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Zi-Zhen Xu1,2, Wan-Bin Fu2, Zhen Jin2
1a Department of Laboratory Medicine , Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , PR China ;
Abstract:
This study investigated the cytotoxic effect of oridonin (ORI), a diterpenoid isolated from Rabdosia rubescens, in human diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in vitro and in vivo and the potential molecular mechanisms for ORI-induced cell apoptosis. ORI treatment caused reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated oxidative DNA damage response (DDR) and the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway activation, leading to an induction of intrinsic apoptosis. ROS abolition blocked ORI-induced apoptosis and attenuated the expression of phospho-histone H2AX and phospho-JNK, indicating that ROS-mediated DNA damage and JNK pathway activation were involved in ORI-induced apoptosis. The systemic administration of ORI suppressed the growth of human DLBCL xenografts without showing significant toxicity. These findings suggest that ORI may have promising therapeutic application in DLBCL.
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