Dihydroartemisinin exerts cytotoxic effects and inhibits hypoxia inducible factor-1α activation in C6 glioma cells

Artemisinin and its analogue dihydroartemisinin exert cytotoxic effects in some kinds of cancer cell lines. Here we determined whether dihydroartemisinin inhibits the growth and induces apoptosis of rat C6 glioma cells. We found dihydroartemisinin (5–25 μM) inhibited the growth and induced apoptosis...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology 2007-06, Vol.59 (6), p.849-856
Hauptverfasser: Huang, Xiao-Jia, Ma, Zhen-Qiu, Zhang, Wei-Ping, Lu, Yun-Bi, Wei, Er-Qing
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Artemisinin and its analogue dihydroartemisinin exert cytotoxic effects in some kinds of cancer cell lines. Here we determined whether dihydroartemisinin inhibits the growth and induces apoptosis of rat C6 glioma cells. We found dihydroartemisinin (5–25 μM) inhibited the growth and induced apoptosis of C6 cells in a concentration‐ and time‐dependent manner; however, it was much less toxic to rat primary astrocytes. Dihydroartemisinin (5–25 μM) also increased the generation of reactive oxygen species in C6 cells. These effects of dihydroartemisinin were enhanced by ferrous ions (12.5–100 μM) and reduced by the iron chelator deferoxamine (25–200 μM). Immunoblotting analysis revealed that dihydroartemisinin (5–25 μM) significantly reduced hypoxia‐ and deferoxamine‐induced expression of hypoxia inducible factor‐1α and its target gene protein, vascular endothelial growth factor, in C6 cells. The results showed that dihydroartemisinin exerts a selective cytotoxic effect on C6 cells by increasing the reactive oxygen species and inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor‐1α activation.
ISSN:0022-3573
2042-7158
DOI:10.1211/jpp.59.6.0011