Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Anti-tumor Effect of Kaempferol, a Component of Polygonati Rhizoma, in Lung Cancer Cells

폐암세포주에서 황정(黃精)의 주요 성분인 Kaempferol의 항암 효능

  • Jeong, Young-Seok (Department Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Jeong, Ji-Cheon (Department Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University)
  • 정영석 (동국대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정지천 (동국대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2001.08.29
  • Accepted : 2011.10.07
  • Published : 2011.10.25
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Abstract

Kaempferol, a component of Polygonati rhizoma, is one of the herbal flavonoids, which is used in therapeutic agent for anti-hypercholesterol, anti-hypertension and anti-diabetes. And it is also known to be effective in anti-cancer therapy for breast, prostate and other type of cancers. However, the anti-cancer therapeutic mechanisms are pooly understood. To address molecular mechanism underlying kaempferol-induced anti-cancer effects, we determined the effect of kaempferol on cell growth of the lung cancer cell lines, A549, H1299 and H460. From the FACS analysis, measurement of caspase activity, DAPI and tryptophan blue staining, and DNA fragmentation assay, we found that kaempferol induces apoptosis and H460 cells are most sensitive among the tested cell lines. In addition, we performed microarray to identify the genome-wide expression profiling regulated by kaempferol. Lots of cell cycle-related genes were under-expressed, whereas the genes related to TGF-beta/SMAD pathway were over-expressed in kaempferol-treated H460 cells. Additionally, kaempferol also increased expression levels of apoptosis related genes such as death receptors, FAS, TRAIL-R and TNF-R, and casepase-8 and caspase-10. Overall, our results suggest that kaempferol promotes anti-lung cancer therapeutic effects by inducing G1 arrest and apoptosis through TGF-beta/SMAD pathway and death receptors/caspase pathway, respectively.

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