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Juglone induces cell death of Acanthamoeba through increased production of reactive oxygen species

Overview of attention for article published in Experimental Parasitology, September 2015
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Title
Juglone induces cell death of Acanthamoeba through increased production of reactive oxygen species
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Experimental Parasitology, September 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.exppara.2015.09.005
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Bijay Kumar Jha, Hui-Jung Jung, Incheol Seo, Seong-Il Suh, Min-Ho Suh, Won-Ki Baek

Abstract

Juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) is a major chemical constituent of Juglans mandshruica Maxim. Recent studies have demonstrated that juglone exhibits anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-parasitic properties. However, its effect against Acanthamoeba has not been defined yet. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of juglone on Acanthamoeba. We demonstrate that juglone significantly inhibits the growth of Acanthamoeba castellanii at 3-5 μM concentrations. Juglone increased the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and caused cell death of A. castellanii. Inhibition of ROS by antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) restored the cell viability. Furthermore, our results show that juglone increased the uptake of mitochondrial specific dye. Collectively, these results indicate that ROS played a significant role in the juglone-induced cell death of Acanthamoeba.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 31%
Researcher 3 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Other 2 13%
Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 2 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 25%
Environmental Science 2 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 6%
Chemistry 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2024.
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#16,047,334
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Experimental Parasitology
#1,055
of 1,826 outputs
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#148,210
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Outputs of similar age from Experimental Parasitology
#4
of 33 outputs
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