cells. CMF could be developed as a promising candidate for the new antitumor agents. SUMMARY: CMF exhibited strong anticancer activity against oral squamous carcinoma KB cellsCMF inhibited KB cells' proliferation via induction of apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrestCMF activated JNK signaling pathway and promoted the nuclear localization of c-JunCMF regulated the apoptosis- and cell cycle-related proteins in a manner dependent on JNK/c-Jun pathway.

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Apoptosiscell cycle arrestc-Jun N-terminal kinases/c-JunCordyceps militaris fractionKB cells

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PMID29576711
PMCPMC5858231
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