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β-Eudesmol induces JNK-dependent apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway in HL60 cells. 2013

Yanchun Li, and Te Li, and Caixia Miao, and Jianchun Li, and Wei Xiao, and Enlong Ma
Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.

β-eudesmol, a natural sesquiterpenol present in a variety of Chinese herbs, is known to inhibit the proliferation of human tumor cells. However, the molecular mechanisms of the effect of β-eudesmol on human tumor cells are unknown. In the present study, we report the cytotoxic effect of β-eudesmol on the human leukemia HL60 cells and its molecular mechanisms. The cytotoxic effect of β-eudesmol on HL60 cells was associated with apoptosis, which was characterized by the presence of DNA fragmentation. β-eudesmol-induced apoptosis was accompanied by cleavage of caspase-3, caspase-9, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase; downregulation of Bcl-2 expression; release of cytochrome c from mitochondria; and decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) mitogen-activated protein kinases was observed in β-eudesmol-treated HL60 cells, and the inhibitor of JNK blocked the β-eudesmol-induced apoptosis, downregulation of Bcl-2, and the loss of MMP. These data suggest that β-eudesmol induces apoptosis in HL60 cells via the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, which is controlled through JNK signaling.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D011065 Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of multiple ADP-RIBOSE groups from nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD) onto protein targets, thus building up a linear or branched homopolymer of repeating ADP-ribose units i.e., POLY ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE. ADP-Ribosyltransferase (Polymerizing),Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase,Poly(ADP-Ribose) Synthase,Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase,PARP Polymerase,Poly ADP Ribose Transferase,Poly ADP-Ribose Synthase,Poly(ADP-Ribose) Transferase,Poly(ADPR) Polymerase,Poly(ADPribose) Polymerase,Poly ADP Ribose Synthase,Polymerase, PARP,Synthase, Poly ADP-Ribose
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
D045304 Cytochromes c Cytochromes of the c type that are found in eukaryotic MITOCHONDRIA. They serve as redox intermediates that accept electrons from MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III and transfer them to MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV. Cytochrome c,Ferricytochrome c,Ferrocytochrome c,Apocytochrome C
D045787 Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane SESQUITERPENES cyclized into two adjoining cyclohexane rings but with a different configuration from the ARTEMISININS. Eudesmane Derivatives,Eudesmanes,Furanoeremophilane Derivatives,Furanoeremophilanes,Furanoeudesmane Derivatives,Furanoeudesmanes,Derivatives, Eudesmane,Derivatives, Furanoeremophilane,Derivatives, Furanoeudesmane,Eudesmane Sesquiterpenes
D048031 JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases A subgroup of mitogen-activated protein kinases that activate TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1 via the phosphorylation of C-JUN PROTEINS. They are components of intracellular signaling pathways that regulate CELL PROLIFERATION; APOPTOSIS; and CELL DIFFERENTIATION. jun N-Terminal Kinase,c-jun Amino-Terminal Kinase,c-jun N-Terminal Kinase,jun-NH2-Terminal Kinase,jun-NH2-Terminal Kinases,Amino-Terminal Kinase, c-jun,JNK Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases,Kinase, jun N-Terminal,N-Terminal Kinase, c-jun,N-Terminal Kinase, jun,c jun Amino Terminal Kinase,c jun N Terminal Kinase,jun N Terminal Kinase,jun NH2 Terminal Kinase,jun NH2 Terminal Kinases
D053078 Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial The voltage difference, normally maintained at approximately -180mV, across the INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE, by a net movement of positive charge across the membrane. It is a major component of the PROTON MOTIVE FORCE in MITOCHONDRIA used to drive the synthesis of ATP. Delta Psi M,DeltaPsi M,DeltapsiM,Mitochondrial Membrane Potential,Mitochondrial Transmembrane Potential,M, DeltaPsi,Membrane Potentials, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Membrane Potentials,Mitochondrial Transmembrane Potentials,Transmembrane Potential, Mitochondrial,Transmembrane Potentials, Mitochondrial
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
D053453 Caspase 9 A long pro-domain caspase that contains a CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN in its pro-domain region. Caspase 9 is activated during cell stress by mitochondria-derived proapoptotic factors and by CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS such as APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1. It activates APOPTOSIS by cleaving and activating EFFECTOR CASPASES. Apoptotic Protease Activating Factor 3,Caspase-9,ICE-LAP6 Protein,ICE-Like Apoptotic Protease 6,Pro-Caspase-9,Procaspase-9,ICE LAP6 Protein,ICE Like Apoptotic Protease 6,Pro Caspase 9,Procaspase 9

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