Effects of harmaline on cell growth of human liver cancer through the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways

  • Authors:
    • Bin Xu
    • Minpeng Li
    • Yuan Yu
    • Jun He
    • Siqin Hu
    • Meng Pan
    • Shifeng Lu
    • Ke Liao
    • Zhuang Pan
    • Yanxun Zhou
    • Jiye Zhu
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  • Published online on: November 28, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7495
  • Pages: 1931-1936
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Abstract

The effects of harmaline on the viability and apoptosis of human liver carcinoma were investigated in vitro. HepG2 cells were treated with harmaline (0‑10 µM), and the proliferation and apoptosis of HepG2 cells were investigated using an MTT assay and flow cytometry, respectively. The protein expression of cellular tumor antigen p53 (p53), cyclin‑dependent kinase inhibitor 1 (p21), tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 (Fas), Fas ligand (FasL) and caspase‑8 was subsequently measured using western blotting. In addition, an ELISA was used to analyze caspase‑8/3 activity. Harmaline significantly increased p53, p21, Fas and FasL protein expression in HepG2 cells. Additionally, treatment with harmaline significantly increased the expression of caspase‑8 and caspase‑8/3 activity. The results from the present study suggest that harmaline suppresses the viability, but induces the apoptosis, of human liver carcinoma cells through upregulation of the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways.
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Xu B, Li M, Yu Y, He J, Hu S, Pan M, Lu S, Liao K, Pan Z, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, et al: Effects of harmaline on cell growth of human liver cancer through the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways. Oncol Lett 15: 1931-1936, 2018
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Xu, B., Li, M., Yu, Y., He, J., Hu, S., Pan, M. ... Zhu, J. (2018). Effects of harmaline on cell growth of human liver cancer through the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways. Oncology Letters, 15, 1931-1936. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7495
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Xu, B., Li, M., Yu, Y., He, J., Hu, S., Pan, M., Lu, S., Liao, K., Pan, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhu, J."Effects of harmaline on cell growth of human liver cancer through the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways". Oncology Letters 15.2 (2018): 1931-1936.
Chicago
Xu, B., Li, M., Yu, Y., He, J., Hu, S., Pan, M., Lu, S., Liao, K., Pan, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhu, J."Effects of harmaline on cell growth of human liver cancer through the p53/p21 and Fas/FasL signaling pathways". Oncology Letters 15, no. 2 (2018): 1931-1936. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7495