Dihydromyricetin promotes apoptosis, suppresses proliferation and tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated nuclear factor kappa-B activation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-2 cell.

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine = Chung I Tsa Chih Ying Wen Pan
Cai-Hong LiGuo-Qing Luo

Abstract

To investigate the efficacy of dihydromyricetin (DMY) on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell proliferation, apoptosis and to reveal the underlying mechanism in vitro experiments. The CNE-2 cell line was treated with different concentrations of DMY and the effects of DMY on cell viability and proliferation were evaluated using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and plate colony formation assay. Cellular apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry following Annexin V fluorescein isothiocyanate/propidine iodide staining. Nuclei morphology was observed under a fluorescence microscope following Hoechst 333258 staining. The expression of phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta (p-IKKβ), phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha (p-IKKα), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B alpha (IκB-α), nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB)/p65 was examined by Western blot analysis and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB/p65 was observed using a confocal laser scanning microscopy. DMY inhibited the proliferative capability and colony formation of NPC CNE-2 cells. Meanwhile, DMY induced apoptosis of CNE-2 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner via upregulating B-cell lymphoma-2 associated X, but dow...Continue Reading

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