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NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Volume 74, Issue 5, Pages 1882-1893Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2021.1955287
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- Gumushane University Scientific Research Foundation (Gumushane, Turkey) [16, F5119.02.02]
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The study found that Rhododendron luteum extract exhibits selective cytotoxic effects on cervical cancer cells, inducing cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, ER stress, and ROS formation through the Nrf2 and ER stress pathways. The results suggest further in vivo studies to support these findings.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of Rhododendron luteum extract (RLE) in the induction of Nrf2-related oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells. The antiproliferative effect of RLE on HeLa and fibroblast cells was determined using the MTT assay. The effects of RLE on the cell cycle, apoptosis, and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in HeLa cells were evaluated using fluorescent probes. The mRNA expression levels of Nrf2 [and its targets glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)], and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP, an ER stress marker were determined using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results demonstrated that RLE exhibited a selective cytotoxic effect (2.9-fold) on HeLa cells compared to fibroblast cells. RLE arrested the cell cycle at the S phase, and induced apoptosis, ER stress, and ROS formation. In addition, RLE significantly suppressed the expression levels of Nrf2, GCLC and G6PD (0.65, 0.69, and 0.54-fold, respectively) and increased the expression of CHOP (4.48-fold) in HeLa cells at 72 h of treatment (p < 0.05). These results show that the antiproliferative effect of RLE occurs through the Nrf2 and ER stress pathways, and the results should now be supported by further in vivo studies.
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