Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: Origanum majorana ethanolic extract inhibits cellular viability of colorectal cancer cells. (A) Exponentially growing HT-29 and (B) Caco-2 colon cancer cells were treated with and without of various concentration (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) OME for 24 and 48 h. Viability was measured using a colorimetric assay as described in section Materials and Methods. Values are represented as mean ± SD of n = 4 (* p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001). (C) HT-29 cells were exposed to OME for 24 and 48 h and number of viable cells, using a fluorescent dye, was monitored as described in section Materials and Methods using the Muse Cell Analyzer (Millipore). Data represent the mean ± SD of n = 3 carried out in triplicate.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Concentration Assay, Colorimetric Assay

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: Origanum majorana inhibits HT-29 colony growth. (A–C) Inhibition of formed HT-29 colony growth by various concentrations of OME (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) was assessed by measuring the number and average size (surface area) of the colonies obtained in control and OME-treated plate as described in section Materials and methods. Values are represented as mean ± SD of n = 3 (* p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.005).

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Inhibition

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: OME induces a mitotic arrest in HT-29 cells. (A,B) Cell cycle distribution analysis in HT-29 cells treated with and without OME (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) for 24 h. Values are represented as mean ± SD of n = 3 (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.005, and *** p < 0.001). (C) Alteration in proteins associated with cell cycle regulation in OME-treated HT-29 cells.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques:

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: Activation of extrinsic apoptotic pathway and upregulation of TNF-α in OME-treated HT-29 cells. (A) Western blot analysis of caspase 3, 7, and 8 activation and PARP cleavage in HT-29 cells. Cells were treated with or without increasing concentration (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) of OME for 48 h, then whole cell proteins were extracted and subjected to Western blot analysis for the markers of apoptosis (B) Western blot analysis of TNF-α (C) Western blot analysis of cleaved PARP in cells pretreated for 1 h with and without Z-VAD-FMK (50 μM) followed by treatment with OME (450 μg/mL) for 48 h. (D) Inhibition of apoptosis has a minimal effect of OME-induced cell death. HT-29 cells were pretreated with Z-VAD-FMK as described above and then treated for 48 h with 450 μg/mL OME. Cell viability was determined as described in section Material and Methods. Values are represented as mean ± SD of n = 3 (* p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001).

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Activation Assay, Western Blot, Concentration Assay, Inhibition

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: OME induces abortive autophagy in HT-29 cells. Western blotting analysis of LC3II, p62(SQSTM1), and Beclin-1 expression OME-treated HT-29 cells. Cells were treated with or without increasing concentration (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) of OME for 48 h, then whole cell proteins were extracted and subjected to Western blot analysis, as described in section Materials and Methods, for LC3II, 62(SQSTM1), and Beclin-1.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Concentration Assay

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: OME induces DNA damage in response to OME treatment in HT-29 cells. HT-29 cells were treated with increasing concentrations (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) of OME for 48 h. DNA damage was examined by western blotting by measuring the level of phosphorylated H2AX.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Western Blot

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: DNA damage and autophagy precedes apoptosis in OME-treated HT-29 cells. (A) Time-course analysis, by Western blotting, of PARP and caspase 8 cleavage, LC3-II, p62 (SQSTM1), γH2AX, and H3pser10 accumulation in OME-treated HT-29 cells. Cells were treated with 450 μg/mL OME and proteins were extracted at the indicated time-points (0, 4, 8, 24, and 48 h) as described in section Materials and Methods. (B) Western blot analysis of γH2AX accumulation in HT-29 cells pre-treated with 3MA. Cells were pretreated with or without 3-MA (5 mM) for 1 h and then OME (450 μg/mL) was added, and cells were incubated for 48 h.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Western Blot, Incubation

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: Inhibition of autophagy decreases OME-induced cell death in HT-29 cells. (A) Analysis of LC3-II and cleaved PARP accumulation in HT-29 cells pre-treated with 3-MA. Cells were pretreated with or without 3-MA (5 mM) for 1 h and then OME (450 μg/mL) was added, and cells were incubated for 48 h. (B) Inhibition of autophagy reduces cell death induced by OME. HT-29 cells were pretreated with 3-MA for 1 h and then for 48 h with 450 μg/mL OME. Cell viability was determined as described in Material and Methods. Values are represented as mean ± SD of n = 3 (*** p < 0.001).

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Inhibition, Incubation

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

Article Title: Origanum majorana Ethanolic Extract Promotes Colorectal Cancer Cell Death by Triggering Abortive Autophagy and Activation of the Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathway

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00795

Figure Lengend Snippet: Downregulation of survivin by OME in HT-29 cells. HT-29 cells were treated with increasing concentrations (0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 μg/mL) of OME for 48 h and the level of survivin was assessed by Western blotting.

Article Snippet: Human colon cancer cells HT-29 (Cat# 300215) and CaCo-2 (Cat # 300137) were purchased from CLS (cell lines service, Germany).

Techniques: Western Blot

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Virotherapeutic treatment of GFP/luc-labeled human HT-29 tumor cells in cell culture with GLV-0b347. ( A ) Schematic illustration of the three-step virotherapeutic process and associated detection capabilities: (1) GFP/luc-labeled HT-29 tumor cells were seeded into a 24-well cell culture plate. Successful plating of the cells can be verified by the determination of GFP fluorescence. (2) The treatment of HT-29 cells with oncolytic viruses encoding a red-fluorescent marker protein. The successful infection of the tumor cells can be verified by the determination of red fluorescence. (3)/(4) The viral oncolysis can be determined by a decrease in GFP as well as in luciferase activity. Over time, enhanced red fluorescence indicates an increasing number of tumor cells being infected by the red-fluorescence marker gene encoding virotherapeutic compounds. ( B ) The fluorescence images of HT-29 GFP/luc-labeled cells at 72 h postinfection (hpi) with GLV-0b347 at different multiplicities of infection (MOIs), as depicted. BF, brightfield; OL, overlay of GFP and TurboFP635 signal.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Labeling, Cell Culture, Fluorescence, Marker, Infection, Luciferase, Activity Assay

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Virotherapeutic treatment of GFP/luc-labeled human HT-29 tumor cells in cell culture with MeV-DsRed. Fluorescence images of HT-29 GFP/luc-labeled cells at 72 h postinfection (hpi) with MeV-DsRed at different multiplicities of infection (MOIs), as depicted. BF, brightfield; OL, overlay of GFP and DsRed signal.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Labeling, Cell Culture, Fluorescence, Infection

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparison of different detection options for the oncolytic activity of virotherapeutic compounds GLV-0b347 ( A , images to the left) and MeV-DsRed ( B , images to the right) in HT-29 GFP/luc tumor cells. HT-29 GFP/luc cells were infected with GLV-0b347 ( A ) or MeV-DsRed ( B ) at different multiplicities of infection (MOIs) ranging from 0.0001 to 1 for GLV-0b347, from 0.001 to 10 for MeV-DsRed, or remained uninfected (MOCK). At 72 h postinfection (hpi), remaining tumor cell masses were determined by either (i) SRB viability assays, (ii) the measurement of the luciferase activity, or (iii) the quantification of the GFP or red-fluorescence intensity. Each measurement was calculated relative to the MOCK control. The mean ± SD of at least two independent experiments performed in triplicate is shown. ANOVA test relative to MOCK-infected control: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Activity Assay, Infection, Luciferase, Fluorescence

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human ex vivo peritoneum model and schematic illustration of the three-step virotherapeutic process in co-cultures with GFP/luc-labeled human HT-29 tumor cells. ( A ) Photographic image of the human ex vivo peritoneal model cultivated between stainless steel rings in a 24-well plate. ( B ) Photographic image of the peritoneum in the ex vivo model through a light microscope. ( C ) (1) Preparation of co-cultures of the peritoneum from noncancer patients and human GFP/luc-labeled HT-29 tumor cells. Successful plating of the cells can be verified by fluorescence microscopy. (2) Virotherapeutic treatment of co-cultures with oncolytic viruses carrying a red-fluorescent marker protein. Successful infection of the tumor cells can be verified by the determination of red fluorescence via fluorescence microscopy. (3) Viral oncolysis can be determined by a decrease in GFP and red fluorescence as well as by a decrease in luciferase activity.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Ex Vivo, Labeling, Light Microscopy, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Marker, Infection, Luciferase, Activity Assay

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Virotherapeutic treatment of PC models with recombinant vaccinia virus GLV-0b347. The fluorescence images of GLV-0b347-infected co-cultures (( A ); 1.5 × 10 6 plaque-forming units (PFU)) or MOCK-infected ( B ) co-cultures consisting of the peritoneum of noncancer patients and adherently growing GFP/luc-labeled human HT-29 tumor cells at days 2, 4, and 7 postinfection (dpi); original magnification 4×. ( C ) Luciferase activity of GFP/luc–HT-29 cells growing on peritoneum at 2, 4, and 7 dpi, either GLV-0b347-infected or MOCK-infected. Each measurement is normalized to the MOCK control. The mean ± SD of one experiment performed in triplicates is shown. t -test relative to MOCK-infected control: * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01. ns; not significant. ( D ) The hematoxylin and eosin staining of human peritoneal tissue with and w/o co-culture of GFP/luc-labeled HT-29 cells at 7 dpi, either GLV-0b347-infected or MOCK-infected. ( E ) The EpCAM staining of peritoneal tissue with the co-culture of HT-29 cells at 7 dpi, either GLV-0b347-infected or MOCK-infected. ( F ) The vaccinia virus staining of peritoneal tissue with co-culture of HT-29 cells at 7 dpi, either GLV-0b347-infected or MOCK-infected. Experiments were conducted with the peritoneal tissue from different patients and show representative data from at least three different experiments. P; peritoneum. Black arrows indicate intact or infected and lysed HT-29 cells on the surface of the peritoneum. Scale bars represent 100 μm.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Recombinant, Fluorescence, Infection, Labeling, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Staining, Co-Culture Assay

Journal: Viruses

Article Title: Establishing a New Platform to Investigate the Efficacy of Oncolytic Virotherapy in a Human Ex Vivo Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model

doi: 10.3390/v15020363

Figure Lengend Snippet: Virotherapeutic treatment of PC models with recombinant measles vaccine virus MeV-DsRed. The fluorescence images of MeV-DsRed-infected co-cultures (( A ); 1.5 × 10 6 plaque-forming units (PFU)) or MOCK-infected ( B ) co-cultures consisting of the peritoneum of noncancer patients and GFP/luc-labeled human HT-29 tumor cells at days 2, 4, and 7 postinfection (dpi); original magnification 4×. ( C ) The luciferase activity of GFP/luc–HT-29 cells growing on peritoneum at 2, 4, and 7 dpi, either MeV-DsRed-infected or MOCK-infected. Each measurement is normalized to the MOCK control. The mean ± SD of one experiment performed in triplicates is shown. t -test relative to MOCK-infected control: * p < 0.05. ns; not significant. ( D ) The hematoxylin and eosin staining of human peritoneal tissue with and w/o co-culture of GFP/luc-labeled HT-29 tumor cells at 7 dpi with MeV-DsRed or MOCK infection. ( E ) The EpCAM staining of peritoneal tissue with co-culture of HT-29 cells at 7 dpi with MeV-DsRed or MOCK infection. ( F ) The MeV staining of peritoneal tissue with co-culture of HT-29 cells at 7 dpi with MeV-DsRed or MOCK infection. The experiments were conducted with peritoneal tissue from different patients and show representative data from at least three different experiments. P; peritoneum. Black arrows indicate intact or infected and lysed HT-29 tumor cells on the surface of the peritoneum. Scale bars represent 100 μm.

Article Snippet: The human GFP/Luciferase (luc) dual-labeled HT-29 cancer cell line was purchased from GeneCopoeia TM (Cat. SCL-C06-HLG, Rockville, MD, USA) and authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Eurofins, Ebersberg, Germany).

Techniques: Recombinant, Fluorescence, Infection, Labeling, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Staining, Co-Culture Assay

Journal: F1000Research

Article Title: The importance of selecting the appropriate reference genes for quantitative real time PCR as illustrated using colon cancer cells and tissue

doi: 10.12688/f1000research.7656.2

Figure Lengend Snippet: The stability of the nine candidate reference genes between 2D and 3D HT29 cultures was analysed using NormFinder. ( A ) Immunofluorescence images of HT29 cells in 2D (100X) (left panel) and 3D (right panel) cell cultures (63X). ( B ) Table displaying the stability levels of the nine candidate reference genes between the 2D and 3D cultures. ( C ) Graph representing the fold change of PKC coding genes in 3D cultures compared to 2D cultures when using one reference gene (PMM1) versus three reference genes (PMM1, HRPT1 and PP1A).

Article Snippet: Cq Values for reference genes in HT29 cell lines, 10.5256/f1000research.7656.d115639 F1000Research : Dataset 4.

Techniques: Immunofluorescence