Telomeres, the specialized dynamic structures at chromosome ends, regularly shrink with every replication. Thus, they function as an internal molecular clock counting down the number of cell divisions. However, most cancer cells escape this limitation by activating telomerase, which can maintain
In a preliminary study screening anti-proliferative natural alkaloids, a very potent benzophenanthridine, chelidonine showed strong cytotoxicity in cancer cells. While several modes of death have been identified, most of anti-cancer attempts have focused on stimulation of cells to undergo apoptosis.
To get chelidonine derivatives with enhanced antiproliferative activity and selectivity, a series of nitric oxide donating derivatives (10a-f and 11a-j) were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated. Compared with chelidonine, these compounds exhibited lower IC50 values against
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer-associated mortality. The ternary IPP complex of integrin-linked kinase, PINCH and parvin functions as a signaling platform for integrins, which modulate numerous cellular processes including cell migration and invasion. Chelidonine, isolated from
BACKGROUND
Chelidonium majus L. (Papaveraceae) (greater celandine) is a medicinal herb that is widely spread in Europe. Antitumoural activity has been reported for C. majus extracts.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the antitumour activity of a C. majus extract in vitro and in vivo.
METHODS
Cytotoxic
In this study, the synergistic biological action of five celandine alkaloids in normal and cancer cells was investigated by capillary electrophoresis with light-emitting diode-induced native fluorescence detection. The specific capacity of each alkaloid to penetrate into the cells was estimated by
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