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  2. Asparanin A from Asparagus officinalis L. Induces G0/G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Endometrial Carcinoma Ishikawa Cells via Mitochondrial and PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathways

Asparanin A from Asparagus officinalis L. Induces G0/G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Endometrial Carcinoma Ishikawa Cells via Mitochondrial and PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathways

  • J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Jan 8;68(1):213-224. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07103.
Fan Zhang 1 2 Yuan-Yuan Zhang 1 Ya-Sai Sun 1 Run-Hui Ma 1 Kiran Thakur 1 Jian-Guo Zhang 1 Zhao-Jun Wei 1
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Affiliations

  • 1 School of Food and Biological Engineering , Hefei University of Technology , Hefei 230009 , People's Republic of China.
  • 2 School of Environmental Science and Engineering , Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241002 , People's Republic of China.
Abstract

Asparanin A (AA), a steroidal saponin from Asparagus officinalis L., has Anticancer activity: however, its detailed molecular mechanisms in endometrial Cancer (EC) have not been studied so far. We evaluated the Anticancer activity and underlying mechanism of AA on EC cell line Ishikawa in vitro and in vivo. AA inhibited the Ishikawa cell proliferation and caused cell morphology alteration and cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase. Moreover, it could induce Apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway, including the deregulation of Bak/Bcl-xL ratio which led to the generation of ROS, up-regulation of cytochrome c followed by decrease of Δψm, and activation of caspases, besides inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. In vivo data showed that administration of AA significantly inhibited the tumor tissue cell proliferation, reduced the tumor growth, and induced the Apoptosis occurrence. AA can be a possible functional food ingredient to cure endometrial Cancer followed by clinical trials.

Keywords

Ishikawa cell; PI3K/AKT; asparagus; asparanin A; mitochondrial pathway.

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