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Nie X, Fu L, Cheng Y, Wu X, Lv K, Li R, Wu Y, Leung GPH, Fu C, Lee SMY, Seto SW, Zhang J, Li J. Garcinone E suppresses breast cancer growth and metastasis by modulating tumor-associated macrophages polarization via STAT6 signaling. Phytother Res 2023; 37:4442-4456. [PMID: 37259475 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.7909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cancer metastasis remains the most common cause of death in breast cancer patients. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Despite the good anti-cancer activity of garcinone E (GE), there are no reports on its therapeutic effects on breast cancer metastasis. The objective of this study was to examine the anti-cancer effects of GE on metastatic breast cancer. RAW 264.7 and THP-1 cells were polarized to M2 macrophages by IL-4/IL-13 in vitro. A 4T1 mouse breast cancer model and the tail vein breast cancer metastasis model were used to explore the effect of GE on breast cancer growth and metastasis in vivo. In vitro studies showed that GE dose-dependently suppressed IL-4 + IL-13-induced expression of CD206 in both RAW 264.7 cells and differentiated THP-1 macrophages. However, GE did not affect the LPS + IFN-γ-induced polarization to the M1-like macrophages in vitro. GE inhibited the expression of the M2 macrophage specific genes in RAW 264.7 cells, and simultaneously impaired M2 macrophage-induced breast cancer cell proliferation and migration, and angiogenesis. In animal studies, GE significantly suppressed tumor growth, angiogenesis, and lung metastasis in 4T1 tumor-bearing mice, without causing toxicity. In both tumor and lung tissues, the proportion of M2-like TAMs was significantly decreased while the proportion of M1-like TAMs was markedly increased by GE treatment. Mechanistically, GE inhibited phosphorylation of STAT6 in vitro and in vivo. Our results demonstrate for the first time that GE suppresses breast cancer growth and pulmonary metastasis by modulating M2-like macrophage polarization through the STAT6 signaling pathway.
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- Xin Nie
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, SAR, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
- The Research Center for Chinese Medicine Innovation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- The Research Center for Chinese Medicine Innovation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Erofeeva LM, Mnikhovich MV, Bezuglova TB. Morphofunctional Parameters of Mast Cell Population in Experimentally Induced Breast Cancer in Rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 2023; 175:513-518. [PMID: 37776399 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-023-05897-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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Structural and functional parameters of mast cells (MC) in rat mammary glands during experimentally provoked breast cancer were studied by the cytogram, index of cell saturation with secretory products, and degranulation index. The cytogram was calculated in histological sections stained with toluidine blue. The functional conditions of MC were determined by electron microscopy. The study revealed expansion of MC population and activation of their functional state evidenced by significant prevalence of cells with high degranulation degree and reduced saturation index. At the ultrastructural level, MC were characterized by deformation, polymorphism, paleness of secretory granules, and elevation of the number of lacunae in the cytoplasm. The study showed that MC are active players in tumor microenvironment. Remembering heteromorphism of MC, further study of their role in pathogenesis of various tumor diseases seems promising.
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- L M Erofeeva
- A. P. Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology, B. V. Pet-rovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
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- A. P. Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology, B. V. Pet-rovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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- A. P. Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology, B. V. Pet-rovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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Wang Y, Jiang Y, Guo W, Tang K, Fu Y, Liu R, Chen L. dl-THP recovered the decreased NKp44 expression level on CD56 dim CD16 + natural killer cells partially in choriocarcinoma microenvironment. Immunobiology 2023; 228:152363. [PMID: 36870142 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2023.152363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Natural killer cell-based immunotherapy has become a leading-edge tool against cancer, but still faces a variety of challenges, such as phenotype shift and dysfunction of NK cells in tumor microenvironment. Thus, finding potent agents that could inhibit the phenotype shift and incapacity of NK cells in the tumor microenvironment is essential for improving antitumor effects. dl-tetrahydropalmatine (dl-THP), one of the active alkaloids of Chinese herb Corydalis Rhizoma, has been proven to possess antitumor activity. However, whether dl-THP acts on NK cells to enhance antitumor activity remains unknown. In this study, we found that the proportion of blood CD56dimCD16+ NK cells was decreased while the proportion of CD56brightCD16- NK cells was increased when the cells were cultured in conditional medium (CM, medium from the human choriocarcinoma cell lines JEG-3). dl-THP could alter the varied proportion of CD56dimCD16+ NK cells and CD56brightCD16- NK cells in CM respectively. Importantly, the expression level of NKp44 on CD56dimCD16+ NK cells was dramatically reduced when the cells were cultured in CM, which could also be reversed by dl-THP. Furthermore, dl-THP increased the decreased NK-cell cytotoxicity when cells were cultured in CM. In summary, our study demonstrated that dl-THP could recover the decreased NKp44 expression level on CD56dimCD16+ NK cells and restore the cytotoxicity of NK cells in tumor microenvironment.
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- Yazhen Wang
- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China; School of Medical Technology, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, The Second Military Medical University. Shanghai 200135, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China.
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Liu Y, Zhao Y, Zhuo Y, Li Y, Meng J, Wang Y, Li H. Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Anthocyanins from Malus ‘Royalty’ Fruits: Optimization, Separation, and Antitumor Activity. Molecules 2022; 27:4299. [PMID: 35807546 PMCID: PMC9268470 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27134299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Red Malus ‘Royalty’ fruits are rich in anthocyanins. This study aimed to obtain the optimal parameters for the extraction and separation of anthocyanins from Malus ‘Royalty’ fruits and to evaluate the inhibitory effect of the enriched anthocyanin fraction on gastric cancer cells. Ultrasonic-assisted extraction was used for the extraction of the anthocyanins of Malus ‘Royalty’ fruit, and the extraction results showed that the optimum parameters were an extraction temperature of 20 °C, a solid–liquid ratio of 1:6 (g/mL), ethanol and formic acid contents of 70% and 0.4%, respectively, an extraction time of 40 min, and an ultrasonic power of 300 W. The optimum extraction parameters to achieve the highest anthocyanin yield by a single-factor experiment coupled with response surface methodology were identified. The separation results showed that the AB-8 macroporous resin was a better purifying material, with 60% ethanol as an adsorbent, and the adsorption–desorption equilibrium times were 6 h and 1 h, respectively. Cyanidin-3-galactoside was the main body composition separation of anthocyanins by a high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector. The antitumor activity results showed that the anthocyanins of Malus ‘Royalty’ fruits have a significant inhibitory effect on the gastric cancer cell line BGC-803. The in vitro cell viability test of CCK-8 showed that the inhibitory effect on tumor cells was more significant with the increased anthocyanin concentration, with a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value of 105.5 μg/mL. The cell morphology was observed by an inverted microscope, and it was found that the backbone of BGC-803 treated with a high concentration of anthocyanins was disintegrated and the nucleoplasm was concentrated. The mechanism of apoptosis was analyzed by Western blotting, and the results showed that with increasing anthocyanin concentration in the medium, the expression levels of the proapoptotic proteins Bax and Bak increased, and the expression levels of the antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL decreased, which coordinated the regulation of cell apoptosis. This research suggests that the enriched anthocyanin fraction from Malus ‘Royalty’ fruits have potential antitumor and adjuvant therapeutic effects on gastric cancer.
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Zhang Q, Zan YH, Yang HG, Yang MY, Liu FS, Li SG, Peng XH, Lin B, Li ZL, Li DH, Hua HM. Anti-tumor alkaloids from Peganum harmala. Phytochemistry 2022; 197:113107. [PMID: 35121215 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Six alkaloids peharmalines F-K, along with 14 known ones, were isolated from the aerial part of Peganum harmala L.. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on their HR-ESI-MS data, extensive NMR spectroscopic analyses, and ECD calculations. 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)quinoline exhibited potent antiproliferative activity against the HepG-2 cell lines with an IC50 value of 3.05 μM. Norharmane displayed a moderate inhibition against A549 and HepG-2 cells with IC50 values of 16.45 μM and 17.27 μM, respectively.
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- Qin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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Qiu X, Li X, Yan Y, Cai Y, Liang Q, Peng B, Xu Z, Xiao M, Xia F, Peng J. Identification of m6A-Associated Gene DST as a Prognostic and Immune-Associated Biomarker in Breast Cancer Patients. Int J Gen Med 2022; 15:523-534. [PMID: 35046711 PMCID: PMC8763270 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s344146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is most common internal RNA modification in eukaryotic cells. Existing evidence shows that m6A is closely related to pathogenesis and progression in breast cancer (BRCA). Therefore, it is critical to investigate the key role of m6A target genes in BRCA. Methods M6A target genes in BRCA are acquired using RMVar online database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from three microarray datasets (GSE5764, GSE22358, GSE9014) is processed by GEO2R. Oncomine, GEPIA, UALCAN and TNMplot were applied to validate the expression of DST. Survival analyses were performed via DRUGSURV and Kaplan–Meier Plotter database. Univariable survival and multivariate Cox analysis were completed to assess the prognostic value of DST and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was performed to evaluate the diagnostic value of DST. We also investigated the correlation between DST and cancer immune infiltration via using CIBERSORT, TIMER and TISIDB. Results DST and COL11A1 were significantly expressed in both DEGs and m6A target genes set. COL11A1 show no significance on the patients’ survival. However, high expression of DST was related to the favorable prognosis. Multivariate analysis revealed that the DST dysregulation is an independent prognostic factor and ROC indicated that the great diagnostic value of DST with AUC of 0.948. Subsequently, immunological analyses showed that DST was significantly associated with various immune infiltration cells, including NK cells, T helper cells and Mast cells. Furthermore, DST was also related with multiple immune checkpoints and chemokines, including LAG3, LMTK3 CD24, CXCL12, KDR and CX3CR1. These results indicated the potential roles of DST in the development of BRCA via altering the immune response. Conclusion DST can influence the development and progression of BRCA by altering the immune microenvironment.
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- Xiangyuan Qiu
- Department of Thyroid Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Thyroid Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde, 415000, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Muzhang Xiao Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China Email
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- Department of Thyroid Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- Fada Xia Department of Thyroid Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China Email
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde, 415000, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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Cansaran-Duman D, Guney Eskiler G, Colak B, Sozen Kucukkara E. Vulpinic acid as a natural compound inhibits the proliferation of metastatic prostate cancer cells by inducing apoptosis. Mol Biol Rep 2021. [PMID: 34331181 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06605-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lichen secondary metabolites have drawn considerable attention in recent years due to the limitations of current treatment options. Vulpinic acid (VA) obtained from Letharia vulpina lichen species exerts a remarkable cytotoxic effect on different cancer types. However, the therapeutic efficacy of VA in metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) cells has not been investigated. In the present study, we aimed to identify VA-mediated cytotoxicity in PC-3 mPC cells compared with control cells. METHODS AND RESULTS After identifying the cytotoxic concentrations of VA, VA induced apoptosis was analyzed by Annexin V, cell cycle, acridine orange and propidium iodide staining and RT-PCR analysis. Our findings showed that VA significantly decreased the viability of PC-3 cells (p < 0.01) and caused a considerable early apoptotic effects through G0/G1 arrest, nuclear blebbing and the activation of particularly initiator caspases. CONCLUSIONS Therefore, VA may be a potential treatment option for mPC patients. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of VA-induced apoptosis with advanced analysis should be further investigated.
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