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Lee HL, Park SH, Kim TM, Jung YY, Park MH, Oh SH, Yun HS, Jun HO, Yoo HS, Han SB, Lee US, Yoon JH, Song MJ, Hong JT. Bee venom inhibits growth of human cervical tumors in mice. Oncotarget 2016; 6:7280-92. [PMID: 25730901 PMCID: PMC4466684 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
We studied whether bee venom (BV) inhibits cervical tumor growth through enhancement of death receptor (DR) expressions and inactivation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) in mice. In vivo study showed that BV (1 mg/kg) inhibited tumor growth. Similar inhibitory effects of BV on cancer growth in primary human cervical cancer cells were also found. BV (1–5 μg/ml) also inhibited the growth of cancer cells, Ca Ski and C33Aby the induction of apoptotic cell death in a dose dependent manner. Agreed with cancer cell growth inhibition, expression of death receptors; FAS, DR3 and DR6, and DR downstream pro-apoptotic proteins including caspase-3 and Bax was concomitantly increased, but the NF-κB activity and the expression of Bcl-2 were inhibited by treatment with BV in tumor mice, human cancer cell and human tumor samples as well as cultured cancer cells. In addition, deletion of FAS, DR3 and DR6 by small interfering RNA significantly reversed BV-induced cell growth inhibitory effects as well as NF-κB inactivation. These results suggest that BV inhibits cervical tumor growth through enhancement of FAS, DR3 and DR6 expression via inhibition of NF-κB pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hye Lim Lee
- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Clinical Research Laboratory, Uijeonbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
| | - Jin Tae Hong
- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Heungduk, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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