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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2009.19.11.1581

Apoptosis Induction of Human Breast Carcinoma Cells by Ethyl Alcohol Extract of Hizikia fusiforme  

Jung, Sun-Hwa (Department of Biomaterial Control, Graduate School, Dongeui University)
Hwang, Won-Deuk (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongeui University)
Nam, Taek-Jeong (Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, Pukyong National University)
Choi, Yung-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongeui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.19, no.11, 2009 , pp. 1581-1590 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hizikia fusiforme is a kind of brown edible seaweed that mainly grows in the temperate seaside areas of the northwest pacific, including Korea, Japan and China, and has been widely used as a health food for hundreds of years. Recently, H. fusiforme has been known to exert pharmacological activities including antioxidant, antimutagenic and anticoagulant activities. However, the molecular mechanisms of H. fusiforme in malignant cells have not been clearly elucidated yet. In this study, the effects of ethyl alcohol extract of H. fusiforme (EAHF) on the anti-proliferative effects of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer cells were investigated. EAHF treatment resulted in a concentration-dependent growth inhibition by including apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells and G1 phase arrest in MCF-7 cells, which could be proved by MTT assay, DAPI staining, agarose gel electrophoresis and flow cytometry analysis. In MDA-MB-231 cells, the increase in apoptosis induced by EAHF treatment correlated with up-regulation of pro-apoptotic Bax expression. EAHF treatment induced the proteolytic activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9, and a concomitant inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, $\beta$-catenin, phospholipase-${\gamma}1$ protein and DNA fragmentation factor 45/inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase. Taken together, these findings provide important new insights into the possible molecular mechanisms of the anti-cancer activity of H. fusiforme.
Keywords
Hizikia fusiforme; breast cancer; apoptosis; Bax; caspase;
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