PMID- 29355527 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180322 LR - 20180322 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 496 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Feb 19 TI - Isovitexin (IV) induces apoptosis and autophagy in liver cancer cells through endoplasmic reticulum stress. PG - 1047-1054 LID - S0006-291X(18)30126-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.111 [doi] AB - Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and novel chemotherapeutic drugs to suppress liver cancer are urgently required. Isovitexin (IV), a glycosylflavonoid, is extracted from rice hulls of Oryza sativa, and has various biological activities. However, the anti-tumor effect of IV against liver cancer has not yet been demonstrated in vitro or in vivo. In the present study, we showed that IV significantly suppressed the growth of liver cancer cells. Mechanistic studies indicated that IV induced apoptosis by the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, as evidenced by the increase of Bax, cleaved Caspase-3, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and cytoplasm Cyto-c released from mitochondria. In addition, IV resulted in autophagy in liver cancer cells, supported by the enhancement of LC3II, autophagy-related protein (Atg) 3, Atg5 and Beclin1. Suppressing autophagy using bafilomycin A1 (BFA) or siRNA Atg-5 reduced apoptotic cells in IV-treated cells, demonstrating that autophagy induction regulated apoptosis. Moreover, IV was found to cause endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in liver cancer cells, along with the promotion of ER stress-related molecules, including inositol-requiring enzyme 1alpha (IRE1alpha), X-box-binding protein-1s (XBP-1s), C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and glucose-regulated protein (GRP)-78. Of note, inhibition of ER stress by use of its inhibitor, tauroursodeoxycholate (TUDCA), significantly reversed IV-induced apoptosis and autophagy. In vivo, IV treatment showed significant tumor growth inhibition compared to the non-treated group. IV could therefore be a strong candidate for liver cancer prevention. CI - Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Lv, Sheng-Xiang AU - Lv SX AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang 222002, China. Electronic address: lvshengxiangxz@foxmail.com. FAU - Qiao, Xiao AU - Qiao X AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an 223000, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180131 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 7V515PI7F6 (Apigenin) RN - KTQ9R9MS0Q (isovitexin) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage MH - Apigenin/*administration & dosage MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*drug effects MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Mitochondria, Liver/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Autophagy OT - ER stress OT - Isovitexin OT - Liver cancer EDAT- 2018/01/23 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/23 06:00 CRDT- 2018/01/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/01/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(18)30126-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.111 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Feb 19;496(4):1047-1054. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.111. Epub 2018 Jan 31.