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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Antitumor Efficacy of the Herbal Recipe Benja Amarit against Highly Invasive Cholangiocarcinoma by Inducing Apoptosis both In Vitro and In Vivo.

Rittibet Yapasert, Nirush Lertprasertsuk, Subhawat Subhawa, Juthathip Poofery, Bungorn Sripanidkulchai, Ratana Banjerdpongchai

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. 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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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rittibet YapasertDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-7614
Nirush LertprasertsukDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Subhawat SubhawaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Juthathip PooferyDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Bungorn SripanidkulchaiCenter for Research and Development of Herbal Health Products (CRD-HHP), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
Ratana BanjerdpongchaiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Chiang Mai University · THKhon Kaen University · TH

Funding

Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University 145/2019Royal Golden Jubilee (RGJ) Ph.D. Programme PDH/0112/2558Thai Traditional Medical Knowledge Fund 28/2563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thailand is the country with highest incidence and prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in the world. Due to the frequently late diagnosis that is associated with this disease, most CCA patients are prescribed chemotherapy as a form of treatment. However, CCA is able to resist the presently available chemotherapy, so to the prognosis of this disease is still very poor. In this study, we investigated the anticancer potential of a Thai herbal recipe, Benja Amarit (BJA) against CCA and the relevant mechanisms of action that are involved. We found that BJA inhibited CCA cell viability in a dose-dependent manner, especially in highly invasive KKU-213 cells. The extract induced mitochondrial- and caspase-dependent apoptosis in CCA cells by regulating the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. BJA also triggered autophagy in CCA cells. Nonetheless, the inhibition of autophagy enhanced BJA-induced CCA cell death via apoptosis. An in vivo xenograft model revealed the growth-inhibiting and death-inducing effects of BJA against CCA by targeting apoptosis. However, general toxicity to blood cells, kidneys and the liver, as well as changes in body weight, did not appear. Our findings suggest that the herbal recipe BJA might be used as a potentially new and effective treatment for cholangiocarcinoma patients.

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ApoptosisHerbal MedicineAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAutophagyBile Duct NeoplasmsCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCholangiocarcinomaHumansInhibitory Concentration 50MaleMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeAntineoplastic AgentsCaspasesapoptosisautophagyBenja AmaritBJAcholangiocarcinomaherbal recipein vitroin vivoliver cancer

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