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Apoptosis-inducing effect of fucoxanthin on human leukemia cell line HL-60

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HOSOKAWA, Masashi, WANEZAKI, Satoshi, MIYAUCHI, Kozue, KURIHARA, Hideyuki, KOHNO, Hiroyuki, KAWABATA, Jun, ODASHIMA, Shizuo, TAKAHASHI, Koretaro·1999·Food Science and Technology Research

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The apoptosis-inducing effect of fucoxanthin on human leukemic HL-60 cells was investigated. Fucoxanthin, which was obtained from the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida, inhibited the proliferation of HL-60 cells and induced DNA fragmentation on agarose gel electrophoresis, a typical characteristic feature of apoptotic cells. The results of sandwich ELISA using anti-biotin-antibody and anti-DNA-antibody also demonstrated DNA fragmentation in accordance with the increase in fucoxanthin concentration and incubation time. Since the level of DNA fragmentation did not increase after 24 h incubation, fucoxanthin appeared to have some effect on cell cycle. In contrast, β-carotene did not show an apoptosis-inducing effect on HL-60 cells. These results suggested that a carotenoid structure might be crucial for inducing apoptosis.

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  • Carotenoids are natural antioxidants applied in food products; the most abundant carotenoid of marine macroalgae is fucoxanthin, which possesses antiproliferative activity; carotenoids also possess antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antihypertensive activity.

    “Carotenoids are natural antioxidants and they are applied in different food products [18]. The most abundant carotenoid of marine macroalgae is fucoxanthin (Figure 4) and it possess antiproliferative activity [19,20]. Except for antiproliferative properties, carotenoids also possess antioxidant [21], antimicrobial, and antihypertensive activity [22].”

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HOSOKAWA, M., WANEZAKI, S., MIYAUCHI, K., KURIHARA, H., KOHNO, H., KAWABATA, J., ODASHIMA, S., & TAKAHASHI, K.
Affiliations
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • Kanazawa Medical University (JP)
Venue
Food Science and Technology Research
Published
1999
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
243-246
ISSN
  • 1344-6606 (ISSN-L)
  • 1881-3984
OpenAlex
W2013418062
Cited by
173
References
14
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FWCI
2.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Food Science and Technology Research (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion)
  • Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
Keywords
fucoxanthin, apoptosis, HL-60 cells, leukemia, Undaria pinnatifida, DNA fragmentation, cell proliferation inhibition, carotenoids, beta-carotene, cell cycle

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