Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.

Background: Vanillin is responsible for the flavor and smell of vanilla, a widely used flavoring agent. Previous studies showed that vanillin could enhance the repair of mutations and thus function as an anti-mutagen. However, its role in cancer, a disease that is closely related to mutation has n...

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Main Authors: Ho, Ket Li, Saiful Yazan, Latifah, Ismail, Norsharina, Ismail, Maznah
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13214/1/Apoptosis%20and%20cell%20cycle%20arrest%20of%20human%20colorectal%20cancer%20cell%20line%20HT.pdf
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author Ho, Ket Li
Saiful Yazan, Latifah
Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
author_facet Ho, Ket Li
Saiful Yazan, Latifah
Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
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description Background: Vanillin is responsible for the flavor and smell of vanilla, a widely used flavoring agent. Previous studies showed that vanillin could enhance the repair of mutations and thus function as an anti-mutagen. However, its role in cancer, a disease that is closely related to mutation has not yet been fully elucidated. Methods: Hence, this study investigated the cytolytic and cytostatic properties of vanillin against HT-29, a human colorectal cancer cell line. Methods used including cell viability assay, acridine orange (AO)–ethidium bromide (EB) double staining cell morphological analysis, Cell cycle analysis, annexin V–propidium iodide apoptosis test and 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU)-labeling cell proliferation assay. Results: Results showed that apoptosis was induced by vanillin and the IC50 for HT-29 and NIH/3T3 normal cell lines were 400 μg/ml and 1000 μg/ml, respectively. Different concentrations of vanillin arrest cell cycle at different checkpoints. 5-Bromo-2-deoxyuridine-labeling cell proliferation assay showed that G0/G1 arrest was achieved at lower concentration of vanillin (200 μg/ml) while cell cycle analysis by flow cytometer showed that G2/M arrest occurs at higher concentration of vanillin (1000 μg/ml). Conclusion: Cytolytic and cytostatic effects shown by vanillin showed that it could be a useful colorectal cancer preventive agent. Further in vivo study should be carried out to confirm that similar effects could happen in animals.
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spelling upm-132142015-09-15T04:01:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13214/ Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin. Ho, Ket Li Saiful Yazan, Latifah Ismail, Norsharina Ismail, Maznah Background: Vanillin is responsible for the flavor and smell of vanilla, a widely used flavoring agent. Previous studies showed that vanillin could enhance the repair of mutations and thus function as an anti-mutagen. However, its role in cancer, a disease that is closely related to mutation has not yet been fully elucidated. Methods: Hence, this study investigated the cytolytic and cytostatic properties of vanillin against HT-29, a human colorectal cancer cell line. Methods used including cell viability assay, acridine orange (AO)–ethidium bromide (EB) double staining cell morphological analysis, Cell cycle analysis, annexin V–propidium iodide apoptosis test and 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU)-labeling cell proliferation assay. Results: Results showed that apoptosis was induced by vanillin and the IC50 for HT-29 and NIH/3T3 normal cell lines were 400 μg/ml and 1000 μg/ml, respectively. Different concentrations of vanillin arrest cell cycle at different checkpoints. 5-Bromo-2-deoxyuridine-labeling cell proliferation assay showed that G0/G1 arrest was achieved at lower concentration of vanillin (200 μg/ml) while cell cycle analysis by flow cytometer showed that G2/M arrest occurs at higher concentration of vanillin (1000 μg/ml). Conclusion: Cytolytic and cytostatic effects shown by vanillin showed that it could be a useful colorectal cancer preventive agent. Further in vivo study should be carried out to confirm that similar effects could happen in animals. Elsevier 2009-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13214/1/Apoptosis%20and%20cell%20cycle%20arrest%20of%20human%20colorectal%20cancer%20cell%20line%20HT.pdf Ho, Ket Li and Saiful Yazan, Latifah and Ismail, Norsharina and Ismail, Maznah (2009) Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin. Cancer Epidemiology, 33 (2). pp. 155-160. ISSN 1877-7821; ESSN: 1877-783X 10.1016/j.canep.2009.06.003
spellingShingle Ho, Ket Li
Saiful Yazan, Latifah
Ismail, Norsharina
Ismail, Maznah
Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title_full Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title_fullStr Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title_full_unstemmed Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title_short Apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 induced by vanillin.
title_sort apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of human colorectal cancer cell line ht-29 induced by vanillin.
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13214/1/Apoptosis%20and%20cell%20cycle%20arrest%20of%20human%20colorectal%20cancer%20cell%20line%20HT.pdf