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a Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea b Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
Key Words: jaceosidin • eupatilin • MCF10A-ras cells • ROS • apoptosis • ERK • Akt
Address for correspondence: Prof. Young-Joon Surh, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, South Korea. Voice: +82-2-872-1795; fax: +82-2-874-9775. e-mail: surh{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr
Extracts of Artemisia plants possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activities. Eupatilin (5,7-dihydroxy-3',4',6-tri-methoxy-flavone), a pharmacologically active flavone derived from Artemisia asiatica, was shown to inhibit phorbol ester-induced cyclooxygenase-2 expression and NF-
 B activation in mouse skin, and also to induce cell cycle arrest in ras-transformed human mammary epithelial (MCF10A-ras) cells. In this article, we examined the ability of jaceosidin (4',5,7-trihydroxy-3',6-dimethoxyflavone) isolated from Artemisia argyi to inhibit the proliferation of MCF10A-ras cells. Jaceosidin reduced the viability of MCF10A-ras cells to a greater extent than eupatilin. Jaceosidin treatment resulted in increased intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in MCF10A-ras cells, which was blocked by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC). NAC attenuated jaceosidin-induced cytotoxicity. To better assess the proapoptotic effects of jaceosidin, we analyzed the treated cells by the flow cytometry. MCF10A-ras cells treated with jaceosidin (100 µM) exhibited the increased proportion of hypodiploid or apoptotic cells (48.72% as composed to 7.78% in control cells). Jaceosidin treatment also increased the ratio of proapoptotic Bax to the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 and induced the cleavage of caspase-3 and poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP). Moreover, jaceosidin elevated the expression of p53 and p21, while the compound inhibited the activation of ERK1/2 that is an important component of cell survival signaling.
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