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Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells

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    • Hye Jeong Kim
    • Min Ho Han
    • Gi Young Kim
    • Young-Whan Choi
    • Yung Hyun Choi
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    Affiliations: Department of Biochemistry, Dongeui University College of Oriental Medicine, Busan 614-052, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomaterial Control (BK21 Program), Graduate School and Anti-Aging Research Center and Blue-Bio Industry RIC, Dongeui University, Busan 614-714, Republic of Korea, Department of Marine Life Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea, Department of Horticultural Bioscience, College of Natural Resource and Life Sciences, Busan National University, Miryang 627-706, Republic of Korea
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1985
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Garlic (Allium sativum) compounds have recently received increasing attention due to their cancer chemopreventive properties, and their anticancer activities are extensively reported in many cancer cell lines. However, the anticancer activity and the signaling pathway associated with the induction of apoptosis by extracts of garlic cloves have not been elucidated. In this study, we examined the effects of hexane extracts of garlic cloves (HEGCs) on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and the association of these effects with apoptotic cell death, using a Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cell line in vitro. The results demonstrated that HEGCs mediate ROS production, and that this mediation is followed by a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP, ΔΨm), the downregulation of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL and the activation of caspase-9 and -3. HEGCs also promoted the activation of caspase-8 and the downregulation of Bid, a BH3-only pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2. However, the apoptotic phenomena displayed by HEGCs were significantly diminished by the presence of z-VAD-fmk (non-selective caspase inhibitor). Moreover, N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), a widely used ROS scavenger, effectively blocked the HEGC-induced apoptotic effects via the inhibition of ROS production and MMP collapse. These observations clearly indicate that HEGC-induced ROS are key mediators of MMP collapse, which leads to the induction of apoptosis, followed by caspase activation.
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Kim HJ, Han MH, Kim GY, Choi Y and Choi YH: Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 28: 1757-1763, 2012.
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Kim, H.J., Han, M.H., Kim, G.Y., Choi, Y., & Choi, Y.H. (2012). Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells. Oncology Reports, 28, 1757-1763. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1985
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Kim, H. J., Han, M. H., Kim, G. Y., Choi, Y., Choi, Y. H."Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells". Oncology Reports 28.5 (2012): 1757-1763.
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Kim, H. J., Han, M. H., Kim, G. Y., Choi, Y., Choi, Y. H."Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells". Oncology Reports 28, no. 5 (2012): 1757-1763. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1985
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Kim HJ, Han MH, Kim GY, Choi Y and Choi YH: Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 28: 1757-1763, 2012.
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Kim, H.J., Han, M.H., Kim, G.Y., Choi, Y., & Choi, Y.H. (2012). Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells. Oncology Reports, 28, 1757-1763. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1985
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Kim, H. J., Han, M. H., Kim, G. Y., Choi, Y., Choi, Y. H."Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells". Oncology Reports 28.5 (2012): 1757-1763.
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Kim, H. J., Han, M. H., Kim, G. Y., Choi, Y., Choi, Y. H."Hexane extracts of garlic cloves induce apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species in Hep3B human hepatocarcinoma cells". Oncology Reports 28, no. 5 (2012): 1757-1763. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1985
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