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Session X : Cell death in cancer Poster X, 43<br />

The anti-cancer activity of decursin <strong>and</strong> decursinol isolated from Angelica gigas Nakai<br />

Mi-Jeong Kim1,2, Won-Yoon Chung1, Jin-Eun Kim1,2, Seung Hwa Son1, Sang Kook<br />

Lee3, Kwang-Kyun Park1,2<br />

1Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Institute, Oral Cancer Research<br />

Institute, Yonsei university College of Dentistry, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea,<br />

2Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul Republic of<br />

Korea 120-752, Republic of Korea, 3College of Pharmacy , Ewha Womans University,<br />

Seoul Republic of Korea 120-750 E-mail: kimmi780507@hanmail.net<br />

Angiogenesis, the process of vascular growth by sprouting of preexisting vessels, plays a<br />

crucial role in tumor growth <strong>and</strong> metastasis. Vascular endothelial cell proliferation <strong>and</strong><br />

migration are critical steps in angiogenesis <strong>and</strong> are regulated by various growth factors such<br />

as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Angelica gigas Nakai root has been<br />

traditionally used in Korean folk medicine as a tonic <strong>and</strong> for treating anemia <strong>and</strong> other<br />

common disease. In the present study, we observed that decursin <strong>and</strong> decursinol isolated from<br />

A. gigas inhibited VEGF-induced proliferation <strong>and</strong> migration of human umbilical vein<br />

endothelial cells (HUVECs). Also, these compounds showed antiangiogenic activity in a<br />

mouse Matrigel plug assay <strong>and</strong> CAM assay. In addition, decursin <strong>and</strong> decursinol inhibited the<br />

formation of tumor nodules in spontaneous lung metastasis induced with murine colon cancer<br />

CT-26 cells in BALB/c mice. Our results suggest that decursin <strong>and</strong> decursinol possess an<br />

antimetastatic potential by suppressing VEGF-induced angiogenesis. Furthermore, to explain<br />

the mechanism for how decursin <strong>and</strong> decursinol block VEGF-induced angiogenesis, we<br />

investigated their effect on PI3k/Akt/eNOS <strong>signaling</strong> in HUVECs.<br />

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