Reactive oxygen species-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction contribute to polydatin-induced apoptosis in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE cells

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Abstract

Previous studies revealed that polydatin, a natural small compound, possessed protective effect against ischemia/reperfusion injury and inflammation. However, the action and molecular mechanism of its potent anti-cancer activity remain poorly understood. In the present study, polydatin significantly killed several human tumor cell lines in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The compound also dose-dependently caused mitochondrial apoptosis in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE cells. In addition, polydatin triggered endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and down-regulated the phosphorylation of Akt in CNE cells, while knock-down of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) dramatically abrogated the inactivation of Akt and reversed the pro-apoptotic effect of polydatin. Furthermore, polydatin provoked the generation of reactive oxygen species in CNE cells, while the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine almost completely blocked the activation of ER stress and apoptosis, suggesting polydatin-induced reactive oxygen species is an early event that triggers ER stress mitochondrial apoptotic pathways in CNE cells. Taken together, these findings strongly suggest that polydatin might be a promising anti-tumor drug and our data provide the molecular theoretical basis for clinical application of polydatin.

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