Dihydroartemisinin induces apoptosis in human bladder cancer cell lines through reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential, and cytochrome C pathway
Author(s) -
Mahmoud Aghaei,
Farhad Poupel,
Ahmad Movahedian,
SeyyedMehdi Jafari,
MohammadKeyvanloo Shahrestanaki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of preventive medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.539
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2008-8213
pISSN - 2008-7802
DOI - 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_258_17
Subject(s) - reactive oxygen species , apoptosis , dihydroartemisinin , cytochrome c , medicine , mitochondrion , microbiology and biotechnology , inner mitochondrial membrane , membrane potential , cytochrome , cancer research , biochemistry , biology , pathology , artemisinin , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , enzyme
These findings demonstrated that DHA induces apoptosis through mitochondrial signaling pathway. These suggest that DHA may be a potential agent for induction of apoptosis in human bladder cancer cells.
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