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ONCOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 2227-2232Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.2026
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Abnobaviscum F (R); caspase-9; JNK-1; myeloid cell leukemia-1; glutathione; ER stress; K562
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Evidence suggests that mistletoe extract has the potential to be used as an anticancer agent. Abnobaviscum F (R) is a European mistletoe extract from the host tree Fraxinus. We investigated the effect of Abnobaviscum F on the growth and survival of different leukemia cell lines. Abnobaviscum F treatment strongly reduced survival and induced apoptosis of K562 (human myeloid leukemia), RPMI-8226 (human plasmacytoma) and LI210 (murine lymphocytic leukemia) cells in culture. Using K562 cells to further investigate the mechanism of action of Abnobaviscum F. we showed that Abnobaviscum F-induced cell death was associated with the activation of caspase-9, JNK-1/2 and p38 MA PK, as well as with the downregulation of Mcl-1, and inhibition of ERK-1/2 and PKB phosphorylation. Moreover, Abnobaviscum F treatment led to both a reduction of cellular glutathione (GSH) and the induction of ER stress (GRP78 and CHOP induction and eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation). By contrast, Abnobaviscum F did not impact the expression of the DR4 and DR5 death receptors. The Abnobaviscum F-induced apoptosis of K562 cells was blocked by pretreatment with either GSH, z-VAD-fmk or SP600125. Our results, therefore, show that Abnobaviscum F induces apoptosis of K562 cells through the activation of the intrinsic caspase pathway, the phosphorylation of JNK-1, the reduction of cellular GSH, and the induction of ER stress.
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