Ponicidin, an ent-kaurane diterpenoid derived from a constituent of the herbal supplement PC-SPES, Rabdosia rubescens, induces apoptosis by activation of caspase-3 and mitochondrial events in lung cancer cells in vitro

Cancer Investigation
Jia-Jun LiuF Chen

Abstract

Ponicidin, an ent-kaurane diterpenoid derived from a constituent of the herbal supplement PC-SPES, Rabdosia rubescens, is recently reported to have anti-tumor effects on a large variety of cancers. In this study, we demonstrate that ponicidin exhibits cytotoxicity, induces apoptosis, disrupts the mitochondrial membrane potential, and triggers the activation of caspase-3, -8 and -9 in lung cancer A549 and GLC-82 cells. Ponicidin treatment of lung cancer cells caused downregulation of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and survivin as well as upregulaton of pro-apoptotic protein Bax in a time dependent manner when apoptosis ocurred. Ponicidin induced activation of caspase-3 can be blocked by a caspase-3-specific inhibitor z-DEVD-FMK Furthermore, the caspase-8-specific inhibitor z-IETD-FMK could block the ponicidin-induced activation of caspase-3, PARP cleavage, and prevented the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytoplasm. This indicate that activated caspase-8 initiates the release of cytochrome c during ponicidin-induced apoptosis. We therefore conclude that ponicidin has significant apoptosis-inducing effects by activation of caspase-3 -8, and -9 as well as downregulation of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, survivin an...Continue Reading

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