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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 5676, 2022 09 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36167829

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To identify drivers of sensitivity and resistance to Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibition, we perform a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen. We identify TP53 and RNA-binding protein MUSASHI2 (MSI2) as the top-ranked sensitizer and driver of resistance to specific PRMT5i, GSK-591, respectively. TP53 deletion and TP53R248W mutation are biomarkers of resistance to GSK-591. PRMT5 expression correlates with MSI2 expression in lymphoma patients. MSI2 depletion and pharmacological inhibition using Ro 08-2750 (Ro) both synergize with GSK-591 to reduce cell growth. Ro reduces MSI2 binding to its global targets and dual treatment of Ro and PRMT5 inhibitors result in synergistic gene expression changes including cell cycle, P53 and MYC signatures. Dual MSI2 and PRMT5 inhibition further blocks c-MYC and BCL-2 translation. BCL-2 depletion or inhibition with venetoclax synergizes with a PRMT5 inhibitor by inducing reduced cell growth and apoptosis. Thus, we propose a therapeutic strategy in lymphoma that combines PRMT5 with MSI2 or BCL-2 inhibition.


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Linfoma de Células B , Linfoma , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Linfoma/genética , Mutação , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/genética , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/metabolismo , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética
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Front Nutr ; 8: 763692, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34970576

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Sea cucumbers are one of many marine echinoderm animals that contain valuable nutrients and medicinal compounds. The bioactive substances in sea cucumbers make them have promising biological and pharmacological properties, including antioxidant, anti-bacterial, and anti-tumor effects. In this study, sea cucumber intestinal peptide (SCIP) is a small molecular oligopeptide (<1,000 Da) extracted from sea cucumber intestines hydrolyzed by alkaline protease. The analysis of amino acid composition showed that hydrophobic amino acids and branched-chain amino acids were rich in SCIP. Nowadays, although increasing studies have revealed the biological functions of the sea cucumber active substances, there are few studies on the function of SCIP. Furthermore, due to the anti-cancer activity being an essential characteristic of sea cucumber active substances, we also investigated the anti-cancer potential and the underlying mechanism of SCIP in vivo and in vitro. The results indicate that SCIP inhibits the growth of MCF-7 tumor cells in zebrafish and increases the apoptosis of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. Further mechanism studies confirm that SCIP promotes the expression of apoptosis-related proteins and thus promotes the breast cancer cells (MCF-7) apoptosis via inhibition of PI3K/AKT signal transduction pathway.

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Ann Transl Med ; 9(17): 1389, 2021 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34733941

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BACKGROUND: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by its aggressiveness and poor prognosis. Docetaxel is the common chemotherapeutic drug used in the treatment of TNBC. However, resistance to docetaxel has limited the effectiveness of TNBC treatment. Petroleum ether extracts of Curcuma zedoaria (PECZ) can inhibit the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells. However, the effect of PECZ on docetaxel resistance is not clear. METHODS: A docetaxel-resistant MDA-MB-231 (MDA-MB-231/docetaxel) cell line was established, and Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), and western blotting assays were used to evaluate the effect of docetaxel resistance in MDA-MB-231 cells. Next, CCK-8 was also performed to detect the effect of docetaxel or the combination treatment of docetaxel and PECZ on the proliferation of MDA-MB-231/docetaxel cells. Thereafter, MDA-MB-231/docetaxel cells were subcutaneously injected into nude mice to induce a TNBC xenograft model, and the mice were divided into a model group, docetaxel group, PECZ group, and combination of docetaxel and PECZ group. Subsequently, hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemical, qRT-PCR, and western blotting were used to estimate the effect of pre-treatment with PECZ on docetaxel tolerance reversal. RESULTS: PECZ significantly inhibited the expression of pregnane X receptor (PXR), multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1), breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), and cytochrome P-450 (CYP3A4) in MDA-MB-231/docetaxel cells. Only higher concentrations of docetaxel could inhibit the viability of MDA-MB-231/docetaxel cells. When pre-treated with PECZ, lower concentrations of docetaxel could significantly inhibit cell viability. Meanwhile, combination treatment also reduced the tumor volume, ameliorated the pathological change of tumor tissues, and down-regulated the expressions of PXR, MDR1, BCRP, and CYP3A4 (according to HE staining, immunohistochemical, qRT-PCR and western blotting results in vivo). CONCLUSIONS: Our research showed that PECZ reversed docetaxel resistance in TNBC by PXR both in vitro and in vivo, which provides the basis for further investigations into the potential therapeutic impact of docetaxel resistance in TNBC.

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J Biol Chem ; 297(2): 100928, 2021 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34274316

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B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) is a zinc finger transcriptional repressor possessing a BTB-POZ (BR-C, ttk, and bab for BTB; pox virus and zinc finger for POZ) domain, which is required for homodimerization and association with corepressors. BCL6 has multiple roles in normal immunity, autoimmunity, and some types of lymphoma. Mice bearing disrupted BCL6 loci demonstrate suppressed high-affinity antibody responses to T-dependent antigens. The corepressor binding groove in the BTB-POZ domain is a potential target for small compound-mediated therapy. Several inhibitors targeting this binding groove have been described, but these compounds have limited or absent in vivo activity. Biophysical studies of a novel compound, GSK137, showed an in vitro pIC50 of 8 and a cellular pIC50 of 7.3 for blocking binding of a peptide derived from the corepressor silencing mediator for retinoid or thyroid hormone receptors to the BCL6 BTB-POZ domain. The compound has good solubility (128 µg/ml) and permeability (86 nM/s). GSK137 caused little change in cell viability or proliferation in four BCL6-expressing B-cell lymphoma lines, although there was modest dose-dependent accumulation of G1 phase cells. Pharmacokinetic studies in mice showed a profile compatible with achieving good levels of target engagement. GSK137, administered orally, suppressed immunoglobulin G responses and reduced numbers of germinal centers and germinal center B cells following immunization of mice with the hapten trinitrophenol. Overall, we report a novel small-molecule BCL6 inhibitor with in vivo activity that inhibits the T-dependent antigen immune response.


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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6 , Animais , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Humanos , Camundongos , Transcrição Gênica , Dedos de Zinco
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J Med Chem ; 64(15): 10772-10805, 2021 08 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34255512

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The profound efficacy of pan-BET inhibitors is well documented, but these epigenetic agents have shown pharmacology-driven toxicity in oncology clinical trials. The opportunity to identify inhibitors with an improved safety profile by selective targeting of a subset of the eight bromodomains of the BET family has triggered extensive medicinal chemistry efforts. In this article, we disclose the identification of potent and selective drug-like pan-BD2 inhibitors such as pyrazole 23 (GSK809) and furan 24 (GSK743) that were derived from the pyrrole fragment 6. We transpose the key learnings from a previous pyridone series (GSK620 2 as a representative example) to this novel class of inhibitors, which are characterized by significantly improved solubility relative to our previous research.


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Furanos/farmacologia , Proteínas/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirazóis/farmacologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Furanos/química , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas/metabolismo , Pirazóis/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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J Zhejiang Univ Sci B ; 21(6): 495-508, 2020 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32478495

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The aim of this study was to identify some biomarkers for predicting lymph node metastasis and prognosis of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her-2)-positive breast cancer (BC). We analyzed correlations between microRNAs (miRNAs) and the prognosis of patients with BC based on data collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The expression levels of miR-455, miR-143, and miR-99a were measured in clinical samples of Her-2-positive BC patients with different degrees of lymph node metastasis. We investigated the impacts of overexpressed miR-455 on the proliferation and invasiveness of MDA-MB-453 cells and measured its effects on the expression of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The expression of miR-455 was significantly and positively correlated to the prognosis and overall survival (OS) of the BC (P=0.028), according to TCGA information. The expression level of miR-455 was positively correlated with OS and relapse-free survival (RFS) of patients with Her-2-positive BC, and was negatively correlated with the number of metastatic lymph nodes (P<0.05). Transwell assay suggested that MDA-MB-453 cells became much less invasive (P<0.01) after being transfected with miR-455 mimics. During the qRT-PCR, the expression level of MALAT1 declined significantly after transfection (P<0.01). Overexpressed miR-455 significantly inhibited the proliferation and migration of MDA-MB-453 cells and the expression of MALAT1. We conclude that miR-455 may be a useful potential biomarker for forecasting lymph node metastasis and the prognosis of Her-2-positive BC patients. miR-455 may play an important role in lymph node metastasis of BC by interacting with MALAT1.


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Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Metástase Linfática/diagnóstico , MicroRNAs/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células , Feminino , Humanos , Prognóstico , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Pathol Oncol Res ; 25(3): 827-835, 2019 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30014296

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With abilities to renew themselves and lead to heterogeneity of tumors, cancer stem cells (CSCs) are similar to stem cells. As three leading causes of death that endanger women's health, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and cervical cancer are characterized by high degree of malignancy, metastasis and recurrence. Associated with women's fertility, these three malignancies are common and representative among females. These years, research findings have suggested that CSCs are closely connected with many cancers (including aforementioned three malignancies) and several processes of tumors such as their genesis and development. CSCs have become great concerns for current cancer treatment and interventions. This paper does not only summarize roles of CSCs in genesis, development, drug resistance, metastasis and recurrence of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and cervical cancer, but also proposes potential methods of treatment and intervention, in hope of inspiring readers and researchers.


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Fertilidade/fisiologia , Metástase Neoplásica/patologia , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/patologia , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia
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Onco Targets Ther ; 11: 4263-4270, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30100733

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Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies for women, which accounts for 30% of all female malignancies. The formation of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) is attributed to the acquisition of stemness of tumor cells. With self-renewal potential, these stem cells are insensitive to either radiotherapy or chemotherapy but are significant in regulating tumor behaviors and drug resistance. MicroRNA (miRNA) is a kind of noncoding small RNA for negatively regulating gene expressions. Research findings suggest that many miRNAs specifically regulate the expression of target genes and signal pathways of BCSCs. They play an important role in self-renewal, growth, and metastasis of breast cancer cells as potential targets for treating breast cancer. These signal pathways include phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt, Wnt/ß-catenin, Notch, and so on. This paper reviews the progress of research about miRNAs in self-renewal, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis, mediation of resistance to chemotherapies, and treatment of breast cancer.

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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 9711, 2018 06 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29946150

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Evasion of the potent tumour suppressor activity of p53 is one of the hurdles that must be overcome for cancer cells to escape normal regulation of cellular proliferation and survival. In addition to frequent loss of function mutations, p53 wild-type activity can also be suppressed post-translationally through several mechanisms, including the activity of PRMT5. Here we describe broad anti-proliferative activity of potent, selective, reversible inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) including GSK3326595 in human cancer cell lines representing both hematologic and solid malignancies. Interestingly, PRMT5 inhibition activates the p53 pathway via the induction of alternative splicing of MDM4. The MDM4 isoform switch and subsequent p53 activation are critical determinants of the response to PRMT5 inhibition suggesting that the integrity of the p53-MDM4 regulatory axis defines a subset of patients that could benefit from treatment with GSK3326595.


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Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Splicing de RNA/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Processamento Alternativo/genética , Antineoplásicos , Arginina/análogos & derivados , Arginina/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclo Celular/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Humanos , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Proteínas Centrais de snRNP/metabolismo
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Oncogenesis ; 7(4): 35, 2018 Apr 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29674704

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BET inhibitors exhibit broad activity in cancer models, making predictive biomarkers challenging to define. Here we investigate the biomarkers of activity of the clinical BET inhibitor GSK525762 (I-BET; I-BET762) across cancer cell lines and demonstrate that KRAS mutations are novel resistance biomarkers. This finding led us to combine BET with RAS pathway inhibition using MEK inhibitors to overcome resistance, which resulted in synergistic effects on growth and survival in RAS pathway mutant models as well as a subset of cell lines lacking RAS pathway mutations. GSK525762 treatment up-regulated p-ERK1/2 levels in both RAS pathway wild-type and mutant cell lines, suggesting that MEK/ERK pathway activation may also be a mechanism of adaptive BET inhibitor resistance. Importantly, gene expression studies demonstrated that the BET/MEK combination uniquely sustains down-regulation of genes associated with mitosis, leading to prolonged growth arrest that is not observed with either single agent therapy. These studies highlight a potential to enhance the clinical benefit of BET and MEK inhibitors and provide a strong rationale for clinical evaluation of BET/MEK combination therapies in cancer.

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J Zhejiang Univ Sci B ; 18(1): 15-26, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28070993

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Breast cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest morbidity and mortality. It is helpful to reduce the rate of tumor recurrence and metastasis by treating breast cancer with adjuvant chemotherapy, so as to increase the cure rate or survival of patients. In recent years, liposomes have been regarded as a kind of new carrier for targeted drugs. Being effective for enhancing drug efficacy and reducing side effects, they have been widely used for developing anticancer drugs. As a kind of anthracycline with high anticancer activity, doxorubicin can treat or alleviate a variety of malignant tumors effectively when it is used on its own or in combination with other anticancer drugs. Although liposomal doxorubicin has been extensively used in the adjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer, its exact therapeutic efficacy and side effects have not been definitely proven. Various clinical studies have adopted different combined regimes, dosages, and staging, so their findings differ to certain extent. This paper reviews the clinical application of liposomal doxorubicin in the adjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer and illustrates therapeutic effects and side effects of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) and non-PLD (NPLD) in clinical research, in order to discuss the strategies for applying these drugs in such adjuvant chemotherapy, looking forward to providing references for related research and clinical treatment in terms of dosage, staging, combined regimes, and analysis methods and so on.


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Neoplasias da Mama/tratamento farmacológico , Quimioterapia Adjuvante/métodos , Doxorrubicina/análogos & derivados , Animais , Antraciclinas/uso terapêutico , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Apoptose , Doxorrubicina/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Bicamadas Lipídicas , Metástase Neoplásica , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia , Polietilenoglicóis/química , Polietilenoglicóis/uso terapêutico , Prognóstico , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo
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J Biomed Mater Res A ; 105(1): 131-137, 2017 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27588709

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Tracking transplanted stem cells is necessary to clarify cellular properties and improve transplantation success. In this study, we designed and synthesized melanin-based gadolinium3+ (Gd3+ )-chelate nanoparticles (MNP-Gd3+ ) of ∼7 nm for stem cell tracking in vivo. MNP-Gd3+ possesses many beneficial properties, such as its high stability and sensitivity, shorter T1 relaxation time, higher cell labeling efficiency, and lower cytotoxicity compared with commercial imaging agents. We found that the T1 relaxivity (r1 ) of MNP-Gd3+ was significantly higher than that of Gd-DTPA; the nanoparticles were taken up by bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) via endocytosis and were broadly distributed in the cytoplasm. Based on an in vitro MTT assay, no cytotoxicity of labeled stem cells was observed for MNP-Gd3+ concentrations of less than 800 µg/mL. Furthermore, we tracked MNP-Gd3+ -labeled BMSCs in vivo using 3.0T MRI equipment. After intramuscular injection, MNP-Gd3+ -labeled BMSCs were detected, even after four weeks, by 3T MRI. We concluded that MNP-Gd3+ nanoparticles at appropriate concentrations can be used to effectively monitor and track BMSCs in vivo. MNP-Gd3+ nanoparticles have potential as a new positive MRI contrast agent in clinical applications. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 131-137, 2017.


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Células da Medula Óssea/citologia , Rastreamento de Células/métodos , Meios de Contraste , Gadolínio , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Melaninas , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/citologia , Nanopartículas , Animais , Células da Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Meios de Contraste/química , Meios de Contraste/farmacologia , Gadolínio/química , Gadolínio/farmacologia , Teste de Materiais , Melaninas/química , Melaninas/farmacologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/metabolismo , Nanopartículas/química , Nanopartículas/uso terapêutico , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Cancer Invest ; 34(3): 123-9, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26934461

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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu or HER2) has long been recognized as an attractive therapeutic target for breast cancer. The YVMA in-frame insertion at the residue G776 (G776(YVMA)) of HER2 kinase domain is a frequently observed mutation that can largely shift drug sensitivity in targeted therapy of HER2-positive breast cancer. Here, the molecular mechanism and biological significance of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) response to HER2 G776(YVMA) insertion were investigated in detail. An established protocol that integrated bioinformatics modeling and kinase inhibition assay was employed to examine the structural basis, energetic property, and biological implication underlying the intermolecular interaction between HER2 kinase domain and three representative TKIs, i.e. two FDA-approved drugs lapatinib and gefitinib as well as a pan-kinase inhibitor staurosporine. It was found that the insertion mutation can moderately sensitize lapatinib, but cannot influence the inhibitory capability of staurosporine essentially, suggesting that the two inhibitors exhibit differentiated selectivity between the wild-type HER2 (HER2(WT)) and HER2 G776(YVMA) (HER2(YVMA)) variant. In addition, the gefitinib, which was originally developed as EGFR inhibitor, only possesses modest potency against its noncogate target HER2(WT), and the insertion can further impair the potency, causing a strong resistance for the agent to HER2(YVMA) variant.


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Antineoplásicos/química , Neoplasias da Mama/tratamento farmacológico , Quinazolinas/química , Receptor ErbB-2/química , Sítios de Ligação , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Lapatinib , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Mutagênese Insercional , Ligação Proteica , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Receptor ErbB-2/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor ErbB-2/genética
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J Ethnopharmacol ; 150(1): 181-6, 2013 Oct 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23993908

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The deer velvet antler is well known for its traditional medicinal value, and is widely used in the clinic. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that the deer velvet antler replenishes vital essence and strengthens the bone. AIM OF THE STUDY: The goal of this study was to investigate the anti-osteoporotic effect of total velvet antler polypeptides from Cervus elaphus Linnaeus (TVAPL) on ovariectomized rats (OVX), and their possible mechanism of the action. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Wistar rats were divided into five groups: sham-operated group, OVX group, and OVX rats treated with 20, 40, or 60 mk/kg TVAPL for 12 weeks. Calcium and phosphorus levels, bone weight coefficient (BWC), bone mineral density (BMD), and bone mineral content (BMC) were evaluated. The MTT assay was used to measure the activities of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). In addition, cartilage cells and osteoblast-like cells were exposed to TVAPL, natural velvet antler polypeptides (nVAP), and synthetic velvet antler polypeptides (sVAP), to determine their effects on cell proliferation using the tritiated thymidine incorporation assay. Finally, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine the effects of nVAP and sVAP on cytokines related to bone metabolism. RESULTS: The administration of TVAPL for 12 weeks significantly reversed osteoporosis in OVX rats, thereby improving the BWC, BMD, BMC, and bone microarchitecture. IL-1 and IL-6 were significantly activated in the OVX group, and their activation was inhibited by TVAPL. In addition, nVAP and sVAP promoted the proliferation of cartilage and osteoblast-like cells (p<0.01 or p<0.001), and inhibited the secretion of IL-1α from THP-1 monocytic cells in vitro. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that TVAPL are effective in preventing bone loss in OVX rats. The effect of TVAPL on osteoporosis is due to inhibition of IL-1 and IL-6 by nVAP, and promotion of mitosis. sVAP has similar bioactivity as nVAP. Thus, both TVAPL and sVAP may be potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.


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Chifres de Veado/química , Conservadores da Densidade Óssea/uso terapêutico , Cervos , Osteoporose/tratamento farmacológico , Peptídeos/uso terapêutico , Animais , Densidade Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Conservadores da Densidade Óssea/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Feminino , Interleucina-1/metabolismo , Interleucina-1alfa/metabolismo , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Osteoporose/metabolismo , Osteoporose/fisiopatologia , Ovariectomia , Peptídeos/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Tíbia/efeitos dos fármacos , Tíbia/fisiologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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World J Gastroenterol ; 15(23): 2862-9, 2009 Jun 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19533807

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AIM: To observe the protective effect of Radix Astragali injection on immune organs (lymph nodes, spleen and thymus) of rats with obstructive jaundice (OJ) and its mechanism. METHODS: SD rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group, model control group and Radix Astragali treatment group. On days 7, 14, 21 and 28 after operation, mortality rate of rats, pathological changes in immune organs, expression levels of Bax and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB p65 proteins, apoptosis indexes and serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha level in spleen and thymus were observed, respectively. RESULTS: Compared to model control group, the number of dead OJ rats in Radix Astragali treatment group decreased (P > 0.05). The TNF-alpha level (27.62 +/- 12.61 vs 29.55 +/- 18.02, 24.61 +/- 9.09 vs 31.52 +/- 10.95) on days 7 and 21, the pathological severity score for spleen [0.0 (0.0) vs 0.0 (2.0) on days 7 and 14 and for lymph nodes [0.0 (1.0) vs 1.0 (2.0), 1.0 (0.0) vs 2.0 (1.0)] on days 21 and 28, the product staining intensity and positive rate of Bax protein in spleen [0.0 (0.0) vs 1.0 (2.0), 0.0 (1.0) vs 2.0 (1.5) and thymus [0.0 (0.0) vs 1.0 (2.0), 0.0 (1.0) vs 2.0 (1.5)] on days 14 and 28, the apoptotic indexes [0.0 (0.0) vs 0.0 (0.01)] in spleen and thymus [0.0 (0.0) vs 0.0 (0.01) on days 14 and 21 were significantly lower in Radix Astragali treatment group than in model control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Radix Astragali has protective effects on immune organs of OJ rats by relieving the pathological changes in immune organs, reducing TNF-alpha level and inhibiting Bax expression and apoptosis in spleen and thymus.


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Astrágalo/química , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/uso terapêutico , Icterícia Obstrutiva/tratamento farmacológico , Extratos Vegetais/uso terapêutico , Animais , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Icterícia Obstrutiva/patologia , Linfonodos/metabolismo , Linfonodos/patologia , Masculino , Distribuição Aleatória , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Baço/metabolismo , Baço/patologia , Timo/metabolismo , Timo/patologia , Fator de Transcrição RelA/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/metabolismo
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World J Gastroenterol ; 14(42): 6551-9, 2008 Nov 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19030211

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AIM: To investigate the protective effects and mechanisms of baicalin and octreotide on hepatic injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). METHODS: The SAP rat models were prepared and randomly assigned to the model control group, baicalin treated group, and octreotide treated group while other healthy rats were assigned to the sham-operated group. Rat mortality, levels of ALT, AST, liver and pancreas pathological changes in all groups were observed at 3, 6 and 12 h after operation. Tissue microarray (TMA) sections of hepatic tissue were prepared to observe expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2 protein and caspase-3, and changes of apoptotic indexes. RESULTS: Rat survival at 12 h, expression levels of Bax, caspase-3 protein and apoptotic indexes of liver were all significantly higher in treated groups than in model control group. While the liver and pancreas pathological scores, contents of ALT, AST, and expression levels of Bcl-2 protein were all lower in treated groups than in the model control group. CONCLUSION: Both baicalin and octreotide can protect rats with SAP by decreasing the contents of ALT, AST and expression levels of Bcl-2 protein, and improving the expression levels of Bax protein, caspase-3 protein, and inducing apoptosis.


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Flavonoides/farmacologia , Hepatopatias/prevenção & controle , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Octreotida/farmacologia , Pancreatite/tratamento farmacológico , Substâncias Protetoras/farmacologia , Doença Aguda , Alanina Transaminase/sangue , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Aspartato Aminotransferases/sangue , Caspase 3/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Fígado/metabolismo , Fígado/patologia , Hepatopatias/etiologia , Hepatopatias/metabolismo , Hepatopatias/patologia , Masculino , Pancreatite/complicações , Pancreatite/metabolismo , Pancreatite/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Ácido Taurocólico , Fatores de Tempo , Análise Serial de Tecidos , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/metabolismo
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World J Gastroenterol ; 14(22): 3511-7, 2008 Jun 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18567079

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AIM: To study the influence and mechanisms of dexamethasone on mesenteric lymph node of rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). METHODS: The SAP rats were assigned to model, treated or sham-operated groups. The mortality, pathological changes of mesenteric lymph nodes, expression levels of NF-kappa B, P-selectin, Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase-3 protein and changes in apoptotic indexes in lymph nodes were observed at 3, 6 and 12 h after operation. The blood levels of endotoxin, superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), and endothelin-1 (ET-1) in blood were determined. RESULTS: SOD content, expression of Bax protein and apoptotic index were significantly higher in the treated group than in the model group at different time points (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Other blood-detecting indexes and histopathological scores of mesenteric lymph nodes were lower in the treated than in the model group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01 or P < 0.01). NF-kappa B protein expression was negative in all groups. Comparing P-selectin and caspase-3 expression levels among all three groups, there was no marked difference between the model and treated group. CONCLUSION: Dexamethasone can protect mesenteric lymph nodes. The mechanism may be by reducing the content of inflammatory mediators in the blood and inducing lymphocyte apoptosis.


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Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Dexametasona/farmacologia , Linfonodos/efeitos dos fármacos , Mesentério/efeitos dos fármacos , Pancreatite/metabolismo , Pancreatite/patologia , Doença Aguda , Animais , Apoptose , Caspase 3/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Endotelina-1/sangue , Linfonodos/metabolismo , Linfonodos/patologia , Masculino , Malondialdeído/sangue , Mesentério/metabolismo , Mesentério/patologia , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Selectina-P/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Superóxido Dismutase/sangue , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/metabolismo
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Dig Dis Sci ; 53(2): 297-306, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17597411

RESUMO

The onset of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is clinically harmful as it may rapidly progress from a local pancreatic inflammation into proemial systemic inflammatory reactions. Patients with SAP have a high mortality, with most cases of death resulting from complications involving the failure of organs other than the pancreas. The distinctive feature of SAP is that once it starts, it may aggrevate the clinical condition of the patient continuously, so that the levels of injury to the other organs surpass the severity of the pancreatic lesion, even causing multiple organ failure and, ultimately, death. In clinical practice, the main complications in terms of organ dysfunctions are shock, acute respiratory failure, acute renal failure, among others. The acute renal injury caused by SAP is not only able to aggravate the state of pancreatitis, but it also develops into renal failure and elevates patients' mortality. Studies have found that the injury due to massive inflammatory mediators, microcirculation changes and apoptosis, among others, may play important roles in the pathogenic mechanism of acute renal injury.


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Pancreatite/fisiopatologia , Doença Aguda , Animais , Humanos , Hiperuricemia/fisiopatologia , Mediadores da Inflamação/fisiologia , Rim/fisiopatologia , Microcirculação/fisiologia , NF-kappa B/fisiologia , Pancreatite/complicações , Fosfolipases A2/fisiologia , Fator de Ativação de Plaquetas/fisiologia , Tripsina/sangue , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/fisiologia
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