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KMID : 1123920070210051226
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2007 Volume.21 No. 5 p.1226 ~ p.1232
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Apoptotic Cell Death by Methanol Extract of Phellinus linteus-Barley Corn in Human Leukemic U937 Cells through Induction of p21 and Bax, and Activation of Caspase-3
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Park Cheol
Kim Hyun-Joong
Jung Kyung-Tae
Yoon Tea-Kyung
Choi Byung-Tae
Lee Yonog-Tae
Park Dong-Il
Choi Yung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Phellinus linteus is a well-known Oriental medicinal fungus that has various biological activities, including immunomodulatory and anti-tumor activities, the mechanisms of which are poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the anti-proliferative activity of the methanol extract of P. linteus-Barley corn (MEPLB) in human lekemic U937 cells. It was found that exposure of U937 cells to MEPLB resulted morphological change and growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner as measured by trypan blue count and MTT assay. Upon treatment with MEPLB, U937 cells developed many of the hallmark features of apoptosis, including condensation of chromatin and an increase in the sub-G1 population suggesting that the anti-proliferative effect of MEPLB is associated with the induction of apoptosis. The anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of MEPLB were connected with a marked induction of the pro-apoptotic Bax and cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p21 in a p53-independent manner. Additionally, MEPLB treatment significantly induced the caspase-3 activity in U937 cells. Taken together, the present results suggest that apoptotic signals evoked by MEPLB in human leukemic U937 cells may converge caspase-3 activation through an up-regulation of Bax rather than a down-regulation of Bcl-2 or Bel-xL.
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KEYWORD
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Phellinus linteus, U937, Barley corn, apoptosis, p21, Bax
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