title: Induction of apoptosis by momordin I in promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells.
abstract: We studied the effect of momordin I, a compound purified from a plant, Ampelopsis japonica, on cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells. Momordin I was cytotoxic to HL-60 cells with an IC50 of 19.0 microg/ml. The antiproliferative effects of momordin I appear to be attributable to its induction of apoptotic cell death, as momordin I induced nuclear morphology changes and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and it increased the proportion of hypodiploid cells. Momordin I treatment also gradually decreased the expression of.the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, but increased the expression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax. In addition, momordin I treatment increased the activation of caspase-3 and cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. In this study we showed that momordin I induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells by reduction of the Bcl-2:Bax ratio and by activation of caspase-3. These results provide important information towards understanding the mechanism by which momordin I induces apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. jhkimh@khu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jeong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Mi
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Dug Keun
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C494826:BAX protein, human; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012503:Saponins; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; C408362:momordin I (Oleanolic Acid); D009828:Oleanolic Acid; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases