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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.4.1757

D-Pinitol Promotes Apoptosis in MCF-7 Cells via Induction of p53 and Bax and Inhibition of Bcl-2 and NF-κB  

Rengarajan, Thamaraiselvan (Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, Dr. ALM PG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras)
Nandakumar, Natarajan (Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, Dr. ALM PG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras)
Rajendran, Peramaiyan (NPO-International Laboratory of Biochemistry)
Haribabu, Lingaiah (Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, Dr. ALM PG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras)
Nishigaki, Ikuo (NPO-International Laboratory of Biochemistry)
Balasubramanian, Maruthaiveeran Periyasamy (Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, Dr. ALM PG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.15, no.4, 2014 , pp. 1757-1762 More about this Journal
Abstract
Development of drugs from natural products has been undergoing a gradual evoluation. Many plant derived compounds have excellent therapeutic potential against various human ailments. They are important sources especially for anticancer agents. A number of promising new agents are in clinical development based on their selective molecular targets in the field of oncology. D-pinitol is a naturally occurring compound derived from soy which has significant pharmacological activitites. Therefore we selected D-pinitol in order to evaluate apoptotic potential in the MCF-7 cell line. Human breast cancer cells were treated with different concentrations of D-pinitol and cytotoxicity was measured by MTT and LDH assays. The mechanism of apoptosis was studied with reference to expression of p53, Bcl-2, Bax and NF-kB proteins. The results revealed that D-pinitol significantly inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner, while upregulating the expression of p53, Bax and down regulating Bcl-2 and NF-kB. Thus the results obtained in this study clearly vindicated that D-pinitol induces apotosis in MCF-7 cells through regulation of proteins of pro- and anti-apoptotic cascades.
Keywords
Breast cancer; D-pinitol; MCF-7; MTT assay; apoptosis;
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