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[Effect of gossypol acetate on proliferation and apoptosis in Raji lymphoblastoid cell line]. 2009

Wei Cheng, and Yu-Mei Li, and Da-Jun Yang, and Yong-Qiang Zhao

Department of Hematology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of gossypol acetate on proliferation and apoptosis in Raji lymphoblastoid cells and explore the possible mechanism. METHODS Trypan blue staining and ethyl thiazolyl diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay were performed to measure the effect of gossypol acetate on the growth of Raji cells. The morphologic changes were observed with Wright's staining assay. Apoptosis was identified by agarose-gel electrophoresis and annexin V-FITC marked flow cytometry (FCM) analysis. The distribution of cell cycle, apoptosis rate, and Bcl-2 protein expression were analyzed by FCM. Caspase-3 activity was detected by colorimetric assay. RESULTS Gossypol acetate inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of Raji cells at concentration higher than 5 micromol/L. The effects were both dose- and time- dependent. Cycle analysis indicated the alteration of cell cycle and G0/G1 arrest. The activation of Caspase-3 was observed by colorimetric assay. The results of flow cytometry showed that the down-regulation of Bcl-2 protein expression and the activation of Caspase-3 seemed to occur simultaneously. CONCLUSIONS Gossypol acetate can inhibit the growth of Raji cells and induce their apoptosis. The mechanism may be related to the alteration of cell cycle and the down-regulation of Bcl-2 protein expression.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002453	Cell Cycle	The complex series of phenomena, occurring between the end of one CELL DIVISION and the end of the next, by which cellular material is duplicated and then divided between two daughter cells. The cell cycle includes INTERPHASE, which includes G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; S PHASE; and G2 PHASE, and CELL DIVISION PHASE.	Cell Division Cycle,Cell Cycles,Cell Division Cycles,Cycle, Cell,Cycle, Cell Division,Cycles, Cell,Cycles, Cell Division,Division Cycle, Cell,Division Cycles, Cell
D006072	Gossypol	A dimeric sesquiterpene found in cottonseed (GOSSYPIUM). The (-) isomer is active as a male contraceptive (CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE) whereas toxic symptoms are associated with the (+) isomer.	Gossypol Dipotassium Salt,Gossypol Sodium Salt,Gossypol, (+)-Isomer,Gossypol, (+-)-Isomer,Gossypol, (-)-Isomer,Dipotassium Salt, Gossypol,Sodium Salt, Gossypol
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017209	Apoptosis	A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.	Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway,Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis,Classic Apoptosis,Classical Apoptosis,Programmed Cell Death,Programmed Cell Death, Type I,Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent,Apoptosis, Classic,Apoptosis, Classical,Caspase Dependent Apoptosis,Cell Death, Programmed,Classic Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
D045744	Cell Line, Tumor	A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells.	Tumor Cell Line,Cell Lines, Tumor,Line, Tumor Cell,Lines, Tumor Cell,Tumor Cell Lines
D049109	Cell Proliferation	All of the processes involved in increasing CELL NUMBER including CELL DIVISION.	Cell Growth in Number,Cellular Proliferation,Cell Multiplication,Cell Number Growth,Growth, Cell Number,Multiplication, Cell,Number Growth, Cell,Proliferation, Cell,Proliferation, Cellular
D053148	Caspase 3	A short pro-domain caspase that plays an effector role in APOPTOSIS. It is activated by INITIATOR CASPASES such as CASPASE 9. Isoforms of this protein exist due to multiple alternative splicing of its MESSENGER RNA.	CASP3,Apopain,Caspase-3,Pro-Caspase-3,Procaspase-3,Pro Caspase 3,Procaspase 3
D019253	Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2	Membrane proteins encoded by the BCL-2 GENES and serving as potent inhibitors of cell death by APOPTOSIS. The proteins are found on mitochondrial, microsomal, and NUCLEAR MEMBRANE sites within many cell types. Overexpression of bcl-2 proteins, due to a translocation of the gene, is associated with follicular lymphoma.	bcl-2 Proto-Oncogene Proteins,c-bcl-2 Proteins,B-Cell Leukemia 2 Family Proteins,BCL2 Family Proteins,BCL2 Proteins,B Cell Leukemia 2 Family Proteins,Family Proteins, BCL2,Proteins, BCL2,Proteins, BCL2 Family,Proto Oncogene Proteins c bcl 2,Proto-Oncogene Proteins, bcl-2,bcl 2 Proto Oncogene Proteins,c bcl 2 Proteins,c-bcl-2, Proto-Oncogene Proteins