| Literature DB >> 12643593 |
Su Bog Yee1, Jung Hwa Lee, Hae Young Chung, Kwang Sik Im, Song Ja Bae, Jae Soo Choi, Nam Deuk Kim.
Abstract
We investigated the anti-proliferative effects of luteolin and apigenin, isolated from Ixeris sonchifolia Hance, on HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. In MTT assay luteolin showed more efficient anti-proliferative effects on cells than apigenin did. According to propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry studies, we postulated that these effects might be a result of cell cyde arrest. Hence we examined the changes of protein expressions related to cell cycle arrest. Western blotting data demonstrated that the down-regulated expression of CDK4 was correlated to the increase of p53 and CDK inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) protein. These data suggest that luteolin may have potential as an anti-cancer agent.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12643593 DOI: 10.1007/bf02976662
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Pharm Res ISSN: 0253-6269 Impact factor: 4.946