Molecules 2011, 16(3), 2583-2598; doi:10.3390/molecules16032583
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Panduratin A Inhibits the Growth of A549 Cells through Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of NF-KappaB Translocation

Shiau-Chuen Cheah 1,* email, David R. Appleton 1,2 email, Sui-Ting Lee 1 email, May-Lynn Lam 3 email, A. Hamid A. Hadi 4 email and Mohd. Rais Mustafa 1 email
1 Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Sime Darby Technology Centre, 1st Floor, Block B, UPM-MTDC Technology Centre III, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia 3 Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor, Outpatient Centre, Sime Darby Medical Centre, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 4 Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Received: 23 February 2011; in revised form: 3 March 2011 / Accepted: 11 March 2011 / Published: 21 March 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products)
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Abstract: In the present study we investigated the effects of panduratin A, isolated from Boesenbergia rotunda, on proliferation and apoptosis in A549 human non-small cell lung cancer cells. Cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis was determined by the real-time cellular analyzer (RTCA), MTT assay and High Content Screening (HCS). The RTCA assay indicated that panduratin A exhibited cytotoxicity, with an IC50 value of 4.4 µg/mL (10.8 µM). Panduratin A arrested cancer cells labeled with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and phospho-Histone H3 in the mitotic phase. The cytotoxic effects of panduratin A were found to be accompanied by a dose-dependent induction of apoptosis, as assessed by DNA condensation, nuclear morphology and intensity, cell permeability, mitochondrial mass/ potential, F-actin and cytochrome c. In addition, treatment with an apoptosis-inducing concentration of panduratin A resulted in significant inhibition of Nuclear Factor-kappa Beta (NF-κB) translocation from cytoplasm to nuclei activated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), as illustrated by the HCS assay. Our study provides evidence for cell growth inhibition and induction of apoptosis by panduratin A in the A549 cell line, suggesting its therapeutic potential as an NF-κB inhibitor.
Keywords: Panduratin A; apoptosis; High Content Screening; Real-time Cellular Analyzer; NF-κB

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Cheah, S.-C.; Appleton, D.R.; Lee, S.-T.; Lam, M.-L.; Hadi, A.H.A.; Mustafa, M.R. Panduratin A Inhibits the Growth of A549 Cells through Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of NF-KappaB Translocation. Molecules 2011, 16, 2583-2598.

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Cheah S-C, Appleton DR, Lee S-T, Lam M-L, Hadi AHA, Mustafa MR. Panduratin A Inhibits the Growth of A549 Cells through Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of NF-KappaB Translocation. Molecules. 2011; 16(3):2583-2598.

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Cheah, Shiau-Chuen; Appleton, David R.; Lee, Sui-Ting; Lam, May-Lynn; Hadi, A. Hamid A.; Mustafa, Mohd. Rais. 2011. "Panduratin A Inhibits the Growth of A549 Cells through Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of NF-KappaB Translocation." Molecules 16, no. 3: 2583-2598.

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