TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fathy, Moustafa
A1  - Fawzy, Michael Atef
A1  - Hintzsche, Henning
A1  - Nikaido, Toshio
A1  - Dandekar, Thomas
A1  - Othman, Eman M.
T1  - Eugenol exerts apoptotic effect and modulates the sensitivity of HeLa cells to cisplatin and radiation
JF  - Molecules
N2  - Eugenol is a phytochemical present in different plant products, e.g., clove oil. Traditionally, it is used against a number of different disorders and it was suggested to have anticancer activity. In this study, the activity of eugenol was evaluated in a human cervical cancer (HeLa) cell line and cell proliferation was examined after treatment with various concentrations of eugenol and different treatment durations. Cytotoxicity was tested using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme leakage. In order to assess eugenol’s potential to act synergistically with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cell survival was calculated after eugenol treatment in combination with cisplatin and X-rays. To elucidate its mechanism of action, caspase-3 activity was analyzed and the expression of various genes and proteins was checked by RT-PCR and western blot analyses. Eugenol clearly decreased the proliferation rate and increased LDH release in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. It showed synergistic effects with cisplatin and X-rays. Eugenol increased caspase-3 activity and the expression of Bax, cytochrome c (Cyt-c), caspase-3, and caspase-9 and decreased the expression of B-cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2, cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) indicating that eugenol mainly induced cell death by apoptosis. In conclusion, eugenol showed antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects via apoptosis and also synergism with cisplatin and ionizing radiation in the human cervical cancer cell line.
KW  - eugenol
KW  - HeLa cells
KW  - cisplatin
KW  - radiation
KW  - apoptosis
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-193227
SN  - 1420-3049
VL  - 24
IS  - 21
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wagner, Fabienne
A1  - Kunz, Tobias C.
A1  - Chowdhury, Suvagata R.
A1  - Thiede, Bernd
A1  - Fraunholz, Martin
A1  - Eger, Debora
A1  - Kozjak-Pavlovic, Vera
T1  - Armadillo repeat-containing protein 1 is a dual localization protein associated with mitochondrial intermembrane space bridging complex
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - Cristae architecture is important for the function of mitochondria, the organelles that play the central role in many cellular processes. The mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) together with the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) forms the mitochondrial intermembrane space bridging complex (MIB), a large protein complex present in mammalian mitochondria that partakes in the formation and maintenance of cristae. We report here a new subunit of the mammalian MICOS/MIB complex, an armadillo repeat-containing protein 1 (ArmC1). ArmC1 localizes both to cytosol and mitochondria, where it associates with the outer mitochondrial membrane through its carboxy-terminus. ArmC1 interacts with other constituents of the MICOS/MIB complex and its amounts are reduced upon MICOS/MIB complex depletion. Mitochondria lacking ArmC1 do not show defects in cristae structure, respiration or protein content, but appear fragmented and with reduced motility. ArmC1 represents therefore a peripheral MICOS/MIB component that appears to play a role in mitochondrial distribution in the cell.
KW  - Mitochondria
KW  - Outer membrane proteins
KW  - HeLa cells
KW  - Immunoprecipitation
KW  - Cytosol
KW  - Small interfering RNAs
KW  - Confocal microscopy
KW  - Cell stainin
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202670
VL  - 14
IS  - 10
ER  -