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Title: Carnosic acid, a rosemary phenolic compound, induces apoptosis through reactive oxygen species-mediated p38 activation in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells

Article Type: Original

Keywords: Carnosic acid; apoptosis; reactive oxygen species; p38 kinase; human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells

Corresponding Author: Chia-Wen Tsai

Corresponding Author's Institution: China Medical University First Author: Chia-Wen Tsai

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Carnosic acid, a rosemary phenolic compound, induces apoptosis through reactive oxygen 1

species-mediated p38 activation in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells 2

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Chia-Wen Tsai.Chia-Yuan Lin.Hui-Hsuan Lin.Jing-Hsien Chen 4

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C. W. Tsai ().C. Y. Lin 6

Department of Nutrition, China Medical University, 91, Hsueh-Shih Rd, Taichung 404, 7

Taiwan 8

e-mail address: [email protected] 9

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H. H. Lin 11

School of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, 12

Taiwan 13

Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 14 Taiwan 15 16 J. H. Chen 17

Department of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 18

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Running title: Carnosic acid induces apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells 20

Abbreviations CA, carnosic acid; JNK, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase ; ERK, extracellular

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signal-regulated kinase ; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; MTT, 3-(4, 22

5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolim bromide; NAC, N-acetylcysteine; PARP, 23

poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; PI, propidium iodide; ROS, reactive oxygen species. 24

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Abstract Carnosic acid (CA), a rosemary phenolic compound, has been shown to display

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anti-cancer activity. We examined the apoptotic effect of CA in human neuroblastoma 27

IMR-32 cells and elucidated the role of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and 28

mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) associated with carcinogenesis. The result 29

indicated that CA decreased the cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Further 30

investigation in IMR-32 cells revealed that cell apoptosis following CA treatment is the 31

mechanism as confirmed by flow cytometry, hoechst 33258, and caspase-3/-9 and 32

poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) activation. Immunoblotting suggested a 33

down-regulation of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein in the CA-treated cells. In flow cytometric 34

analysis, CA caused the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS); however, pretreatment 35

with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) attenuated the CA-induced generation of ROS 36

and apoptosis. This effect was accompanied by increased activation of p38 and by decreased 37

activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) as well as activation of c-Jun 38

NH2-terminal kinase (JNK). Moreover, NAC attenuated the CA-induced phosphorylation of

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p38. Silencing of p38 by siRNA gene knockdown reduced the CA-induced activation of 40

caspase-3. In conclusion, ROS-mediated p38 MAPK activation plays a critical role in 41

CA-induced apoptosis in IMR-32 cells. 42

Keywords Carnosic acid ˙ apoptosis ˙ reactive oxygen species ˙ p38 kinase˙human

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neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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Introduction

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Neuroblastoma, which is derived from cells of the sympathetic nervous system, is the most 46

common solid extracranial neoplasm in children [1]. Neuroblastoma is a pediatric tumor that 47

accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths and has a poor prognosis in children after 1 year 48

of age [2]. Despite aggressive multimodal therapies, advanced neuroblastoma often acquires 49

drug resistance and metastasizes [3]. Disruption of the apoptosis machinery plays an 50

important role in the drug resistance of neuroblastomas. Many chemopreventive agents take 51

effect by inducing apoptosis of neuroblastoma cells [4]. 52

Apoptosis is characterized by morphological changes such as cell membrane blebbing, 53

cell shrinkage, nuclear condensation, and formation of apoptotic bodies [5]. Activation of 54

caspase is generally considered a hallmark of apoptotic cell death. The active caspase-9 55

recruits and activates procaspase-3, generating a fragment that activates the mitochondrial 56

pathway. The DNA repair enzyme poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) is shown to be 57

cleaved by caspase-3 and as a result becomes incapable of responding to DNA damage during 58

apoptosis [6, 7]. 59

Recent studies have suggested that reactive oxygen species (ROS) may play an important 60

role during apoptosis induction [8]. Many stimulants such as cigarette smoke, anticancer 61

drugs, UV irradiation, and chemopreventive agents prompt cells to produce ROS. ROS induce 62

a number of events in mediating apoptosis, including mitogen-activated protein kinases 63

(MAPKs) signal transduction pathways [9]. Activated MAPKs play key roles in activating 64

transcription factors and downstream kinases, leading to the induction of immediate-early 65

gene expression and subsequent changes in other cellular processes [10]. The MAPKs are 66

composed of several subfamilies, including the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK),

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extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and p38 kinase. ERK and JNK are activated 68

through receptor-mediated signaling stimuli and are associated with cell proliferation, 69 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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differentiation, and survival [11-13]. The p38 pathway is generally activated by stress agents 70

and is implicated as a key regulator of stress-induced apoptosis in different cell types [14]. 71

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), a commonly herb or spice, has been reported to 72

possess a number of therapeutic applications in folk medicines. The rosemary phenolic 73

compounds, in particular carnosic acid (CA) , carnosol, and rosemarinic acid, have some 74

biological properties such as antiinflammatory, antioxidative, antiviral, and anticarcinogenic 75

activities [15-18]. CA has been shown to inhibit lipid peroxidation [16] and to protect red 76

cells against oxidative hemolysis [19]. Recently, interest has been growing in the 77

anticarcinogenic properties of CA. Evidence has suggested that the arresting of human 78

colonic adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells in the G2/M phase by CA was shown to be caused by 79

reduction of cyclin A [20]. In 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster 80

buccal pouch carcinogenesis model, the chemopreventive potential of CA is probably due to 81

its modulating effect on carcinogen detoxification enzyme [21]. In addition, CA was shown to 82

cause apoptosis and enhance the anticancer activity of vitamin D3 in HL-60 human leukemia 83

cells [22, 23]. Moreover, the combined effect of CA and curcumin on apoptosis in acute 84

myeloid leukemia cells is associated with activation of caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-3 85

and the proapoptotic protein Bid [24]. Although CA is considered to be an anti-cancer agent, 86

its particular effects on neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells and the mechanisms involved remain 87

unknown. In this study, we investigated the apoptosis effects of CA in human neuroblastoma 88

IMR-32 cells. Moreover, we determined the involvement of ROS generation and the MAPK 89

pathway in these processes. 90 91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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Materials and methods

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Chemical 93

Carnosic acid, leupeptin, aprotinin, Hoechst 33258 solution, paraformaldehyde, 94

phosphatase inhibitor, HEPES, sodium bicarbonate, EDTA, glycerol, Triton X-100, 95

dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), sodium pyruvate, 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5- 96

diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), rotenone, ascorbate, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) were 97

obtained from Sigma Chemical Company (St. Louis, MO). MEM medium, L-glutamine, 98

nonessential amino acids, trypsin, sodium bicarbonate, and penicillin-streptomycinsolution 99

were obtainedfrom Gibco Laboratory (Grand Island, NY). Fetal bovine serum was purchased 100

from Hyclone (Logan, UT). 101

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Cell culture 103

Human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells were purchased from Bioresources Collection and 104

Research Center (BCRC, Taiwan). IMR-32 cells were grown in MEM medium supplemented 105

with 2 mM L-glutamine, 1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate, 0.1 mM nonessential amino acids, 1.0 106

mM sodium pyruvate, 1105 unit/L penicillin, 100 mg/L streptomycin, and 10% fetal bovine 107

serum. Cells were incubated at 37C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 and 95% air. For

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all studies, cells between passages 3 and 10 were used. IMR-32 cells were plated on 35-mm 109

plastic tissueculture dishes (Corning, NY) at a density of 0.7×106 cells per dish or on 60-mm 110

plastic tissueculture dishes at a density of 2.5×106 cells per dish for Western blot analysis, 111

and the dishes weretreated until 70% confluence was reached. Cells were changed to fresh 112

culture medium containing 2.5% fetal bovine serum for 12 h before CA treatment. Different 113

concentrations of CA in 2.5% fetal bovine serum culture medium were then added, and the 114

cells were incubated for the indicated times. Cells treated with 0.1% DMSO alone were 115

regarded as controls. For antioxidant treatments, NAC at a concentration 2 mM and ascorbate 116 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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at a concentration 1 mM were added 1 h before CA treatment. 117

Cell viability 118

IMR-32 cells were plated on 35-mm plastic tissueculture dishes at a density of 0.7×106 cells 119

per dish.Cell viability was determined by the MTT assay. Cells were stimulated with 5, 10, 120

20, 30, and 40 μM of CA for 24 h. MTT solution (5 mg/mL) was added to each dish and the 121

dishes were incubated for 2 h. The formazan product was dissolved by the addition of 1 mL 122

isopropanol to each dish with shaking for 10 min. Absorbance was detected at 570 nm by use 123

of a microplate reader (Bio Rad, Japan). 124

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Hoechst 33258 staining 126

IMR-32 cells were treated with 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 μM CA for 24 h. After being washed 127

with phosphate-buffered saline, the cells were fixed with 3.7% paraformaldehyde (pH 7.4) for 128

50 min. Subsequently, Hoechst 33258 nuclear dye was added to a final concentration 5 μg/mL 129

for 1 h at 25C in the dark. Morphological changes were observed by using a fluorescence 130

microscope. 131

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Annexin V and propidium iodide (PI) staining 133

IMR-32 cells were exposed to 0.1% DMSO or 30 μM CA for 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 h. The 134

Annexin V-FITC apoptosis detection kit (Becton Dickinson, San Diego, CA) was used 135

according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Following treatment, cells were harvested by 136

trypsinization and washed with warm phosphate-buffered saline, centrifuged at 1,500 x g for 5 137

min at 25C, and resuspended in 100 μl of 1X binding buffer [10 mM HEPES/NaOH (pH 7.4), 138

140 mM NaCl, and 2.5 mM CaCl2]. Then Annexin-V FITC and PI were added for 15 min in

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the dark and finally 400 μL of 1X binding buffer was added. Samples were then immediately 140

analyzed by use of a flow cytometer (Becton Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany). Acquisition 141 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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gates of the cells and a minimum of 10,000 events were collected for each sample. 142

Western blot analysis 143

IMR-32 cells were washed with cold phosphate-buffered saline and were then harvested in 144

lysis buffer (25 mM Tris-HCl, 150 mM NaCl, 0.5 % Triton X-100, 10% glycerol, 2 mM 145

EDTA, 1 mM PMSF, 1 μg/mL leupeptin, 1 μg/mL aprotinin, and phosphatase inhibitor). 146

Lysates were centrifuged at 14,000 x g for20 min at 4°C. Protein concentrations were 147

measured with a Coomassie plus protein assay reagent kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL). Thirty 148

micrograms of protein from each sample was appliedto 12.5% SDS-PAGE gels and was 149

electrophoretically transferred to polyvinylidene fluoridemembranes (Millipore, Bedford, 150

MA). The nonspecific binding sites on the membranes were blocked at 4°C overnight with 50 151

g/L nonfat dry milkin 25 mM Tris/150 mM NaCl buffer, pH 7.4. The blots were then 152

incubated with primary antibodies against procaspase-3, and -9 or cleaved caspase-3, and -9 153

or cleaved PARP ( all purchased from Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA); β-tubulin 154

(purchased from Sigma Chemical Company, Louis, MO); JNK1, ERK1/2, phospho-JNK1, or 155

phospho-ERK1/2 (all from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA); p38 (purchased 156

from Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA); or phospho-p38 (purchased from Abcam, 157

Cambridge, UK) overnight at 4°C and were subsequently incubated with horseradish 158

peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG or goat anti-mouse IgG. The bands were detected 159

by using an enhanced chemiluminescence kit (all purchased from Perkin Elmer Life Science, 160

Boston, MA). 161

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Measurement of ROS generation 163

Measurement of intracellular ROS production was made by using the peroxide-sensitive 164

fluorescent probe 2,7-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCF-DA) (Molecular Probes Inc., Eugene, 165

OR) as described previously [25].In addition, mitochondrial was measured using MitoSOX 166 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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Red (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). After reaching 90% confluence, cells were changed to fresh 167

culture medium containing 2.5% fetal bovine serum for 12 h before CA treatment. Cells were 168

changed to fresh culture medium containing 2.5% fetal bovine serum and 30 μM CA for 1, 3, 169

6, and 9 h. For examining the antioxidant effect, cells were pretreated with 2 mM NAC or 170

1mM ascorbate for 1 h and were then co-cultured with 30 μM CA for 6 h. An amount of 5 171

µM DCF-DA or 5 μM MitoSOXTM red were then added to the medium for 45 min before the 172

termination of CA treatment. DCF and MitoSOXRedfluorescence were measured in a flow 173

cytometer (Becton Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany). 174

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Transient transfection of small RNA interference 176

IMR-32 cells were seeded at a density of 0.7 ×106 cells/dish in a 35-mm plastic tissueculture 177

dish. When 80% confluence was reached, for p38 small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection, 178

the cells were transfected with p38-siRNA (100 nM) or nontargeting control siRNA by using 179

the DharmaFECT® siRNA transfection reagent according to the manufacturer’s instruction 180

(all from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lafayette, CO) for 12 h. The sense sequences of these p38 181

siRNAs were as follows: 1) 5’-GGACCUCCUUAUAGACGAA-3’, 2) 182

5’-GCACACUGAUGACGAAAUG-3’, 3) 5’-ACACUCGGCUGACAUAAUC-3’, and 4) 183

5’-GAAUGUGAUUGGUCUGUUG-3’. Twelve hours after transfection, the cells were 184

changed to fresh culture medium containing 2.5% fetal bovine serum and 30 μM CA for 12 h 185

or 24 h and protein expression was examined by Western blot analysis. 186

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Statistical analysis 188

Statistical analysis was performed with commercially available software (SAS Institute 189

Inc,Cary, NC). Data were analyzed by means of one-way ANOVA, and the significant 190

difference among treatment means was assessed by use of Tukey’s test. Differences between 2 191 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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groups were assessed using Student’s t test. Differences were considered significant at P 192 <0.05. 193 194 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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Results

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CA inhibited cell viability in IMR-32 cells 196

The chemical structure of CA is shown in Fig. 1. First, we investigated the effect of CA 197

treatment on the viability of human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. In cells exposed to 5, 10, 20, 198

30, and 40 μM CA for 24 h, cell viability was reduced in a dose-dependent manner (P <0.05) 199

(Fig. 2). CA exhibited potent cytotoxic activity against neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells, with an 200

IC50 value of approximately 30 μM.

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Effect of CA on cell morphology of IMR-32 cells 203

To determine whether the reduced cell viability was due to apoptosis, IMR-32 cells were 204

stained with Hoechst 33258. In the control group, the IMR-32 cells were homogeneously 205

stained (Fig. 3). Nuclear condensation and fragmentation were significantly increased in the 206

cells treated with 30 and 40 μM CA for 24 h. In addition, cells treated with CA were shown to 207

have apoptotic bodies by phase-contrast microscopy. 208

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CA induced apoptosis in IMR-32 cells 210

To further confirm the apoptosis, the cells were examined by flow cytometric analysis using 211

double staining of Annexin V-FITC and PI. As shown in Fig. 4, the apoptotic cells were 212

observed in IMR-32 cells treated with CA for 24 h. In the cells treated with CA, the apoptotic 213

population increased gradually throughout the culture period. CA at 60 h increased the 214

apoptotic population by 3.5-fold compared with that of the control cells. 215

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CA induced the expression of apoptosis regulatory proteins 217

To clarify the mechanism of CA-induced apoptosis, we examined changes in the caspase 218

family proteins and anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 by Western blot analysis. CA significantly 219 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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reduced procaspase-9 and -3 but markedly increased the cleaved forms of caspase-9, -3, and 220

PARP in a dose-dependent manner (Fig. 5). The ratio of cleaved to procaspase-9 and -3 was 221

increased in the CA-treated group (P <0.05). However, caspase-8 protein was not expressed 222

after cells were treated with CA (data not shown). The level of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein 223

was reduced in cells treated with 30 and 40 μM CA. These results suggested that the induction 224

of cell death by CA mainly involved activation of the apoptotic mitochondrial pathway. 225

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Generation of ROS in CA-induced apoptosis 227

We next explored whether ROS generation was involved in the CA-induced apoptosis of 228

IMR-32 cells. The results of the flow cytometry analysis using DCF-DA as a fluorescent ROS 229

indicator showed thatintracellular ROS level was gradually increased and reached a 230

maximum at 6 h and then decreased in the presence of CA (Fig. 6A). Compared with the 231

control group, there was a 1.6-fold increase at 6 h. Pretreatment with NAC reduced 232

CA-induced ROS generation by 39%. In addition, we further used the mitochondrial targeted 233

ROS probe-MitoSOXRedto confirm the ROS production.Increases of 2.3 and 2.5 foldin 234

MitoSOX Red fluorescence intensity were noted in cells cultured with CA androtenone (a 235

mitochondrial inhibitor), respectively, as compared with the control cells. Pretreatment with 236

ascorbate reduced CA-induced mitochondrial ROS generation by 21% (Fig. 6 B). 237

Immunoblots also revealed that CA induced the cleavage of caspase-9, caspase-3, and PARP 238

protein and reduced procaspase-9 and -3 proteins (Fig. 6 C).In contrast, both NAC and 239

ascorbate decreased the CA-induced cleavage of caspase-9, caspase-3, and PARP protein (Fig. 240

6 C). These findings suggested that the generation of ROS may play an important role in the 241

CA-induced apoptosis in IMR-32 cells. 242

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Role of MAPKs in CA-mediated apoptosis 244 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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Activation of the MAPK cascades is considered to play a crucial role as a regulator of 245

apoptotic signaling pathways [9]. Therefore, we attempted to determine whether CA-induced 246

apoptosis was regulated by JNK1, ERK, and p38 kinase. As shown in Fig. 7 A, the activation 247

of p38 was notably increased after the cells were treated with CA for 12 and 24 h, and 248

returned to basal level after 36 and 48 h. However, the phosphorylation of ERK and JNK1 249

was decreased in a time-dependent manner (Fig. 7 B). Cells pretreatment with NAC 250

attenuated the activation of p38 by CA, and had little effect on the phosphorylation of ERK 251

and JNK1. These results suggested that the activation of p38 was mainly involved in the 252

CA-induced ROS generation. 253

To confirm the involvement of p38 activation in the CA-induced apoptosis, we used 254

knockdown of p38 by siRNA transfection. Immunoblots revealed that CA increased the 255

activation of p38 and caspase-3 (Fig. 8 A). With p38 siRNA, the cellular p38 level was 256

decreased (vs. si-control), which resulted in alleviation of the phosphorylation of p38 by CA. 257

The activation of caspase-3 expression by CA was then suppressed (Fig. 8 B). 258 259 260 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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Discussion

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Rosemary extracts have been widely investigated for their antiproliferativeand 262

anticarcinogenic properties [26, 27]. Application of rosemary extracts was shown to prevent 263

DNA damage and tumor formation by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in mouse skin and rat 264

mammary gland [26, 28]. The accumulated evidence supportsthat rosemary extracts inhibit 265

benzo[a]pyrene-induced genotoxicity in human bronchialcells, and the components of 266

rosemary, such as CA, carnosol, and rosmarinic acid, were responsible for this effect [29]. 267

Carnosol displays growth-inhibitory effects in human prostate cancer PC3 cells by G2-phase 268

cell cycle arrest [17]. Rosmarinic acid induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation of 269

human HCT115 colorectal cells via MAPK/ERK pathway [30]. In human colon 270

adenocarcinoma COLO 205 cells, the rosmanol extracted from rosemary is capable of 271

inducing apoptosis through both a mitochondria-mediated pathway and a receptor-mediated 272

pathway [31]. Recent studies have suggested that CA inhibits the proliferation of Caco-2 cells 273

by causing cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and induces apoptosis in human promyelocytic 274

leukemia HL-60 cells [20, 23]. Moreover, the combinatorial effect of CA and curcumin on 275

apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells was associated with activation of caspase-9 and 276

caspase-3 and the pro-apoptotic protein Bid [24]. The results of the present study suggest that 277

CA induced the apoptosis of IMR32 neuroblastoma cells via the mitochondrial pathway. We 278

suggest that the generation of ROS by CA leads to activation of the p38 pathway, which 279

results in apoptosis. 280

Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that play a central role during the executional 281

phase of apoptosis. Several chemotherapeutic drugs induce cell death through the 282

caspase-mediated apoptosis pathways. Activation of caspase-8 is via the extrinsic apoptosis 283

pathway, which is induced by triggering of the death receptors pathway. Our results indicated 284

that caspase-8 protein was not expressed after cells were treated with CA for 24 h (data not 285 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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shown). This finding is supported by the findings of others that some neuroblastoma cell lines 286

such as IMR-32 do not express caspase-8 protein [32]. Moreover, loss of caspase-8 287

expression has been reported in patients with highly malignant neuroblastoma [33]. In the 288

intrinsic apoptosis pathway, upon apoptotic stimulation, initiator caspases such as caspase-9 289

are cleaved and activated. The activated upstream caspases further process the downstream 290

executioner caspases, such as caspase-3 and -7, by cleaving them into large and small 291

subunits, thereby initiating a caspase cascade leading to apoptosis [7]. The Bcl-2 family 292

proteins, the pro-apoptotic Bax and the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2, regulate cell death by controlling 293

mitochondrial membrane permeability during apoptosis [34]. A decrease in the levels of Bcl-2 294

leads to the loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, a key event in the induction of 295

apoptosis, and opens mitochondrial permeability transition pores [35]. Isobavachalcone, a 296

chalcone constituent of Angelica keiskei, induces apoptotic cell death with caspase-3 and -9 297

activation and Bax upregulation in neuroblastoma IMR-32 and NB-39 cells [32]. Zn 298

deficiency triggers IMR-32 apoptotic death associated with the intrinsic pathway, which can 299

be a consequence of ERK inhibition and caspase-3 activation [36]. However, xanthoangelol, 300

another chalcone constituent of Angelica keiskei, induces apoptotic cell death by activation of 301

caspase-3 in neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells through a mechanism that does not involve 302

Bax/Bcl-2 signal transduction [37]. In the present study, both CA and rotenone induced 303

apoptotic cell death with Bcl-2 downregulation and caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation, 304

resulting in cleavage of PARP in IMR32 neuroblastoma cells (Fig. 5). Taken together, these 305

results indicate that the CA-induced cell death involved activation of the apoptotic 306

mitochondrial pathway. 307

Recent studies have indicated that cancer chemopreventive agents induce apoptosis in 308

part by the generation of ROS and the disruption of redox homeostasis [38]. The generation of 309

ROS induces mitochondrial cytochrome c release, in which sequential activation of caspase-9 310 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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and -3 occurs [39]. The induction of apoptosis by garlic diallyl disulfide is associated with the 311

production of ROS and activation of caspase-3 in Ca Ski cells [40]. In addition, surfactin 312

induces apoptosis in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells through a ROS-mediated 313

mitochondrial/caspase pathway [41]. In the present study, we monitored the change in cellular 314

redox status by the DCF-DA and MitoSOX Red cytofluorimetric assay. With CA treatment, 315

ROS production gradually increased and reached a maximum at 6 h and then decreased (Fig. 316

6 A) Moreover, this effect was reduced by pretreatment with NAC and ascorbate. This 317

suggests that the activation of the apoptosis caspase cascade can be explained, at least in part, 318

by a change in redox states caused by CA (Fig. 6 C). 319

MAPKs control many cellular events, including differentiation, proliferation, and 320

apoptosis [12, 14, 42]. JNK regulates serotonin-mediated proliferation and migration in 321

pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells [12]. Treatment of IMR-32 cells with CdSe-core 322

induces mitochondrial-dependent apoptotic processes by inhibiting ERK survival signaling 323

[13]. Xavier and co-workers presented that romarinic acid induces apoptosis and inhibits the 324

proliferation of human HCT115 colorectal cells via inhibition of the ERK pathway [30]. In 325

particular, p38 is known to play a critical role in the transmission of apoptotic signals [43]. 326

Indole ethyl isothiocyanate is thought to inhibit the cell proliferation and cell viability of 327

neuroblastoma SMS-KCNRthrough activation of p38 signaling [14]. The p38 MAPK 328

pathway is also critical for 5,5'-dibromodiindolylmethane-induced apoptosis to prevent oral 329

squamous carcinoma cells [42]. These findings agree with our results that IMR-32 cells 330

treated with CA activated p38 protein and down-regulated ERK1/2 and JNK protein (Fig. 7A). 331

Furthermore, the CA-induced activation of p38 through a ROS-dependent mechanism was 332

evidenced by inhibition of p38 phosphorylation by NAC (Fig. 7 B). Pretreatment with p38 333

siRNA attenuated the activation of p38 and caspase-3 by CA (Fig. 8 A and 8 B). These data 334

suggest that the p38 pathway played an important role in the generation of ROS by CA, which 335 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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induced apoptosis of IMR-32 cells. This explanation is similar by the finding that the 336

activation of the p38 signaling pathway by arachidonic acid and the resulting induction of 337

human leukemia U937 cell apoptosis are prevented by NAC [38]. 338

In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that CA induces apoptotic cell 339

death though the mitochondrial pathway in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. Moreover, 340

ROS-mediated phosphorylation of p38 could play a critical role in CA-induced apoptosis. 341 342 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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This work was supported by China Medical University (CMU) (grant no. CMU97-246). 344 345 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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Fig. 1 Chemical structure of carnosic acid (CA).

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Fig. 2 Carnosic acid (CA) inhibited cell growth in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells.

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IMR-32 cells were treated with 0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) alone (control, -) or with 469

10, 20, 30, or 40 μM of CA for 24 h. Cell viability was assessed by using the 470

3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The level in the 471

control cells was set at 100%. Values are shown as the means±SD of four independent 472

experiments. Means without a common letter differ, P <0.05. 473

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Fig. 3 Carnosic acid (CA) induces nuclear morphology changes in human neuroblastoma

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IMR-32 cells. Nuclei were visualized with Hoechst 33258 staining. Cells were treated with 476

0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) alone (control, -) or with 5, 10, 20, 30, or 40 μM of CA 477

for 24 h. Upper panels show the phase contrast image and lower panels show the fluorescent 478

image. Phase contrast and fluorescent images were obtained from the same view 479

(magnification, 200 x). Arrows indicate apoptotic cells. One representative image out of four 480

independent experiments is shown. 481

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Fig. 4 Carnosic acid (CA) induces apoptosis in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. Cells

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were exposed to the medium with 0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) alone (control, -) or 484

with 30 μM CA for 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 h. Cell distribution was analyzed by using Annexin 485

V-FITC binding and propidium iodide (PI) uptake as described in the Materials and Methods. 486

FITC and PI fluorescence were measured by flow cytometry. In these dot graphs, Q1-1 487

indicates necrotic cells (Annexin V-/PI+), Q2-1 indicates late apoptotic cells (Annexin V+/PI+), 488

Q3-1 indicates viable cells (Annexin V-/PI-), and Q4-1 indicates early apoptotic cells 489 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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(Annexin V+/PI-). Bars are the percentage of early and late apoptotic cells. Values are 490

expressed as the means±SD of three representative experiments. Groups not sharing a 491

common letter differ significantly, P <0.05. 492

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Fig. 5 Carnosic acid (CA) dose-dependently increased apoptotic regulatory proteins in human

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neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells.Cells were treated with 0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) alone 495

(control, -) or with 10, 20, 30, or 40 μM CA for 24 h to determine the protein levels. The 496

cleaved caspase/procaspase ratio relative to the control group (mean±SD) is shown. 497

Normalization of Western blots was ensured by β-tubulin. The level in control cells was 498

regarded as 1. Means without a common letter differ, P <0.05. One representative 499

immunoblot out of four independent experiments is shown. 500

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Fig. 6 Carnosic acid (CA)-induced apoptosis is associated with the generation of intracellular

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reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. Cells were cultured 503

with 0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) alone (control, -) or with 30 μM of CA for 1, 3, 6, 504

and 9 h, or with 50μM of rotenone for 6 h . For examining the antioxidant effect, cells were 505

pretreated with 2 mM NAC or 1 mM ascrobate for 1 h and then co-cultured with CA for 6 h. 506

(a) DCF fluorescence and (b) MitoSOX Red fluorescence were measured by flow cytometry. 507

The level in the control cells was set at 1. Values are shown as the means±SD of four 508

independent experiements. Means without a common letter differ significantly, P <0.05. 509

*Different from CA or rotenone alone in control group, P <0.05. #Different from CA 510

co-cultured with ascrobate in CA alone group, P <0.05. (c) The expression of indicated 511

proteins was analyzed by Western blotting. One representative immunoblot out of four 512

independent experiments is shown. 513 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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Fig. 7 Effect of carnosic acid (CA) on the activation of ERK1/2, JNK1, and p38 in human

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neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. Cells were cultured with 0.1% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) 516

alone (control, -) or with 30 μM of CA for 12, 24, 36, and 48 h. (a) Activation of ERK1/2, 517

JNK1, and p38 was assessed by immunoblot analysis of the phosphorylated forms (P-) of the 518

mitogen-activated protein kinases in whole cell lysates. β-Tubulin was used as the loading 519

control. (b) The expression of indicated proteins was analyzed after incubation with CA for 12 520

h in the presence or absence of NAC, which was added to cells 1 h before CA treatment. One 521

representative immunoblot out of three independent experiments is shown. 522

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Fig. 8 Carnosic acid (CA)-induced activation of caspase-3 was inhibited by p38-siRNA in

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human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. Cells were transfected with p38-siRNA (si-p38) or 525

nontargeting control siRNA (si-control) for 12 h. The transfected cells were then treated with 526

30 μM of CA for 12 and 24 h. The activation of p38 and capase-3 were measured by Western 527

blotting. β-tubulin was used as the loading control. One representative immunoblot out of 528

three independent experiments is shown. 529 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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