Carvacrol Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Ashok Mari; Gopikrishnan Mani; Sirpu Natesh Nagabhishek; Gopalakrishnan Balaraman; Nirmala Subramanian; Fathima Bushra Mirza; Jagan Sundaram; Devaki Thiruvengadam

doi:10.1007/s11655-020-3193-5

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Carvacrol Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Original Article | Updated：2021-09-01

- Carvacrol Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 27, Issue 9, Pages: 680-687(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai(600025), India
  2.Cancer Biology Lab, Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai(600119), India
  3.VRR Institute of Biomedical Science, Kattupakkam, Chennai(600056), India
- Author bio：
  
  Prof. Devaki Thiruvengadam, E-mail:devakit@yahoo.co.uk
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- DOI：10.1007/s11655-020-3193-5
  CLC：
- Published：01 September 2021，
  
  Published Online：22 June 2020，
  
  Accepted：20 September 2019
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Ashok Mari, Gopikrishnan Mani, Sirpu Natesh Nagabhishek, et al. Carvacrol Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 27(9):680-687(2021)
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Ashok Mari, Gopikrishnan Mani, Sirpu Natesh Nagabhishek, et al. Carvacrol Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 27(9):680-687(2021) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-020-3193-5.

摘要

Abstract

Objective:

To examine the role of carvacrol in modulating PI3K/AKT signaling involved in human breast cancer pathogenesis using

in vitro

experimental model MCF-7 cells.

Methods:

MTT and lactate dehydrogenase assays were performed with cells treated with different doses of carvacrol (0–250 μmol/L) at different time points (24 and 48 h). The nuclear morphology was assessed in MCF-7 cells with propidium iodide (PI) and acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) staining and analyzed by fluorescence microscopy. Events like cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were observed by flow cytometric analysis and expressions of p-Rb

cyclin D1

cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4)

CDK6

Bax

Bcl-2

PI3K/p-AKT were analyzed by immunoblot.

Results:

Carvacrol significantly reduced cell viability with the half maximal inhibitory concentration value of 200 μmol/L at 24 and 48 h (

0.05). importantly

there was a significant increase in the accumulation of the G

phase upon treatment with carvacrol in MCF-7 cells (

0.05 or

0.01). A remarkable decrease in protein expressions of p-Rb

cyclin D1

CDK4 and CDK6 denoted cell cycle arrest (

0.05 or

0.01). In addition

carvacrol treatment significantly inhibited PI3K/p-AKT protein expressions leading to induction of apoptosis mediated by decreased Bcl2 and increased Bax protein expressions. Further

Annexin V/PI staining by FACS analysis

dual staining by AO/EB and PI staining studies suggested induction of apoptosis by carvacrol through PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in MCF-7 cells.

Conclusion:

Carvacrol significantly inhibited the breast cancer MCF-7 cell proliferation and induced apoptosis via suppressing PI3/AKT signaling pathway.

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Keywords

carvacrolbreast cancerproliferationapoptosisPI3K/AKT signaling pathway

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