Latex of Ficus carica L. Induces Apoptosis Through Caspase and Bcl-2 Family in FaDu Human Hypopharynx Squamous Carcinoma Cells.
10.11620/IJOB.2017.42.4.183
- Author:
Bo Su SHIN
1
;
Seul Ah LEE
;
Sung Min MOON
;
Seul Hee HAN
;
Eun Ju HWANG
;
Su Gwan KIM
;
Do Kyung KIM
;
Jin Soo KIM
;
Bo Ram PARK
;
Chun Sung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, 375 Seosuk-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-759, Republic of Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Ficus carica L. Latex;
FaDu human hypopharynx squamous cancer cells;
Apoptosis
- MeSH:
Apoptosis*;
Asia;
Breast Neoplasms;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*;
Carica*;
Caspase 9;
Cell Line;
Cysteine Proteases;
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel;
Ficain;
Ficus*;
Hemorrhoids;
Humans;
Humans*;
Hypopharynx*;
Korea;
Latex*;
Leukemia;
Medicine, Traditional;
Mouth Neoplasms;
Prostatic Neoplasms;
Skin
- From:International Journal of Oral Biology
2017;42(4):183-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ficus carica L. (common fig), one of the first plants cultivated by humans, originated in the Mediterranean basin and currently grows worldwide, including southwest Asia and South Korea. It has been used as a traditional medicine for treatment of metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases as well as hemorrhoids and skin infections. Its pharmacological properties have recently been studied in detail, but research on the anti-cancer effect of its latex has been only been studied on a limited basis on several cell lines, such prostate cancer, breast cancer, and leukemia. In this study, we investigated the anti-cancer activity of the latex of Ficus carica L.and its underlying mechanism in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. (See Ed. note above) We confirmed through SDS-PAGE analysis and gelatinolytic activity analysis that the latex of Ficus carica contains cysteine protease ficin. Our data showed that the latex inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the latex treatment markedly induced apoptosis in FaDu cells as determined by FACS analysis, elevated expression level of cleaved caspase-9, -3 and PARP (poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase), and. increased the expression of Bax (pro-apoptotic factor) while decreasing the expression of Bcl-2 (anti-apoptotic factor). Taken together, these results suggested that latex containing the ficin inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis by caspase and the Bcl-2 family signaling pathway in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. These findings point to the potential of latex of Ficus carica to provide a novel chemotherapeutic drug due to its growth inhibition effects and induction of apoptosis in human oral cancer cells.
