title: Vanadium mediated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in MCF7 cell line.
abstract: Vanadium is a metal widely distributed in the environment. It is also a dietary micronutrient. It has shown insulin mimetic and chemopreventive properties and has been considered as an important pharmacological agent. In this study, we evaluated the apoptogenic role of vanadium on human breast cancer cell line MCF7. Exposure of MCF7 cells to vanadium led to the induction of apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. Percentage of apoptosis was maximum (42.5%) at the highest non-toxic dose (250 microM). It was found that vanadium treatment brought about a prominent chromatin condensation, cell cycle arrest leading to apoptosis. These apoptosis based assays demonstrate that vanadium has the potential to be developed into an anti-cancer drug in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, P.O. Box 17028, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Rajarshi Sankar
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Basabi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Biswanath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swami
authors.forename: Venkatappan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Venu
authors.forename: Malay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002843:Chromatin / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D017968:Vanadium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D017968:Vanadium Compounds