Abstract
We characterized the biological function of G-120, glycoprotein isolated from the ethanol extract of the herb, Ulmus davidiana Nakai (UDN). G-120 has anti-tumor activity and significantly inhibited proliferation of MCF-7 cells, as measured by the thymidine uptake assay. In addition, MTT and trypan blue exclusion experiments showed that the G-120-mediated inhibition of DNA synthesis may be due to a cytostatic, rather than a cytotoxic effect. Further studies of DNA analysis and propidium iodide staining revealed that G-120 induces apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. Interestingly, G-120 (100 μg/ml) completely suppressed the binding of NF- κB to DNA and increased the cytosolic level of I κBα which prevented nuclear translocation of NF- κB. In addition, G-120 increased the expression of c-Jun, Fra-1, and Fra-2, but did not affect the expression of c-Fos. Collectively, it is believed that G-120 exerts an important role in the induction of apoptosis, suppression of NF- κB activation, and induction of c-Jun/Fra-1 or c-Jun/Fra-2 dimerization in MCF-7 cells. Consequently, G-120 could be considered as an anti-cancer agent, although further detailed experiments should be performed.
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