Protein Information

Name caspase 8
Synonyms Apoptotic cysteine protease; Apoptotic protease Mch 5; CAP 4; CAP4; CASP 8; CASP8; CASP8 protein; Caspase 8…

Compound Information

Name anthraquinone
CAS 9,10-anthracenedione

Reference List

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18566240 Yan Y, Su X, Liang Y, Zhang J, Shi C, Lu Y, Gu L, Fu L: Emodin azide methyl anthraquinone derivative triggers mitochondrial-dependent cell apoptosis involving in caspase-8-mediated Bid cleavage. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Jun;7(6):1688-97.
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11730720 Lee HZ, Hsu SL, Liu MC, Wu CH: Effects and mechanisms of aloe-emodin on cell death in human lung squamous cell carcinoma. Eur J Pharmacol. 2001 Nov 23;431(3):287-95.

Aloe-emodin (1,8-dihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-anthraquinone) is an active component from the root and rhizome of Rheum palmatum.
Results demonstrated that the activation of caspase-3, caspase-8, and caspase-9 is an important determinant of apoptotic death induced by aloe-emodin.
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15037204 Perchellet EM, Wang Y, Weber RL, Sperfslage BJ, Lou K, Crossland J, Hua DH, Perchellet JP: Synthetic 1,4-anthracenedione analogs induce cytochrome c release, caspase-9, -3, and -8 activities, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 cleavage and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells by a mechanism which involves caspase-2 activation but not Fas signaling. Biochem Pharmacol. 2004 Feb 1;67(3):523-37.


Synthetic analogs of 1,4-anthraquinone (AQ code number), a compound that mimics the antiproliferative effects of daunorubicin (daunomycin) in the nanomolar range in vitro but has the advantage of blocking nucleoside transport and retaining its efficacy in multidrug-resistant tumor cells, were tested for their ability to induce apoptosis in the HL-60 cell system.
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20128807 Xie G, Zhu X, Li Q, Gu M, He Z, Wu J, Li J, Lin Y, Li M, She Z, Yuan J: SZ-685C, a marine anthraquinone, is a potent inducer of apoptosis with anticancer activity by suppression of the Akt/FOXO pathway. Br J Pharmacol. 2010 Jan 28.

SZ-685C had a direct apoptosis-inducing effect through both the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways, as shown by activation of caspase-8 and 9 as well as effector caspase-3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase.
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19414420 Lai WW, Yang JS, Lai KC, Kuo CL, Hsu CK, Wang CK, Chang CY, Lin JJ, Tang NY, Chen PY, Huang WW, Chung JG: Rhein induced apoptosis through the endoplasmic reticulum stress, caspase- and mitochondria-dependent pathways in SCC-4 human tongue squamous cancer cells. In Vivo. 2009 Mar-Apr;23(2):309-16.

Rhein, an anthraquinone compound, can be found in the rhizome of rhubarb, a traditional Chinese medicine herb showing antitumor activity.
In this study, it was observed that rhein induced S-phase arrest through the inhibition of p53, cyclin A and E and it induced apoptosis through the endoplasmic reticulum stress by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca2+ release, mitochondrial dysfunction, and caspase-8, -9 and -3 activation in human tongue cancer cell line (SCC-4).
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