title: Diol- and triol-types of phytol induce apoptosis in lymphoid leukemia Molt 4B cells.
abstract: The exposure of human lymphoid leukemia Molt 4B cells to diol- and triol-types of phytol which were synthesized and identified by Mass, and 1H- and 13C-NMR, led to both growth inhibition and induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Morphological changes showing apoptotic bodies were observed in the Molt 4B cells treated with diol- and triol-types of phytol. The fragmentations of DNA by the diol- and triol-types of phytol to oligonucleosomal-sized fragments, that is a characteristic of apoptosis, were observed to be both concentration- and time-dependent. These findings suggest that growth inhibition of Molt 4B cells by the diol- and triol-types of phytol results from the induction of apoptosis in the leukemic cells.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu-city, Mie 514-0001, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hibasami
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyohkon
authors.forename: Shinnji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Owaki
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katsuzaki
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Kohko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ina
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komiya
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010836:Phytol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010836:Phytol