Yuanyuan Wang*1, Qin Luo*1, Xianlu He†1, He Wei*, Ting Wang*, Jichun Shao‡, Xinni Jiang*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.6, pp. 889-899, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504017X15009419625178
Abstract Recent studies revealed that emodin extracted from Chinese herbs exhibits an anticancer effect on different cancer types, including colon cancer. However, the mechanism is not well understood. In our study, we
confirmed that emodin treatment inhibited cell viability and induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells. Further
experiments found that emodin was also able to induce autophagy, which is indispensible for apoptosis
induced by emodin. More interestingly, emodin treatment also results in mitochondrial dysfunction and ROS
accumulation in colon cancer cells. Finally, we stressed that ROS accumulation is essential for autophagy
and apoptosis induced by emodin. More >