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There is an ongoing search for plant-derived diterpenes, especially for diterpenes with anti-inflammatory activity that also have anti-proliferative effects on human cancer cells. A cyathane-type diterpene, Sarcodonin G (SG), isolated from the mushroom Sarcodon scabrosus and already reported to have anti-inflammatory activity, inhibited proliferation of HeLa cells to the greatest extent among 4 cyathane diterpenes tested. SG showed an IC(50) (50% inhibition concentration) of 20 mu M, estimated by MTT assay 2 days after culture of cells with the chemical. SG treatment of HeLa cells resulted in (lose-dependent generation of apoptotic events such as DNA-laddering (<= 100 mu M). Moreover, SG-treated HeLa cells showed activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9 and increase of Bax/Bcl-2 ratios, as analyzed by Western blot analysis. The anti-proliferative effects of SG treatment on HeLa cells were lessened by a caspase inhibitor, Z-VAD-FMK. SG also showed anti-proliferative effects toward 5 other human cancer cell lines with IC(50) values of 20-40 mu M. Because of these anti-proliferative effects via possible caspase activation, SG holds promise of being a novel anti-proliferative agent deserving further investigation,
- 出版日期2009-1
- 单位河北医科大学
