Isolation of five types of flavonol from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and induction of apoptosis by some of the flavonols in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells

  • Authors:
    • Hiroshige Hibasami
    • Akihiro Mitani
    • Hirotaka Katsuzaki
    • Kunio Imai
    • Kazumi Yoshioka
    • Takashi Komiya
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  • Published online on: May 1, 2005     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.15.5.805
  • Pages: 805-809
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Abstract

Five types of flavonol were isolated from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and identified by mass, 1H- and 13C-NMR. The proliferations of human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells were inhibited as the concentrations of these flavonols were increased. The order of the extent of growth inhibition by the flavonols at a concentration of 20 µM is as follows: pentamethylquercetin > syringetin > isorhamnetin > quercetin > kaempherol > myricetin. Apoptotic morphological changes of the nucleus, including chromatin condensation were induced in the HL-60 cells treated with quercetin, kaempherol and myricetin, respectively, but not in the cells treated with the other flavonols. The fragmentations of DNA by quercetin, kaempherol and myricetin, respectively, to oligonucleosomal-sized fragments, a characteristic of apoptosis, were observed to be dose-dependent in the HL-60 cells. These findings suggest that growth inhibition by quercetin, kaempherol and myricetin, respectively, results from the induction of apoptosis by these flavonols. The other flavonols (pentamethylquercetin, syringetin and isorhamnetin) having methoxy (-OCH3) group inhibited more strongly than the above 3 flavonols without induction of apoptosis in the HL-60 cells. These findings suggest that mechanisms of growth inhibition by pentamethylquercetin, syringetin and isorhamnetin are different from the apoptosis caused by quercetin, kaempherol and myricetin.

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Hibasami H, Mitani A, Katsuzaki H, Imai K, Yoshioka K and Komiya T: Isolation of five types of flavonol from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and induction of apoptosis by some of the flavonols in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells. Int J Mol Med 15: 805-809, 2005.
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Hibasami, H., Mitani, A., Katsuzaki, H., Imai, K., Yoshioka, K., & Komiya, T. (2005). Isolation of five types of flavonol from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and induction of apoptosis by some of the flavonols in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 15, 805-809. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.15.5.805
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Hibasami, H., Mitani, A., Katsuzaki, H., Imai, K., Yoshioka, K., Komiya, T."Isolation of five types of flavonol from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and induction of apoptosis by some of the flavonols in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 15.5 (2005): 805-809.
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Hibasami, H., Mitani, A., Katsuzaki, H., Imai, K., Yoshioka, K., Komiya, T."Isolation of five types of flavonol from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and induction of apoptosis by some of the flavonols in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 15, no. 5 (2005): 805-809. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.15.5.805