PMID- 31364020 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200309 LR - 20220125 IS - 1573-4978 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4851 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 5 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Seleno-beta-lactoglobulin (Se-beta-Lg) induces mitochondria-dependant apoptosis in HepG2 cells. PG - 5025-5031 LID - 10.1007/s11033-019-04953-x [doi] AB - Selenium compounds have been widely investigated as novel anticancer agents due to high efficacy and selectivity against cancer cells in recent years. This study aimed to research the potential inhibitory effects of seleno-beta-lactoglobulin (Se-beta-Lg) on HepG2 cells in vitro. MTT results demonstrated that the synthetized Se-beta-Lg exhibited strong antitumor activity on HepG2 cells with few side effects on human normal cells (LO2) and relatively weaker cytotoxic effects compared to inorganic selenium (SeO(2)). Scanning electron microscope (SEM), hoechst 33342/PI double staining, annexin V-FITC/PI staining and cell cycle detection results showed that Se-beta-Lg could induce the apoptosis of HepG2 cells via arresting them in S and G2/M phases and lead to the obvious morphological changes (loss of adhesion, cell shrinkage, and membrane blebbing, membrane permeabilities and DNA fragmentation). Besides, JC-1 staining, western blotting (WB) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results showed that Se-beta-Lg could gradually destroy the mitochondrial membrane potential of HepG2 cells, and finally resulting in the mitochondria-dependant apoptosis via up-regulation of Bax, Cytochrome c, Caspase-3 and down-regulation of Bcl-2. Our data could provide a theoretical basis for practical application of Se-beta-Lg in food and drug industries. FAU - Ji, Hai-Yu AU - Ji HY AD - Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Street, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. AD - QingYunTang Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100176, China. FAU - Yu, Juan AU - Yu J AD - Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Street, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. AD - QingYunTang Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100176, China. FAU - Liu, An-Jun AU - Liu AJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1820-7299 AD - Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Street, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. laj@tust.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190730 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Biol Rep JT - Molecular biology reports JID - 0403234 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Lactoglobulins) RN - 0 (Organoselenium Compounds) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Humans MH - Lactoglobulins/*pharmacology MH - Liver Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Organoselenium Compounds/*pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cell apoptosis OT - Mitochondria pathway OT - Seleno-beta-lactoglobulin (Se-beta-Lg) EDAT- 2019/08/01 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/08/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11033-019-04953-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11033-019-04953-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Rep. 2019 Oct;46(5):5025-5031. doi: 10.1007/s11033-019-04953-x. Epub 2019 Jul 30.