Sanguinarine inhibits growth of human cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis

  • Authors:
    • Jia-Ying Xu
    • Qing-Hui Meng
    • Yu Chong
    • Yang Jiao
    • Lin Zhao
    • Eliot M. Rosen
    • Saijun Fan
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  • Published online on: September 11, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.2024
  • Pages: 2264-2270
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Abstract

Sanguinarine, a natural benzophenanthridine alkaloid, has been shown to possess anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we demonstrated that sanguinarine caused a dose-dependent inhibition of growth in HeLa and SiHa human cervical cancer cells, i.e., 2.43 µmol/l (IC50) in HeLa cells and 3.07 µmol/l in SiHa cells. Cell cycle analysis revealed that sanguinarine significantly increased the sub-G1 population, from 1.7 to 59.7% in HeLa cells and from 1.7 to 41.7% in SiHa cells. Sanguinarine caused a dose-dependent decrease in Bcl-2 and NF-κB protein expression and a significant increase in Bax protein expression. Our findings indicate that sanguinarine as an effective anticancer drug candidate inhibits the growth of cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis.
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December 2012
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Xu J, Meng Q, Chong Y, Jiao Y, Zhao L, Rosen EM and Fan S: Sanguinarine inhibits growth of human cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis. Oncol Rep 28: 2264-2270, 2012
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Xu, J., Meng, Q., Chong, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhao, L., Rosen, E.M., & Fan, S. (2012). Sanguinarine inhibits growth of human cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis. Oncology Reports, 28, 2264-2270. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.2024
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Xu, J., Meng, Q., Chong, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhao, L., Rosen, E. M., Fan, S."Sanguinarine inhibits growth of human cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis". Oncology Reports 28.6 (2012): 2264-2270.
Chicago
Xu, J., Meng, Q., Chong, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhao, L., Rosen, E. M., Fan, S."Sanguinarine inhibits growth of human cervical cancer cells through the induction of apoptosis". Oncology Reports 28, no. 6 (2012): 2264-2270. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.2024