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The compound (E)-2-benzylidene-3-(cyclohexylamino)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one (BCI) is known as an inhibitor of dual specific phosphatase 1/6 and mitogen-activated protein kinase. However, its precise anti-lung cancer mechanism remains unknown. In this study, the effects of BCI on the viability of non-small cell lung cancer cell lines NCI-H1299, A549, and NCI-H460 were evaluated. We confirmed that BCI significantly inhibited the viability of p53(−) NCI-H1299 cells as compared to NCI-H460 and A549 cells, which express wild-type p53. Furthermore, BCI treatment increased the level of cellular reactive oxygen species and pre-treatment of cells with N-acetylcysteine markedly attenuated BCI-mediated apoptosis of NCI-H1299 cells. BCI induced cellular morphological changes, inhibited viability, and produced reactive oxygen species in NCI-H1299 cells in a dose-dependent manner. BCI induced processing of caspase-9, caspase-3, and poly ADP-ribose polymerase as well as the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytosol. In addition, BCI downregulated Bcl-2 expression and enhanced Bax expression in a dose-dependent manner in NCI-H1299 cells. However, BCI failed to modulate the expression of the death receptor and extrinsic factor caspase-8 and Bid, a linker between the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways in NCI-H1299 cells. Thus, BCI induces apoptosis via generation of reactive oxygen species and activation of the intrinsic pathway in NCI-H1299 cells.
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Shin, JW., Kwon, SB., Bak, Y. et al. BCI induces apoptosis via generation of reactive oxygen species and activation of intrinsic mitochondrial pathway in H1299 lung cancer cells. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 1243–1253 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9191-1
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