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The evaluation of the anti-cancer effects of Anoectochilus roxburghii on hematological cancers in vitro

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The cause of hematological cancers is the uncontrolled proliferation of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues, and chemotherapy is used to treat cancer. However, adverse side effects of chemotherapy are common. Therefore, the use of plant extracts as a method for treating cancer is becoming increasingly popular. Anoectochilus roxburghii (wall.) Lindl. (A. roxburghii) is one of the original sources of the valuable medicinal plants known as the king medicine and the golden grass. This study investigated the potential anticancer effect of A. roxburghi (AR) on JURKAT, MM1S, THP1 and U266 cells. To test the cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of AR, hematological cancer cells were exposed to increasing doses of AR (0.1–0.5 µg/µl). The spectrophotometric MTT assay and the flow cytometric Annexin V staining were used to examine the viability and apoptosis of the cells, respectively. qRT-PCR was used to determine the expression levels of the apoptosis-related genes BAD, BAX, BIM and BCL-2. Our results show that AR treatment decreased cell viability and induced apoptosis in each cell line. Our RT-PCR data showed that AR significantly increased the expression levels of the pro-apoptotic BAX gene in JURKAT and MM1S cells, whereas it significantly increased the expression levels of both BAX and BIM in U266 cells. This is the first study to investigate how AR modulates apoptosis in hematological cancer cells. As a result, AR therapy may be a promising treatment modality for the treatment of cancer.

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    Buket Altinok Gunes

  2. Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Buket Altinok Gunes, Tulin Ozkan, Nurbanu Gonulkirmaz & Asuman Sunguroglu

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BAG, TO: Conceptualization; BAG, TO, NG: methodology; BAG, TO, NG and AS: investigation; BAG, TO: formal analysis; BAG, TO: writing-original draft preparation; BAG, TO, AS: writing, review, and editing. All authors participated in editing the paper. All authors approved the published version of the manuscript.

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Gunes, B.A., Ozkan, T., Gonulkirmaz, N. et al. The evaluation of the anti-cancer effects of Anoectochilus roxburghii on hematological cancers in vitro. Med Oncol 41, 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-023-02231-2

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