γ-Tocopheryl quinone induces apoptosis in cancer cells via caspase-9 activation and cytochrome c release

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-433

  Calviello, Gabriella ^a   Di Nicuolo, Fiorella ^a   Piccioni, Elisabetta ^a   Marcocci, M Elena ^a   Serini, Simona ^a   Maggiano, Nicola ^a   Jones, Kenneth H ^b   Cornwell, David G ^b   Palozza, Paola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C; DOXORUBICIN; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BCL 2; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; VINBLASTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BINDING ASSAY; CANCER CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOMA;

APOPTOSIS; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0345700815     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/24.3.427     Document Type: Review

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