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Diol- and triol-types of phytol induce apoptosis in lymphoid leukemia Molt 4B cells
Hiroshige Hibasami1, Masaki Kyohkon, Shinnji Owaki
1Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu-city, Mie 514-0001, Japan.
Abstract:
The exposure of human lymphoid leukemia Molt 4B cells to diol- and triol-types of phytol which were synthesized and identified by Mass, and 1H- and 13C-NMR, led to both growth inhibition and induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Morphological changes showing apoptotic bodies were observed in the Molt 4B cells treated with diol- and triol-types of phytol. The fragmentations of DNA by the diol- and triol-types of phytol to oligonucleosomal-sized fragments, that is a characteristic of apoptosis, were observed to be both concentration- and time-dependent. These findings suggest that growth inhibition of Molt 4B cells by the diol- and triol-types of phytol results from the induction of apoptosis in the leukemic cells.
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