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ArticleGenes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society2024

Curcumin piperidone derivatives induce caspase-dependent apoptosis and suppress miRNA-21 expression in LN-18 human glioblastoma cells.

Nur Syahirah Che Razali, Kok Wai Lam, Nor Fadilah Rajab, A Rahman A Jamal, Nurul Farahana Kamaludin, Kok Meng Chan

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Article in Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nur Syahirah Che RazaliCenter for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia.
Kok Wai LamCentre for Drug and Herbal Development, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia.
Nor Fadilah RajabCenter for Health Ageing and Wellness Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia.
A Rahman A JamalUKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute, UKM Medical Centre, Cheras, 56000, Malaysia.
Nurul Farahana KamaludinCenter for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia.
Kok Meng ChanCenter for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia. chan@ukm.edu.my.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-125X
National University of Malaysia · MYPetronas (Malaysia) · MYUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia FRGS/1/2017/SKK10/UKM/02/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreviously, we have reported on the two curcuminoid analogues with piperidone derivatives, namely FLDP-5 and FLDP-8 have more potent anti-proliferative and anti-migration effects than curcumin. In this study, we further investigated the mode of cell death and the mechanism involved in the cell death process induced by these analogues on human glioblastoma LN-18 cells.

resultsThe FLDP-5 and FLDP-8 curcuminoid analogues induced LN-18 cell death through apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner following 24 h of treatment. These analogues induced apoptosis in LN-18 cells through significant loss of mitochondrial mass and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) as early as 1-hour of treatment. Interestingly, N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) pretreatment did not abolish the apoptosis induced by these analogues, further confirming the cell death process is independent of ROS. However, the apoptosis induced by the analogues is caspases-dependent, whereby pan-caspase pretreatment inhibited the curcuminoid analogues-induced apoptosis. The apoptotic cell death progressed with the activation of both caspase-8 and caspase-9, which eventually led to the activation of caspase-3, as confirmed by immunoblotting. Moreover, the existing over-expression of miRNA-21 in LN-18 cells was suppressed following treatment with both analogues, which suggested the down-regulation of the miRNA-21 facilitates the cell death process.

conclusionThe FLDP-5 and FLDP-8 curcuminoid analogues downregulate the miRNA-21 expression and induce extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways in LN-18 cells.

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ApoptosisCaspaseCurcuminCurcuminoid analogueGlioblastomaMiRNA-21

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