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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 145, 期 2, 页码 145-155出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706137
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mahanine; apoptosis; cyclosporine A; mitochondrial; permeability transition
1 Mahanine, a naturally occurring carbazole alkaloid in some Asian vegetables, has been shown to exhibit antimutagenicity, antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity, and other biological properties. 2 In the present study, we investigated the effect of mahanine on the activation of the apoptotic pathway in human leukemia U937 cells. Various end points were used to screen for apoptosis: Morphological changes in cells, the relative numbers of viable and apoptotic cells; translocation of membrane bound phosphatidylserine and DNA analysis. 3 We found that mahanine-induced apoptosis in U937 cells involved activation of caspases, including caspase-3, release of cytochrome c into cytosol, loss of mitochondrial membrane permeability, and decreased levels of cellular ATP. 4 Pretreatment of cells with cyclosporine A, prior to/concomitant with exposure to mahanine, effectively prevented the deleterious effects of the alkaloid on cellular integrity and viability. 5 As mitochondrial permeability is known to be important in the regulation of cytochrome c release, our observations indicate that mitochondria are the principal target of mahanine. More specifically, we propose that mahanine causes the mitochondrial membranes to lose their permeability, resulting in caspase-3 activation and apoptosis.
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