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ANTICANCER RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 11, Pages 6231-6236Publisher
INT INST ANTICANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.12978
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Piper tuberculatum; Piperaceae; piperlongumine; colorectal cancer; apoptosis
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Background/Aim: Colorectal cancer is a common type of cancer with reported resistance to treatment, in most cases due to loss of function of apoptotic and cell-cycle proteins. Piperlongumine (PPLGM) is a natural alkaloid isolated from Piper species, with promising anti-cancer properties. This study investigated whether PPLGM is able to induce cell death in colorectal carcinoma HCT 116 cells expressing wild-type or deficient in Bax, p21 or p53. Materials and Methods: PPLGM was extracted from roots of Piper tuberculatum. Cell viability was determined by reduction of 3-(4,5-dimethilthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and clonogenic assay. Cell death was evaluated by acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining and flow cytometry. Plasmid cleavage activity and circular dichroism DNA interaction were also analyzed. Results: PPLGM induced selective cell death in all cell lines (IC50 range from 10.7 to 13.9 mu M) with an increase in the number of late apoptotic cells and different profiles in cell-cycle distribution. Plasmid DNA analysis showed that PPLGM does not interact directly with DNA. Conclusion: This paper suggests that PPLGM may be a promising candidate in colorectal cancer therapy.
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