Magnolol對人類肝癌細胞之抗肝癌活性的機制研究

Studies on the Mechanisms of Magnolol-Induced Anti-tumoral activity in Human Hepatoma Cells

常玉澤(Yu-Tse Chang)

指導教授 ： 李文森

臺北醫學大學/醫學院/細胞及分子生物研究所/碩士(2000年)

摘要

本篇論文主要在探討中藥厚朴的酚類萃取物magnolol對人類肝癌細胞株(Hep G2)生長的抑制與其作用機制。厚朴是一種民間常用的中藥材，廣泛的用於治療發燒 、頭痛、焦慮、腹瀉及中風等病症。厚朴酚(magnolol)是從厚朴中萃取而來的酚類化合物。而根據我們研究的結果顯示， magnolol在低濃度(10~50μM )時會對肝癌細胞株的生長產生抑制的作用，並有細胞週期停滯(cell cycle arrest)的現象。而高濃度的magnolol (100μM)則會造成細胞凋亡(apoptosis)的發生。但是對一般普通細胞如人類纖維母細胞(human fibroblast)及人類臍靜脈內皮細胞-Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell (HUVEC) 卻不會有影響。在進一步了解magnolol造成這些作用的機轉時，發現magnolol所引起的細胞週期停滯(cell cycle arrest)與cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor如p21的表現量增加有關。而在細胞凋亡(apoptosis)的部分則發現除了高濃度magnolol (100μM)會造成Hep-G2細胞在72小時發生DNA fragmentation與sub G0/G1 peak的現象外，若將培養液的牛胎兒血清濃度降低到1%，則使細胞凋亡的現象提前在藥物處理四小時後便出現。在同樣的時間，caspase 8也有明顯的切割情況發生。另外Fas receptor，一種引發細胞凋亡的重要膜蛋白，在肝癌細胞株上的表現也直接影響了由magnolol所引發的細胞凋亡。我們發現會表現Fas receptor的肝癌細胞株對於magnolol有較高的感受性。利用Fas antagonist antibody對Fas receptor作neutralization可部分阻斷由magnolol所造成的細胞凋亡現象及部分回復casepase 8的切割。 本研究的結果顯示，magnolol在低濃度會造成肝癌細胞株的生長抑制，而在高濃度則會引發細胞的凋亡現象。對於magnolol的抗癌作用機轉的了解，相信會有助於此藥物在臨床的使用。

關鍵字

厚朴 ； 肝癌 ； 厚朴酚

並列摘要

The objective of this thesis research is to investigate the anti-tumoral action of magnolol on the hepatoma cell line Hep-G2 and its underlying molecular mechanisms. In vitro studies demonstrated that magnolol at low concentrations (10~50 μM) induced a dose-dependent inhibition of Hep-G2 growth and cell cycle arrest. On the other hand, magnolol at a higher concentration (100 μM) induced an apoptosis of Hep-G2 cells. However, magnolol at these concentrations had no effect on human untransformed cells, such as human fibroblasts and human umbilical venous endothelial cells (HUVEC). Western blot analysis demonstrates that an increased expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, p21, is the major factor contributing the magnolol-mediated cell cycle arrest. Treatment of Hep-G2 with 100 μM magnolol caused DNA fragmentation and sub-G0/G1 peak at 72 hours when the cell was grown in the culture medium containing 10 % fetal bovine serum. Several apoptosis-related proteins including caspase 8 were shown to be activated in response to magnolol treatment in Hep-G2. Administration of Fas antagonist antibody (ZB4), which neutralized the Fas receptor, prevented the magnolol-mediated caspase 8 cleavage and suppressed the magnolol-induced apoptosis. This result suggests that Fas receptor may be involved, at least partially, in the magnolol-induced apoptosis. In conclusion, our data demonstrated that magnolol at low concentrations (10-50 μM) induced an anti-proliferation of Hep-G2 and at a higher concentration (100 μM) caused apoptosis. Only when the mechanism of its effect is fully understood can we begin to design a strategy to use magnolol for anti-cancer therapy.

並列關鍵字

magnolol ； human hepatoma ； hou-pu

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