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Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways

Pien Tze Huang (PZH) is a well-known traditional Chinese formulation and has long been used as an alternative remedy for cancers in China and Southeast Asia. Recently, antitumor activity of PZH on several tumors have been increasingly reported, but its antitumor activity and the possible action mech...

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Autores principales: Fu, Yong, Zhang, Li, Hong, Zhenqiang, Zheng, Haiyin, Li, Nan, Gao, Hongjian, Chen, Boyi, Zhao, Yi
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Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6274404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26938521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21030283
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author Fu, Yong
Zhang, Li
Hong, Zhenqiang
Zheng, Haiyin
Li, Nan
Gao, Hongjian
Chen, Boyi
Zhao, Yi
author_facet Fu, Yong
Zhang, Li
Hong, Zhenqiang
Zheng, Haiyin
Li, Nan
Gao, Hongjian
Chen, Boyi
Zhao, Yi
author_sort Fu, Yong
collection PubMed
description Pien Tze Huang (PZH) is a well-known traditional Chinese formulation and has long been used as an alternative remedy for cancers in China and Southeast Asia. Recently, antitumor activity of PZH on several tumors have been increasingly reported, but its antitumor activity and the possible action mechanism on osteosarcoma remains unclear. After treatment with PZH, cell viability of MG-63 cells was dose-dependently inhibited compared to control cells. Moreover, a DNA ladder characteristic of apoptosis was observed in the cells treated with PZH, especially 500 μg/mL, 750 μg/mL. Further investigation showed that PZH treatments led to activation of caspase cascades and changes of apoptotic mediators Bcl2, Bax, and Bcl-xL expression. In addition, our results suggested that PZH activated PI3K/Akt signal pathway, and the phosphorylation of Akt and ERK1/2 were associated with the induction of apoptotic signaling. These results revealed that PZH possesses antitumoral activity on human osteosarcoma MG63 cells by manipulating apoptotic signaling and multiple pathways. It is suggested that PZH alone or combined with regular antitumor drugs may be beneficial as osteosarcoma treatments.
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spelling pubmed-62744042018-12-28 Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways Fu, Yong Zhang, Li Hong, Zhenqiang Zheng, Haiyin Li, Nan Gao, Hongjian Chen, Boyi Zhao, Yi Molecules Article Pien Tze Huang (PZH) is a well-known traditional Chinese formulation and has long been used as an alternative remedy for cancers in China and Southeast Asia. Recently, antitumor activity of PZH on several tumors have been increasingly reported, but its antitumor activity and the possible action mechanism on osteosarcoma remains unclear. After treatment with PZH, cell viability of MG-63 cells was dose-dependently inhibited compared to control cells. Moreover, a DNA ladder characteristic of apoptosis was observed in the cells treated with PZH, especially 500 μg/mL, 750 μg/mL. Further investigation showed that PZH treatments led to activation of caspase cascades and changes of apoptotic mediators Bcl2, Bax, and Bcl-xL expression. In addition, our results suggested that PZH activated PI3K/Akt signal pathway, and the phosphorylation of Akt and ERK1/2 were associated with the induction of apoptotic signaling. These results revealed that PZH possesses antitumoral activity on human osteosarcoma MG63 cells by manipulating apoptotic signaling and multiple pathways. It is suggested that PZH alone or combined with regular antitumor drugs may be beneficial as osteosarcoma treatments. MDPI 2016-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6274404/ /pubmed/26938521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21030283 Text en © 2016 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fu, Yong
Zhang, Li
Hong, Zhenqiang
Zheng, Haiyin
Li, Nan
Gao, Hongjian
Chen, Boyi
Zhao, Yi
Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title_full Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title_fullStr Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title_full_unstemmed Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title_short Methanolic Extract of Pien Tze Huang Induces Apoptosis Signaling in Human Osteosarcoma MG63 Cells via Multiple Pathways
title_sort methanolic extract of pien tze huang induces apoptosis signaling in human osteosarcoma mg63 cells via multiple pathways
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6274404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26938521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21030283
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