RRC ID 38320
著者 An WW, Kanazawa Y, Ozawa M, Nakaya K, Saito T, Tanaka A, Bradley WG.
タイトル Dendritic cell differentiation and tumor cell apoptosis induced by components of a poly-phenylpropanoid polysaccharide complex.
ジャーナル Anticancer Res
Abstract BACKGROUND:As part of the indigenous folk medicine in Japan, aqueous extracts of pine cones have been used for over a century to treat cancer and other illnesses and references to their use can be found in ancient Greek literature. However, the mechanisms by which such extracts work are largely unknown.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:Murine bone marrow (BM)-derived dendritic cells (DCs) and human monocyte U937 cells were treated in vitro with an extract prepared from pine cones (termed poly-phenylpropanoid polysaccharide complex, PPC).
RESULTS:The components of the PPC were separated into different molecular weight fractions with distinct biological activities. One fraction, consisting of relatively high molecular weight material, was found to induce the differentiation of murine BM cells into immature DC, as well as the maturation of immature DCs into mature DCs. A second fraction, consisting of low molecular weight material, was found to inhibit the in vitro growth of the U937 cells and two other human cancer cell lines. The inhibition of tumor cell growth was found to be associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the induction of a mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway.
CONCLUSION:The effects on dendritic cells and the inhibition of tumor growth, if they occur to a significant level in vivo, could help explain the apparent usefulness of PPC in the treatment of cancer.
巻・号 30(2)
ページ 613-22
公開日 2010-2-1
PII 30/2/613
PMID 20332479
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / drug effects* Blotting, Western Bone Marrow Cells / drug effects Cell Differentiation / drug effects* Cell Proliferation / drug effects Cells, Cultured Dendritic Cells / cytology Dendritic Cells / drug effects* Dendritic Cells / metabolism Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / pharmacology Humans Leukemia / drug therapy Leukemia / metabolism Leukemia / pathology* Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Monocytes / drug effects Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy Ovarian Neoplasms / metabolism Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology* Pinus / chemistry Plant Extracts / pharmacology* Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
IF 1.994
引用数 5
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞