Induction of ER Stress-Mediated Apoptosis by the Major Component 5,7,4'-Trimethoxyflavone Isolated from Kaempferia parviflora Tea Infusion

Nutr Cancer. 2018 Aug-Sep;70(6):984-996. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2018.1491607. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

Abstract

Kaempferia parviflora (KP) is a famous medicinal plant from Thailand, and is a rich source of various kinds of methoxyflavones (MFs). Many kinds of food products such as tea, capsule, and liquor are manufactured from the rhizomes of KP. In this study, KP infusions were prepared with different brewing conditions, and the amounts of three major methoxylflavones, 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF), 5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone (TMF), and 3,5,7,3',4'-pentamethoxyflavone (PMF), were analyzed. The antiproliferative activities of DMF, TMF, and PMF isolated from the brewed tea samples were evaluated. TMF was discovered to be significantly effective at inhibiting proliferation of SNU-16 human gastric cancer cells in a concentration dependent manner. TMF induced apoptosis, as evidenced by increments of sub-G1 phase, DNA fragmentation, annexin-V/PI staining, the Bax/Bcl-xL ratio, proteolytic activation of caspase-3,-7,-8, and degradation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) protein. Furthermore, it was found that TMF induced apoptosis via ER stress, verified by an increase in the level of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78), inositol-requiring enzyme 1 α (IRE1α), activating transcription factor-4 (ATF-4), and the splice isoform of X-box-binding protein-1 (XBP-1) mRNA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Activating Transcription Factor 4 / analysis
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress / drug effects*
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress / physiology
  • Flavones / analysis
  • Flavones / isolation & purification
  • Flavones / pharmacology*
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta / analysis
  • Humans
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / physiology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / analysis
  • Transcription Factor CHOP / analysis
  • X-Box Binding Protein 1 / genetics
  • Zingiberaceae / chemistry*
  • bcl-X Protein / analysis

Substances

  • ATF4 protein, human
  • BCL2L1 protein, human
  • DDIT3 protein, human
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • Flavones
  • HSPA5 protein, human
  • X-Box Binding Protein 1
  • bcl-X Protein
  • Activating Transcription Factor 4
  • Transcription Factor CHOP
  • MTOR protein, human
  • GSK3B protein, human
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases