title: Dracorhodin perchlorate induces apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
abstract: Dracorhodin perchlorate, an anthocyanin red pigment, induces human premyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell death through apoptotic pathway. Caspase -1, -3, -8, -9, and -10 inhibitors partially reversed the cell death induced by dracorhodin perchlorate. Caspase-3 and -8 were activated followed to the degradation of caspase-3 substrates, inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase (ICAD) and poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Dracorhodin perchlorate up-regulated the expression ratio of mitochondrial proteins, Bax/Bcl-XL. The cell death was accompanied with phosphorylation of ERK, JNK and p38 MAPK and partially reduced by MEK inhibitor (PD98059), JNK MAPK inhibitor (SP600125) and p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB 203580). Taken together, dracorhodin perchlorate-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells via up-regulation of Bax, activation of caspases and ERK/p38/JNK MAPKs.
authors.affiliation: Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang, 110016, China.
authors.forename: M-Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: M-W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: S-I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikejima
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4 / Q000378:metabolism; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D001578:Benzopyrans; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; C060327:dracorhodin; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D020169:Caspases