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Piroxicam and C-phycocyanin mediated apoptosis in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride induced colon carcinogenesis: exploring the mitochondrial pathway.

Authors: Saini, Manpreet Kaur  Sanyal, Sankar Nath  Vaiphei, Kim 
Citation: Saini MK, etal., Nutr Cancer. 2012 Apr;64(3):409-18. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2012.655402. Epub 2012 Feb 27.
RGD ID: 13703116
Pubmed: PMID:22369161   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1080/01635581.2012.655402   (Journal Full-text)

Apoptosis is a synchronized procedure of cell death that is regulated by caspases and proapoptotic proteins. During apoptosis, translocation of cytochrome c, an electron carrier, from mitochondria into the cytosol is regulated by Bcl-2 family members. Cytochrome c in association with an apoptotic protease activating factor (Apaf), a proapoptotic protein essential for cell differentiation and procaspase-9 form the apoptosome complex, which consecutively activates effector caspase, caspase-3, and coordinate the implementation of apoptosis. In the current study, an attempt has been made to gain insight into piroxicam, a traditional nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug and c-phycocyanin, a biliprotein from Spirulina platensis (cyanobacterium) mediated apoptosis in DMH-induced colon cancer. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were segregated into 5 groups: control, DMH, DMH + piroxicam, DMH + c-phycocyanin, and DMH + piroxicam + c-phycocyanin. Results illustrated that piroxicam and c-phycocyanin treatments stimulate cytochrome c release by downregulating the Bcl-2 (an antiapoptotic protein) expression significantly, while promoting the level of Bax (a proapoptotic protein), thereby activating caspases (caspases-9 and -3) and Apaf-1. The outcomes of the present study clearly signify that piroxicam and c-phycocyanin may mediate mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in DMH-induced colon cancer. Moreover, apoptosis induction was more apparent in the combination regimen of piroxicam and c-phycocyanin than the individual drugs alone.



RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
APAF1Humancolon cancer treatmentISOApaf1 (Rattus norvegicus) RGD 
Apaf1Ratcolon cancer treatmentIEP  RGD 
Apaf1Mousecolon cancer treatmentISOApaf1 (Rattus norvegicus) RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Apaf1  (apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Apaf1  (apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
APAF1  (apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1)


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