Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2018
Keywords
Anemarrhena asphodeloides, apoptosis, pancreatic cancer, timosaponin‐AIII
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.12457
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most recalcitrant and lethal of all cancers. We examined the effects of Anemarrhena asphodeloides (AA) and timosaponin‐AIII (TAIII), a steroidal saponin present in AA, on pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and aimed to elucidate their potential apoptotic mechanisms of action. Viability assays and cell cycle analysis revealed that both AA and TAIII significantly inhibited pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and cell cycle progression compared to treatment with gemcitabine, the standard chemotherapeutic agent for advanced pancreatic cancer. We identified a dose‐dependent increase in caspase‐dependent apoptosis and activation of pro‐apoptotic PI3K/Akt pathway proteins, with a subsequent downregulation of pro‐survival PI3K/Akt pathway proteins, in pancreatic cancer cells treated with AA or TAIII over those treated with gemcitabine.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
FEBS Open Bio, v. 8, issue 7, p. 1155-1166
Scholar Commons Citation
MarElia, Catherine B.; Sharp, Arielle; Shemwell, Tiffany A.; Zhang, Y. C.; and Burkhardt, Brant R., "Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge and its Constituent Timosaponin‐AIII induce Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells" (2018). Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications. 46.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bcm_facpub/46
