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                                                                                    <journal-title>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3061-9904</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18229/kocatepetip.1340255</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Cell Development, Proliferation and Death</subject>
                                                            <subject>Signal Transduction</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Hücre Gelişimi, Proliferasyon ve Ölümü</subject>
                                                            <subject>Sinyal İletimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>EFFECT OF APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACTS ON CASPASE-3, -8, -9 AND APAF-1 IN LNCaP CELLS</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>APIUM GRAVEOLENS EKSTRAKTLARININ LNCaP HÜCRELERİNDE KASPAZ-3, -8, -9 ve APAF-1 ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-3228</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Koca</surname>
                                    <given-names>Halit Buğra</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>AFYONKARAHİSAR SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-9415</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Köken</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tülay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>YÜKSEK İHTİSAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6222-315X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Akan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tülay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>YÜKSEK İHTİSAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240718">
                    <day>07</day>
                    <month>18</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>25</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>300</fpage>
                                        <lpage>306</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230809">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20231108">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>08</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>OBJECTIVE: In this study it was aimed to investigate the anti-cancer effect of ethanolic extracts of apium graveolens (celery) plant on cell viability, caspases involved in apoptosis and apoptosis protease activation factor-1 (Apaf-1) as inducer/suppressor in prostate cancer cell line LNCaP cells.MATERIAL AND METHODS: LNCaP cell line was used in our study. LNCaP cells were divided into 4 groups treated with ethanolic extracts of apium graveolens at increasing concentrations ranging from 0, 1500, 2000, 2500 μg/mL. The indicated extract concentrations were applied to LNCaP cells separately for 24 and 48 hours. Caspase-3, -8, -9 and Apaf-1 were measured by ELISA method from the cell lysate prepared at the end of the treatment. The results were expressed as ng/ml in proportion to the number of viable cells.RESULTS: Treatment of LNCaP prostate cancer cells with apium graveolens extracts for 24 and 48 hours did not cause a significant difference in caspase-3 and caspase-9 levels. However, caspase-8 levels were significantly increased at 2000 and 2500 μg/ml extract concentrations and Apaf-1 levels were significantly increased at 2500 μg/ml extract concentration in a dose- and time-dependent manner compared to the control groups at 24 and 48 hours.CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that ethanolic extracts of apium graveolens plant have anticancer and apoptotic properties by increasing caspase-8 and Apaf-1 levels in LNCaP prostate cancer cell line. Further in-vitro and in-vivo studies are needed to support our findings.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>AMAÇ: Bu çalışmada, prostat kanseri hücre hattı LNCaP hücrelerinde, apium graveolens (kereviz) bitkisinin etanolik ekstraktlarının hücre canlılığı ve apoptoziste rol alan kaspazlar ve apoptoz proteaz aktivasyon faktörü-1 (Apaf-1) üzerine indükleyici/baskılayıcı olarak anti-kanser etkisinin araştırılması amaçlandı.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışmamızda LNCaP hücre hattı kullanıldı. LNCaP hücreleri; 0, 1500, 2000, 2500 μg/mL arasında değişen ve artan konsantrasyonlarda apium graveolens&#039;in etanolik ekstraktları ile muamele edilen 4 gruba ayrıldı. Belirtilen ekstrakt konsantrasyonları LNCaP hücrelerine 24 ve 48 saat ayrı ayrı uygulandı. Uygulama bitiminde hazırlanan hücre lizatından ELISA yöntemiyle; Kaspaz-3, -8, -9 ve Apaf-1 ölçümü yapıldı. Sonuçlar canlı hücre sayılarıyla oranlanarak ng/ml olarak verildi.BULGULAR: LNCaP prostat kanser hücrelerinin apium graveolens ekstraktları ile 24 ve 48 saatliğine muamelesi kaspaz-3 ve kaspaz-9 düzeylerinde anlamlı bir farklılığa neden olmadı. Bununla birlikte; 24 ve 48 saatlik uygulamada, 2000 ve 2500 μg/ml ekstrakt konsantrasyonlarında kaspaz-8 değerleri kontrol gruplarına göre ve 2500 μg/ml ekstrakt konsantrasyonunda ise Apaf-1 düzeyi kontrol gruplarına göre doza ve zamana bağımlı olarak istatistiksel bakımdan anlamlı artış gösterdi.SONUÇ: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, apium graveolens bitkisinin etanolik ekstraktlarının uygulandığı LNCaP prostat kanser hücre hattında kaspaz-8 ve Apaf-1 düzeylerini artırarak antikanser ve apoptotik özelliğe sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgularımızı desteklemek için daha ileri in-vitro ve in-vivo çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Prostat Kanseri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kaspazlar</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Bitki Ekstreleri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hücre kültürü</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Prostate Cancer</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Caspases</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Plant extracts</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Cell culture</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinatörlüğü</named-content>
                            </funding-source>
                                                                            <award-id>16.KARİYER.188</award-id>
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