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  • Methyl jasmonate has potential anticancer properties, inducing differentiation and apoptosis in human leukemia and colorectal cancer cells while sparing normal lymphocytes.
  • It suppresses cell viability and triggers apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells by activating caspase-3 and inhibiting key pathways like the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
  • Downregulating the EZH2 protein enhances these effects, promoting apoptosis through the suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in colorectal cancer.

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Methyl jasmonate potentially induces the differentiation of human myeloid leukemia cells and inhibits their proliferation; it may induce the differentiation and apoptosis of human lymphocytic leukemia cells, but does not exert a damaging effect on normal lymphocytes. In the present study, the anticancer effect of methyl jasmonate on human colorectal cancer cells was investigated. Cell viability and apoptosis was assessed using a Cell Counting kit-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Methyl jasmonate suppressed cell viability and induced apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells. Additionally, methyl jasmonate increased the activation of caspase-3, inhibited the expression levels of enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit (EZH2) and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in human colorectal cancer. Downregulation of EZH2 expression enhanced the anticancer effect of methyl jasmonate on human colorectal cancer cells through suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Thus, EZH2 downregulation promotes the anticancer effect of methyl jasmonate by inducing apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

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