期刊
PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10071419
关键词
Zingiber ottensii; essential oil; anti-cancer; apoptosis; cervical cancer; IL-6
资金
- Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University [146-2563]
- National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
- Research Center of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
The essential oil of Zingiber ottensii showed significant apoptotic effects on cervical cancer cells and reduced IL-6 levels. It induced apoptotic death through caspase activation and suppressed the EGF-induced pAkt and pERK1/2 signaling pathways.
Zingiber ottensii (ZO) is a local plant in Thailand and has been used as a Thai traditional therapy for many conditions. ZO has been reported to exhibit many pharmacological effects, including anti-cancer activity. Nevertheless, its anti-cancer effects explored at the signaling level have not been elucidated in cervical cancer, which is one of the leading causes of fatality in females. We discovered that the essential oil of ZO significantly increased the apoptosis of human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) after 24 h of treatment in a concentration-dependent manner. Our data also clearly demonstrated that ZO essential oil reduced IL-6 levels in the culture supernatants of the cancer cells. Moreover, Western blot analysis clearly verified that cells were induced to undergo apoptotic death via caspase activation upon treatment with ZO essential oil. Interestingly, immunofluorescence studies and Western blot analyses showed that ZO essential oil suppressed epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced pAkt and pERK1/2 signaling pathway activation. Together, our study demonstrates that ZO essential oil can reduce the proliferation and survival signaling of HeLa cervical cancer cells. Our study provides convincing data that ZO essential oil suppresses the growth and survival of cervical cancer cells, and it may be a potential choice for developing an anti-cancer agent for treating certain cervical cancers.
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