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Anticancer effect of joboksansam, Korean wild ginseng germinated from bird feces

  • Park, Jae Gwang (Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kang, Wie-Soo (Korea Bird Wild Ginseng Co.) ;
  • Park, Kyung Tae (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Park, Dong Jun (School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Aravinthan, Adithan (Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hoon (Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Cho, Jae Youl (Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Received : 2016.01.26
  • Accepted : 2016.02.03
  • Published : 2016.07.15
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Abstract

Background: Joboksansam, Korean bird wild ginseng, is an artificially cultivated wild ginseng germinated from bird feces. Although numerous pharmacologic activities of wild ginsengs have been reported, the beneficial effect of joboksansam in cancer has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the in vivo and in vitro anticancer activities of joboksansam powder. Methods: To evaluate the in vivo anticancer activity of joboksansam, we established a xenograft mouse model bearing RMA cell-derived cancer. Direct cytotoxicity induced by joboksansam powder was also investigated in vitro using (3-4-5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2-5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The inhibitory activity of this powder on the activation of cell survival signaling involving Akt and Src was examined with immunoblot analysis. Results: Joboksansam powder displayed strong inhibitory activity against the increased tumor size, increased weight of total body and cancer tissues, and mortality of tumor-bearing mice. Joboksansam powder also suppressed the activation of survival regulatory enzymes Akt and Src, as assessed by phosphorylation levels in the immunoblot analysis of tumor tissues. Interestingly, the viability of RMA cells in vitro was directly decreased by joboksansam treatment. Conclusion: Overall, our results strongly suggest that joboksansam powder has the potential to protect against cancer generation by direct cytotoxic effects on cancer cells resulting from suppression of cell survival signaling.

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