Authors: Chatupheeraphat, Chawalit
Nantasenamat, Chanin
Deesrisak, Kamolchanok
Roytrakul, Sittiruk
Anurathapan, Usanarat
Tanyong, Dalina
Title: Bioinformatics and experimental studies of anti-leukemic activity from 6-gingerol demonstrate its role in p53 mediated apoptosis pathway
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: 6-gingerol is a traditional medicine that possesses anti-cancer activity against several types of cancer. However, the mechanism of action still remains unclear. Therefore, this study explored the effects of 6-gingerol on anti-leukemic mechanisms in NB4, MOLT4, and Raji leukemic cell. Results indicated that 6-gingerol inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in these 3 cell lines. Moreover, 6-gingerol was shown to increase the mRNA expression of the caspase family thereby suggesting that 6-gingerol induced apoptosis through the caspase-dependent pathway. To explore the signaling pathway regulating 6-gingerol induced apoptosis, we utilized and integrated the network pharmacology approach together with experimental investigations. Targets of 6-gingerol were identified from ChEMBL and STITCH databases, which were used for constructing the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Results from the PPI network indicated that p53 was a key regulator. Moreover, it was found that 6-gingerol could increase the levels of p53 mRNA in all leukemic cell lines. Thus, 6-gingerol has shown to have anti-cancer activity. In addition, p53, BAX and BCL2 could be involved in the apoptosis pathway of these leukemic cells. This study is anticipated to be useful for the development of 6-gingerol as an anti-leukemic drug in the future.
Subject Headings: 6-gingerol
Leukemia
Apoptosis
Network pharmacology
p53
Bioinformatics
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/39874
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21765
Publishers Link: https://www.excli.de/index.php/excli/article/view/1805
Issue Date: 2020-05-06
Rights link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Provenance: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Citation: Chatupheeraphat, C., Nantasenamat, C., Deesrisak, K., Roytrakul, S., Anurathapan, U., & Tanyong, D. (2020). Bioinformatics and experimental studies of anti-leukemic activity from 6-gingerol demonstrate its role in p53 mediated apoptosis pathway. EXCLI Journal, 19, 582-595. https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2019-2008
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