The effect of apigenin and chemotherapy combination treatments on apoptosis-related genes and proteins in acute leukaemia cell lines

MAHBUB, Amani A., LE MAITRE, Christine, CROSS, Neil and JORDAN-MAHY, Nicola (2022). The effect of apigenin and chemotherapy combination treatments on apoptosis-related genes and proteins in acute leukaemia cell lines. Scientific Reports, 12 (1): 8858.

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Official URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11441-z
Open Access URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11441-z... (Published version)
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Abstract

Abstract: Apigenin is a dietary polyphenol found abundantly in fruit and vegetables, which sensitizes leukaemia cells to topoisomerase inhibitor agents (e.g., etoposide), and alkylating agents (e.g., cyclophosphamide), reducing ATP levels and inducing apoptosis; whilst being protective to control haematopoietic stem cells. This study analysed the expression profiles of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis-related genes and proteins to help elucidate the mechanisms of action of apigenin when used in combination with etoposide or cyclophosphamide in lymphoid and myeloid leukaemia cell lines (Jurkat and THP-1). Expression of apoptosis-related genes were measured using a TaqMan® Human Apoptosis Array and the StepOne Plus RT-qPCR System, whilst apoptosis-related proteins were determined using a protein profiler™-human apoptosis array and the LI-COR OdysseyR Infrared Imaging System. Apigenin when combined with etoposide or cyclophosphamide-induced apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway, increasing the expression of pro-apoptotic cytochrome c, SMAC/DIABLO, and HTRA2/OMI, which promoted caspase-9 and -3 activation. Targeting anti-apoptotic and/or pro-apoptotic members of the apoptotic pathways is a promising strategy to induce cancer cell death and improve sensitivity to chemotherapy agents. Here the apoptotic pathways induced by apigenin in combination with etoposide or cyclophosphamide were identified within human leukaemia cell lines, such applications could provide combination therapies for the treatment of leukaemia.

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Additional Information: ** From Springer Nature via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 2045-2322 **Article IDs: publisher-id: s41598-022-11441-z; manuscript: 11441 **History: collection 12-2022; online 25-05-2022; published 25-05-2022; registration 25-04-2022; accepted 30-03-2022; submitted 15-11-2021
Uncontrolled Keywords: Article, /631/67, /631/80, /631/154, /692/4017, article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11441-z
SWORD Depositor: Colin Knott
Depositing User: Colin Knott
Date Deposited: 26 May 2022 09:39
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2023 11:47
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30266

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