Stilbenes contribute to the anticancer effects of Rheum undulatum L. through activation of apoptosis
- Authors
- Tuy An Trinh; Lee, Dahae; Park, Seonju; Kim, Seung Hyun; Park, Jae Gyu; Kim, Ji Hwan; Kang, Ki Sung
- Issue Date
- Mar-2019
- Publisher
- SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
- Keywords
- Rheum undulatum L.; aloe-emodin; chrysophanol 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; AGS cells
- Citation
- ONCOLOGY LETTERS, v.17, no.3, pp.2953 - 2959
- Journal Title
- ONCOLOGY LETTERS
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 2953
- End Page
- 2959
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/1773
- DOI
- 10.3892/ol.2019.9926
- ISSN
- 1792-1074
- Abstract
- Rheum undulatum L. (R. undulatum) is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases in East Asian countries. Numerous stilbenes isolated from R. undulatum have been revealed to possess anticancer effects. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of extracts and compounds isolated from R. undulatum on human gastric cancer cell viability and to elucidate their molecular mechanism of action on the apoptosis pathway. The results demonstrated that aloe-emodin and chrysophanol 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, isolated from the methanolic extract of dried rhizomes of R. undulatum, exhibited anti-proliferative effects on the human gastric carcinoma cell line AGS, with IC50 values of 84.66 +/- 0.44 and 68.28 +/- 0.29 mu M, respectively. The percentage of apoptotic cells increased significantly following treatment with each compound at a concentration of 100 mu M, compared with that in the non-treated group in the image-based cytometry assay. Western blot analysis revealed that these compounds activated the caspase cascade and inhibited B-cell lymphoma-2, an anti-apoptotic protein.
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