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Wu RSC, Yu CS, Liu KC, Huang HY, Ip SW, Lin JP, Chueh FS, Yang JS, Chung JG. Citosol (thiamylal sodium) triggers apoptosis and affects gene expressions of murine leukemia RAW 264.7 cells. Hum Exp Toxicol 2012; 31:771-9. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327111429137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Citosol (thiamylal sodium) is one of generally used anesthetic–sedative agents for clinical patients, and it has not been reported to show induction of cytotoxic effects in cancer cells, especially in mice leukemia RAW 264.7 cells in vitro. In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxic effects of citosol on mice leukemic RAW 264.7 cells, including the effects on protein and gene expression levels which are determined by Western blotting and DNA microarray methods, respectively. Results indicated that citosol induced cell morphological changes, cytotoxic effect, and induction of apoptosis in RAW 264.7 cells. Western blotting analysis demonstrated that citosol promoted the levels of Fas, cytochrome c, caspase 9 and 3 active form and Bax levels, but it suppressed Bcl-xl protein level that may lead to apoptotic death in RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, DNA microarray assay indicated that citosol significantly promoted the expression of 5 genes (Gm4884, Gm10883, Lce1c, Lrg1, and LOC100045878) and significantly inhibited the expression of 24 genes (Gm10679, Zfp617, LOC621831, Gm5929, Snord116, Gm3994, LOC380994, Gm5592, LOC380994, LOC280487, Gm4638, Tex24, A530064D06Rik, BC094916, EG668725, Gm189, Hist2h3c2, Gm8020, Snord115, Gm3079, Olfr198, Tdh, Snord115, and Olfr1249). Based on these observations, citosol induced cell apoptosis and influenced gene expression in mice leukemia RAW 264.7 cells in vitro.
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- RS-C Wu
- Department of Anesthesiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nutrition, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nutrition, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Sagare AP, Kuo CL, Chueh FS, Tsay HS. De novo regeneration of Scrophularia yoshimurae Yamazaki (Scrophulariaceae) and quantitative analysis of harpagoside, an iridoid glucoside, formed in aerial and underground parts of in vitro propagated and wild plants by HPLC. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:1311-5. [PMID: 11725970 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.1311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A protocol for de novo regeneration and rapid micropropagation of Scrophularia yoshimurae (Scrophulariaceae) has been developed. Multiple shoot development was achieved by culturing the shoot-tip, leaf-base, stem-node and stem-internode explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 4.44 microM N6-benzyladenine (BA) and 1.07 microM alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Stem-node and shoot-tip explants showed the highest response (100%) followed by stem-internode (74.4%) and leaf-base (7.7%) explants. The shoots were multiplied by subculturing on the same medium used for shoot induction. Shoots were rooted on growth regulator-free MS basal medium and the plantlets were transplanted to soil and acclimatized in the growth chamber. The content of harpagoside, a quantitatively predominant iridoid glycoside, in different plant material was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The analysis revealed that the content of harpagoside in the aerial and underground parts of S. yoshimurae was significantly higher than the marketed crude drug (underground parts of Scrophularia ningpoensis).
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- A P Sagare
- Department of Agronomy Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wufeng, Taichung
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Chueh FS, Chen CC, Sagare AP, Tsay HS. Quantitative determination of secoiridoid glucosides in in vitro propagated plants of Gentiana davidii var. formosana by high performance liquid chromatography. Planta Med 2001; 67:70-73. [PMID: 11270726 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-10622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A simple protocol for in vitro mass propagation of Gentiana davidii var. formosana (Gentianaceae) has been developed. Multiple shoot development was achieved by culturing the stem node explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 4.44 microM N6-benzyladenine (BA). The shoots were multiplied by subculturing on MS medium supplemented with 1.07-10.74 microM alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 8.88 microM BA. Shoots were rooted on MS basal medium supplemented with various auxins. Shoots rooted on growth regulator-free medium were transferred to peat moss:vermiculite mixture and acclimatized in the growth chamber. The contents of gentiopicroside and swertiamarin, the two important secoiridoid glucosides, in different plant material were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The analysis revealed that the content of gentiopicroside and swertiamarin in the aerial and underground parts of G. davidii var. formosana was higher than the marketed crude drug (underground parts of G. scabra) and varied with the age of the plant.
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- F S Chueh
- Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Hsieh MT, Chueh FY, Lin SM, Chueh FS, Chen CF, Lin MT. Catecholaminergic mechanisms-mediated hypothermia induced by magnolol in rats. Jpn J Pharmacol 1998; 78:501-4. [PMID: 9920208 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.78.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Intraperitoneal administration of magnolol (25-100 mg/kg) produced a dose-related fall in rats' colonic temperature. The magnolol-induced hypothermia was attenuated by pretreatment with intracerebroventricular 6-hydroxydopamine (200 microg/rat). The L-DOPA (200 mg/kg, i.p.) plus benserazide (50 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced hyperthermia was attenuated by magnolol. On the other hand, the alpha-methyltyrosine (100 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced hypothermia was potentiated by magnolol. Furthermore, magnolol (50 mg/kg, i.p.) decreased the dopamine and norepinephrine release in the hypothalamus, but did not change the concentrations for their metabolites (3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid). The data suggest that magnolol decreases colonic temperature by reducing catecholaminergic activity in rat hypothalamus.
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- M T Hsieh
- Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan
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