Cytotoxic and Antineoplastic Activity of Timosaponin A-III for Human Colon Cancer Cells

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• 作者：You-Jin Kang ; Hwa-Jin Chung ; Joo-Won Nam ; Hyen Joo Park ; Eun Kyoung Seo ; Yeong Shik Kim ; Dongho Lee ; Sang Kook Lee
• 刊名：Journal of Natural Products
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：April 25, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：74
• 期：4
• 页码：701-706
• 全文大小：926K
• 年卷期：v.74,no.4(April 25, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-6025

文摘

The potential antitumor activity of timosaponin A-III (1), a steroidal saponin from the rhizomes of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, was investigated in human colorectal cancer HCT-15 cells both in cell culture and in an in vivo murine xenograft model. Compound 1 inhibited the proliferation of cancer cells with cell-cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis. Cell-cycle arrest in the G0/G1 and G2/M phase by 1 was correlated with the down-regulation of cyclin A, cyclin B1, cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), CDK4, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and c-Myc. The increase of the sub-G1 peak by 1 was also closely related to the induction of apoptosis, which was evidenced by the induction of DNA fragmentation, activation of caspases, induction of cleaved poly-(ADP ribose) polymerase, and suppression of Bcl-xL and Bcl-2 expression. In an in vivo xenograft model, treatment with 1 (2 or 5 mg/kg body weight, three times/week, ip administration) for four weeks significantly suppressed tumor growth in athymic nude mice bearing HCT-15 cells, without any overt toxicity. Cell-cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis might be plausible mechanisms of actions for the observed antineoplastic activity of 1.