Journal
PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 405-411Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9835-1
Keywords
Silver nanoparticle; Periwinkle; p53; MAPK; MMP; ROS; Colon cancer
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- ICMR
- DBT, Govt. of India
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Here, we report the p53 dependent mitochondria-mediated apoptotic mechanism of plant derived silver-nanoparticle (PD-AgNPs) in colorectal cancer cells (CRCs). PD-AgNPs was synthesized by reduction of AgNO3 with leaf extract of a medicinal plant periwinkle and characterized. Uptake of PD-AgNPs (xi - 2.52 +/- 4.31 mV) in HCT116 cells was 3 fold higher in comparison to synthetic AgNPs (xi +2.293 +/- 5.1 mV). A dose dependent increase in ROS production, activated JNK and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) were noted in HCT116 but not in HCT116 p53 (-/-) cells after PD-AgNP exposure. PD-AgNP-mediated apoptosis in CRCs is a p53 dependent process involving ROS and JNK cascade.
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