Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Induction of Apoptosis by Gagamhwanglyeonhaedog-tang through Activation of Caspase-3 in Human Leukemia Cell Line HL-60 Cells

  • Park Sang Goo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Won Jin Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim Dong Woung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Moon Goo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • Published : 2004.08.01
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Abstract

Gagamhwanglyeonhaedog-tang(GHH), a Korean genuine medicine, is a newly designed herbal drug formula based on the traditional oriental pharmacological knowledge for the purpose of treating tumorous diseases. Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved suicide program residing in cells. It leads to cell death through a tightly regulated process resulting in the removal of damaged or unwanted tissue. In the present study, the apoptosis inducing activities of the decocted water extract of GHH were studied. Results of the 3- [4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay showed that GHH had a strong cytotoxic effect on HL-60 cells. The number of live cells was less than 20% after exposure to 1㎎/㎖ GHH for 48 hr. GHH increased cytotoxicity of HL-60 cells in a dose- and time­dependent manner. Cell apoptosis by GHH was confirmed by flow cytometric analysis of the DNA-stained cells. The percentage of apoptotic cells increased to 28%, 31% and 37% 24 hr and 37%, 44% and 81% 48 hr after treatment with 0.01, 0.1 and 1㎎/㎖ GHH, respectively. Flow cytometric analysis of GHH treated HL-60 cells showed increase of hypodiploid apoptotic cells in a dose- and time- dependent manner. DNA fragmentation also occurred in apoptosis and was characterized by a ladder pattern on agarose gel. In addition, GHH (0.01 and 0.1㎎/㎖) increased the secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in 24 and 48 hr. The author showed that GHH-induced apoptosis was accompanied by activation of caspase-3. These results suggest that GHH induces activation of caspase-3 and eventually leads to apoptosis.

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