title: Anti cancer effects of Cnidium officinale Makino extract mediated through apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in the HT-29 human colorectal cancer cell line.
abstract: The anti cancer properties and underlying cell death mechanisms induced by an extract of the roots of Cnidium officinale Makino (COM) were investigated. An ethanolic extract of COM inhibited proliferation of human colon cancer cells (HT-29) with both dose- and time-dependence. Analysis of the cell cycle after treatment of HT-29 cells with various concentrations of COM showed reduction of cellular proliferation via G1 phase arrest. Apoptotic effects of COM and Western blotting both revealed that COM extract dose-dependently increased the expression of p53, p21,Bax and caspase-3. Anti-apoptotic factor Bcl-2 expression was down regulated as well as those of cyclin D1 and CDK4. These data suggest that COM has anti cancer properties by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in HT-29 cells and could have possible therapeutic potential against human colon adenocarcinoma.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Cruz
authors.forename: Dong-Hwan
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong Gu
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D059447:Cell Cycle Checkpoints / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D031048:Cnidium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D019073:HT29 Cells; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D010936:Plant Extracts; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D019938:Cyclin D1; D053148:Caspase 3