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Dysphagia ; 38(5): 1398-1405, 2023 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37093276

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This study determined the surface electromyography (sEMG) characteristics of healthy Chinese adults during swallowing to provide a reference for the clinical differential diagnosis of swallowing and dysphagia. sEMG was performed on 187 healthy adults to obtain quantitative information on normal pharyngeal swallowing. The evaluated parameters included the timing and amplitude of sEMG activity in the submental and infrahyoid muscles. A normative database was constructed for the timing and amplitude of muscle activity during pharyngeal swallowing. Results indicated that the duration of sEMG activity was related to the age of the patient; the duration gradually increasing with age. Similarly, the duration of the sEMG activity was associated with the type of swallowing. The duration of the sEMG activity was similar for dry and wet swallowing but was significantly different for excessive swallowing. The mean amplitude of sEMG activity for the submental and infrahyoid muscles was not significantly associated with patient age. A significant correlation between the mean amplitude of sEMG activity and the types of normal swallowing was observed in infrahyoid, but not in submental muscle activity. This study is the first report on the establishment of a normative database for the duration and amplitude of muscle activity based on sEMG analysis of pharyngeal swallowing in healthy Chinese adults.


Asunto(s)
Trastornos de Deglución , Deglución , Adulto , Humanos , Deglución/fisiología , Electromiografía/métodos , Pueblos del Este de Asia , Trastornos de Deglución/diagnóstico , Músculos del Cuello
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Anal Chem ; 94(50): 17606-17615, 2022 12 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36473140

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The amine submetabolome, including amino acids (AAs) and biogenic amines (BAs), is a class of small molecular compounds exhibiting important physiological activities. Here, a new pyrylium salt named 6,7-dimethoxy-3-methyl isochromenylium tetrafluoroborate ([d0]-DMMIC) with stable isotope-labeled reagents ([d3]-/[d6]-DMMIC) was designed and synthesized for amino compounds. [d0]-/[d3]-/[d6]-DMMIC-derivatized had a charged tag and formed a set of molecular ions with an increase of 3.02 m/z and the characteristic fragment ions of m/z 204.1:207.1:210.1. When DMMIC coupled with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), a systematic methodology evaluation for quantitation proved to have good linearity (R2 between 0.9904 and 0.9998), precision (interday: 2.2-21.9%; intraday: 1.0-19.7%), and accuracy (recovery: 71.8-108.8%) through the test AAs. Finally, the methods based on DMMIC and LC-MS demonstrated the advantaged application by the nontargeted screening of BAs in a common medicinal herb Senecio scandens and an analysis of metabolic differences among the amine submetabolomes between the carcinoma and paracarcinoma tissues of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A total of 20 BA candidates were discovered in S. scandens as well as the finding of 13 amine metabolites might be the highest-potential differential metabolites in ESCC. The results showed the ability of DMMIC coupled with LC-MS to analyze the amine submetabolome in herbs and clinical tissues.


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias Esofágicas , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Esófago , Humanos , Cromatografía Liquida/métodos , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/métodos , Aminoácidos/química , Aminas Biogénicas , Cloruro de Sodio , Isótopos de Carbono/química
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Anal Chem ; 93(50): 16862-16872, 2021 12 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34894659

RESUMEN

Endogenous guanidino compounds (GCs), nitrogen-containing metabolites, have very important physiological activities and participate in biochemical processes. Therefore, accurately characterizing the distribution of endogenous GCs and monitoring their concentration variations are of great significance. In this work, a new derivatization reagent, 4,4'-bis[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]benzyl (BDMAPB), with isotope-coded reagents was designed and synthesized for doubly charged labeling of GCs. BDMAPB-derivatized GCs not only promote the MS signal but also form multicharged quasimolecular ions and abundant fragment ions. With this reagent, an isotope-coded doubly charged labeling (ICDCL) strategy was developed for endogenous GCs with high-resolution liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF MS). The core of this methodology is a 4-fold multiplexed set of [d0]-/[d4]-/[d8]-/[d12]-BDMAPB that yields isotope-coded derivatized GCs. Following a methodological assessment, good linear responses in the range of 25 nM to 1 µM with correlation coefficients over 0.99 were achieved. The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation were below 5 and 25 nM, respectively. The intra- and interday precisions were less than 18%, and the accuracy was in the range of 77.3-122.0%. The percentage recovery in tissues was in the range of 85.1-113.7%. The results indicate that the developed method facilitates long-term testing and ensures accuracy and reliability. Finally, the method was applied for the simultaneous analysis of endogenous GCs in four types of lung tissues (solid adenocarcinoma, solid squamous-cell carcinoma, ground-glass carcinoma, and paracancerous tissues) for absolute quantification, nontargeted screening, and metabolic difference analysis. It is strongly believed that ICDCL combined with isotope-coded BDMAPB will benefit the analysis and study of endogenous GCs.


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias Pulmonares , Humanos , Isótopos , Pulmón , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
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Acta Pharmacol Sin ; 42(3): 451-459, 2021 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32678313

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Osimertinib (AZD9291) has been widely used for the treatment of EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer. However, resistance to osimertinib is inevitable. In this study we elucidated the molecular mechanisms of resistance in osimertinib-resistant NCI-H1975/OSIR cells. We showed that NCI-H1975/OSIR cells underwent epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which conferred sensitivity to the GPX4 inhibitor 1S, 3R-RSL3 to induce ferroptotic cell death. The EMT occurrence resulted from osimertinib-induced upregulation of TGFß2 that activated SMAD2. On the other hand, we revealed that NCI-H1975/OSIR cells were highly dependent on NF-κB pathway for survival, since treatment with the NF-κB pathway inhibitor BAY 11-7082 or genetic silence of p65 caused much greater cell death as compared with the parental NCI-H1975 cells. In NCI-H1975 cells, osimertinib activated NF-κB pathway, evidenced by the increased p65 nuclear translocation, which was abolished by knockdown of TGFß2. In the cancer genome atlas lung adenocarcinoma data, TGFB2 transcript abundance significantly correlated with EMT-associated genes and NF-κB pathway. In addition, coexistence of EMT and activation of NF-κB pathway was observed in several NCI-H1975/OSIR clones. These findings shed new light on distinct roles of TGFß2 in osimertinib-resistant cells and provide new strategies for treatment of this resistant status.


Asunto(s)
Acrilamidas/farmacología , Compuestos de Anilina/farmacología , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/fisiología , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/fisiología , Subunidad p50 de NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/fisiología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Carbolinas/farmacología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efectos de los fármacos , Ferroptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Proteína Smad2/metabolismo
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J Nat Prod ; 83(12): 3502-3510, 2020 12 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33253570

RESUMEN

Nine new limonoids, meliazedarines A-I (1-9), seven known analogues (10-16), and five known triterpenoids (17-21) were isolated from the fruits of Melia azedarach. Their structures were determined by analysis of 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, X-ray diffraction, and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data. Compound 7 showed significant cytotoxicity against the HCT116 cell line with IC50 values of 0.3 ± 0.1 µM.


Asunto(s)
Limoninas/aislamiento & purificación , Melia azedarach/química , Triterpenos/aislamiento & purificación , Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/química , Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/aislamiento & purificación , Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/farmacología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Humanos , Limoninas/química , Limoninas/farmacología , Estructura Molecular , Análisis Espectral/métodos , Triterpenos/química , Triterpenos/farmacología
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Acta Pharmacol Sin ; 41(5): 698-705, 2020 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32047261

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Norditerpenoids and dinorditerpenoids represent diterpenoids widely distributed in the genus Podocarpus with notable chemical structures and biological activities. We previously reported that nagilactone E (NLE), a dinorditerpenoid isolated from Podocarpus nagi, possessed anticancer effects against lung cancer cells in vitro. In this study we investigated the in vivo effect of NLE against lung cancer as well as the underlying mechanisms. We administered NLE (10 mg·kg-1·d-1, ip) to CB-17/SCID mice bearing human lung cancer cell line A549 xenograft for 3 weeks. We found that NLE administration significantly suppressed the tumor growth without obvious adverse effects. Thereafter, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis was performed to study the mechanisms of NLE. The effects of NLE on A549 cells have been illustrated by GO and pathway enrichment analyses. CMap dataset analysis supported NLE to be a potential protein synthesis inhibitor. The inhibitory effect of NLE on synthesis of total de novo protein was confirmed in Click-iT assay. Using the pcDNA3-RLUC-POLIRES-FLUC luciferase assay we further demonstrated that NLE inhibited both cap-dependent and cap-independent translation. Finally, molecular docking revealed the low-energy binding conformations of NLE and its potential target RIOK2. In conclusion, NLE is a protein synthesis inhibitor with anticancer activity.


Asunto(s)
Factor de Transcripción Activador 4/antagonistas & inhibidores , Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Inhibidor p21 de las Quinasas Dependientes de la Ciclina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Diterpenos/farmacología , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/antagonistas & inhibidores , Inhibidores de la Síntesis de la Proteína/farmacología , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/antagonistas & inhibidores , Células A549 , Factor de Transcripción Activador 4/biosíntesis , Factor de Transcripción Activador 4/genética , Animales , Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Antineoplásicos/aislamiento & purificación , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Biología Computacional , Inhibidor p21 de las Quinasas Dependientes de la Ciclina/biosíntesis , Inhibidor p21 de las Quinasas Dependientes de la Ciclina/genética , Diterpenos/administración & dosificación , Diterpenos/aislamiento & purificación , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Humanos , Inyecciones Intraperitoneales , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones SCID , Simulación del Acoplamiento Molecular , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/biosíntesis , Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2/genética , Neoplasias Experimentales/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Experimentales/metabolismo , Neoplasias Experimentales/patología , Inhibidores de la Síntesis de la Proteína/administración & dosificación , Inhibidores de la Síntesis de la Proteína/aislamiento & purificación , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/biosíntesis , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/genética , Células Tumorales Cultivadas
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Analyst ; 144(16): 4835-4840, 2019 Aug 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31290495

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The utility of adding ion mobility (IM) to quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (IM-QTOF MS) for highly effective analysis of multiple pesticides in complex matrices was evaluated. Based on an in-house IM-MS database, the identification was performed through the match of the protonated ion ([M + H]+) and the CCS value. Moreover, the structural confirmation was achieved by using the accurate masses of [M + H]+ with its fragment ions, and the reference CCS value. The method did not require chromatographic separation and the analysis time of each measurement cycle is 1.6 min. The "cleaned" IM-MS spectra afforded by the drift time filtration improved the reliability of structural confirmation. As a result, the limit of detection (LOD) of 92% of test pesticides under the APCI mode and 58% of test pesticides under the ESI mode spiked in scallion was not more than 20 ng mL-1. In the analysis of practical samples, the identification of pyrimethanil was confirmed in celery, and benalaxyl and tebuconazole were identified as false positives in scallion. The time-saving, extended-scope and high-throughput method described in this work is capable of determining multiple pesticide residues in complex matrices with high sensitivity for monitoring applications.

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Ren Fail ; 40(1): 266-272, 2018 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29619864

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OBJECTIVE: In this research, we explored the molecular mechanism of proteinuria in glomerulosclerosis rats and the protective effects of ATRA. METHODS: This research set up three groups: SHO group, GS group, and ATRA group (15 mg/(kg d), Sigma, St. Louis, MO). The serum creatinine (Scr), urea nitrogen (BUN), and 24-h proteinuria were detected 12 weeks after administration of ATRA. The pathological and ultrastructure changes were observed under light microscope and transmission electron microscope. The protein expression of TGF-ß1 and Col-IV in glomerulus was detected by immunohitochemistry method. The mRNA and the protein expression of glomerular TRPC6 were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: In the rat model of GS, the expressions of TRPC6 were significantly elevated compared with the normal rat group; however, the use of ATRA down-regulated the expression of TRPC6 in the glomeruli and attenuated glomerulosclerosis and proteinuria. Scr and BUN were also improved by the treatment of ATRA. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated that ATRA could ameliorate glomerulosclerosis and proteinuria in GS, which may be related to suppressed expression of TRPC6.


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Glomeruloesclerosis Focal y Segmentaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteinuria/tratamiento farmacológico , Canales Catiónicos TRPC/metabolismo , Tretinoina/uso terapéutico , Animales , Colágeno Tipo IV/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Regulación hacia Abajo , Doxorrubicina/toxicidad , Glomeruloesclerosis Focal y Segmentaria/inducido químicamente , Glomeruloesclerosis Focal y Segmentaria/patología , Glomeruloesclerosis Focal y Segmentaria/orina , Glomérulos Renales/metabolismo , Glomérulos Renales/patología , Glomérulos Renales/ultraestructura , Masculino , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Proteinuria/inducido químicamente , Proteinuria/patología , Proteinuria/orina , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Canales Catiónicos TRPC/genética , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Tretinoina/farmacología
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Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj ; 1861(2): 256-263, 2017 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27888146

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Cancer of the skin is by far the most common of all cancers. Melanoma accounts for only about 1% of skin cancers but causes a large majority of skin cancer deaths. Autotaxin (ATX), also known as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 2 (ENPP2), regulates physiological and pathological functions of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), and is thus an important therapeutic target. METHODS: We synthesized ten metal-based complexes and a novel cyclometalated rhodium(III) complex 1 was identified as an ATX enzymatic inhibitor using multiple methods, including ATX enzymatic assay, thermal shift assay, western immunoblotting and so on. RESULTS: Protein thermal shift assays showed that 1 increased the melting temperature (Tm) of ATX by 3.5°C. 1 also reduced ATX-LPA mediated downstream survival signal pathway proteins such as ERK and AKT, and inhibited the activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). 1 also exhibited strong anti-proliferative activity against A2058 melanoma cells (IC50=0.58µM). Structure-activity relationship indicated that both the rhodium(III) center and the auxiliary ligands of complex 1 are important for bioactivity. CONCLUSIONS: 1 represents a promising scaffold for the development of small-molecule ATX inhibitors for anti-tumor applications. To our knowledge, complex 1 is the first metal-based ATX inhibitor reported to date. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: Rhodium complexes will have the increased attention in therapeutic and bioanalytical applications.


Asunto(s)
Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/farmacología , Melanoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Hidrolasas Diéster Fosfóricas/metabolismo , Rodio/farmacología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Lisofosfolípidos/farmacología , Melanoma/metabolismo , Complejos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Fosfodiesterasa I/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Relación Estructura-Actividad
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Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi ; 19(6): 719-723, 2017 Jun.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28606243

RESUMEN

All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is a vitamin A derivative and plays an important role in the regulation of cell aggregation, differentiation, apoptosis, proliferation, and inflammatory response. In recent years, some progress has been made in the role of ATRA in renal diseases, especially its protective effect on podocytes. This article reviews the research advances in podocyte injury, characteristics of ATRA, podocyte differentiation and regeneration induced by ATRA, and the protective effect of ATRA against proliferation, deposition of fibers, and apoptosis.


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Citoprotección , Podocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Tretinoina/farmacología , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Diferenciación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Podocitos/fisiología
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 30(24): 2655-2663, 2016 Dec 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27723938

RESUMEN

RATIONALE: In order to improve analysis of analytes in trace amounts in a complex matrix, we developed a novel post-processing method, named Chromatographic Peak Reconstruction (CPR), to process the recorded data from gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC/TOFMS). METHODS: For a trace ion, the relative deviation (δ) between the adjacent scanned mass-to-charge ratios (m/z) was found to be inversely proportional to its MS peak intensity. Based on this relationship, the thresholds of δ value within the specified intensity segments were estimated by the CPR and used to screen out the suspicious scan-points in the extracted ion chromatographic (EIC) peak. Then, the intensities of these suspicious scan-points were calibrated to reconstruct a new EIC peak. RESULTS: In the qualitative analysis of 118 pesticides, 107 out of the test pesticides can be confirmed. The corrected response ratios of the qualitative ion (q) over the quantitative ion (Q), q/Q, became closer to their references. In the quantitative analysis of 10 test pesticides at 5 ppb, the relative errors of the calculated concentrations after using the CPR were below ±1.55%, down from ±2.29% without using the CPR. CONCLUSIONS: The developed CPR showed great potential in the analysis of trace analytes in complex matrices. It was proved to be a helpful data processing method for the monitoring of trace pesticide residues. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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J Recept Signal Transduct Res ; 35(4): 258-68, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25359573

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ (PPARγ) can regulate the process of cell apoptosis and is related to the progression of renal disorders. Retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα) is one of the nuclear receptors involved in a variety of kidney diseases. Renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) is a common denominator of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study investigated whether a potential signaling pathway existed between PPARγ and RARα in RIF rats with unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). The rats were randomly divided into four groups: a model group subjected to UUO (GU), and three other groups treated with rosiglitazone sodium (GRS), GW9662 and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), n = 40, respectively. Renal tissues were collected two and four weeks after post-surgery. The relevant indicators were detected. In comparison with the GU group, the expressions of PPARγ and RARα (protein and mRNA) were increased in the GRS group, and decreased in the GW9662 group (all p < 0.01). The RIF index, mRNA and protein expression of transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1), and the protein expressions of collagen-IV (Col-IV) and fibronectin (FN) in the GRS group were more markedly reduced than those in the GU group; their levels in the GW9662 group were elevated (all p < 0.01). PPARγ or RARα was negatively correlated to the RIF index, TGF-ß1, Col-IV and FN. PPARγ was positively correlated with RARα (all p < 0.01). In conclusion, PPARγ agonist can elevate the expression of PPARγ or RARα in RIF rats. There might be a potential signaling pathway between PPARγ and RARα in RIF disease.


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PPAR gamma/metabolismo , Receptores de Ácido Retinoico/metabolismo , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/metabolismo , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/patología , Animales , Colágeno Tipo IV/metabolismo , Fibronectinas/metabolismo , Fibrosis , Expresión Génica , Inmunohistoquímica , Riñón/metabolismo , Riñón/patología , Masculino , PPAR gamma/genética , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Receptores de Ácido Retinoico/genética , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/genética , Receptor alfa de Ácido Retinoico , Transducción de Señal , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/genética , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo
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Acta Pharmacol Sin ; 36(12): 1503-13, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26592509

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AIM: Platycodin D, the main saponin isolated from Chinese herb Platycodonis Radix, exhibits anticancer activities against various cancer cell lines. Here we evaluated its anticancer action against human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo, and elucidated the relationship between platycodin D-induced apoptosis and autophagy. METHODS: The viability of human hepatocellular carcinoma BEL-7402 cells was evaluated with MTT assay, and the apoptosis was examined using Annexin V/PI and Hoechst 33342 staining assays. Monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining was used to label autophagic vacuoles. The proteins were detected using Western blot analysis. For studying its anticancer action in vivo, platycodin D (5 and 10 mg· kg(-1)·d(-1)) was intraperitoneally injected to BEL-7402-bearing mice for 21 days. RESULTS: Platycodin D (5-40 µmol/L) inhibited the cell proliferation in vitro with IC50 values of 37.70±3.99, 24.30±2.30 and 19.70±2.36 µmol/L at 24, 48 and 72 h, respectively. Platycodin D (5-20 µmol/L) dose-dependently increased BEL-7402 cell apoptosis, increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and the levels of cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase-3, and decreased the level of Bcl-2. Furthermore, platycodin D (5-20 µmol/L) induced autophagy in BEL-7402 cells, as evidenced by formation of cytoplasmic vacuoles, increased amounts of LC3-II, and increased numbers of MDC-positive cells. Pretreatment with the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine (5 µmol/L) or BAF (50 nmol/L) significantly enhanced platycodin D-induced proliferation inhibition and apoptosis. Moreover, platycodin D (20 µmol/L) activated the ERK and JNK pathways in BEL-7402 cells, and simultaneous blockage of the two pathways effectively suppressed platycodin D-induced autophagy and enhanced platycodin D-induced apoptosis. In BEL-7402-bearing mice, platycodin D (10 mg·kg(-1)•d(-1)) significantly reduced relative tumor volume with decreased body weight. CONCLUSION: Platycodin D not only inhibits the proliferation of BEL-7402 cells but also suppresses BEL-7402 xenograft tumor growth. Platycodin D-induced cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis are amplified by co-treatment with autophagy inhibitors.


Asunto(s)
Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/uso terapéutico , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas/efectos de los fármacos , Saponinas/uso terapéutico , Triterpenos/uso terapéutico , Animales , Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/farmacología , Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/metabolismo , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Femenino , Humanos , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/patología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Desnudos , Platycodon/química , Saponinas/farmacología , Triterpenos/farmacología
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Planta Med ; 81(18): 1670-87, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26695708

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Licorice (Gancao in Chinese) has been used worldwide as a botanical source in medicine and as a sweetening agent in food products for thousands of years. Triterpene saponins and flavonoids are its main ingredients that exhibit a variety of biological activities, including hepatoprotective, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and anticancer effects among others. This review attempts to summarize the current knowledge on the anticancer properties and mechanisms of the compounds isolated from licorice and obtain new insights for further research and development of licorice. A broad spectrum of in vitro and in vivo studies have recently demonstrated that the mixed extracts and purified compounds from licorice exhibit evident anticancer properties by inhibition of proliferation, induction of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, autophagy, differentiation, suppression of metastasis, angiogenesis, and sensitization of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. A combined treatment of licorice compounds and clinical chemotherapy drugs remarkably enhances anticancer effects and reduces the side effects of chemotherapeutics. Furthermore, glycyrrhizic acid and glycyrrhetinic acid in licorice have been indicated to present obvious liver-targeting effects in targeted drug delivery systems for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.


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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/farmacología , Glycyrrhiza , Animales , Antineoplásicos/química , Glycyrrhiza/química , Humanos
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Phytother Res ; 29(5): 674-9, 2015 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25641124

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Baicalein (BA), isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Scutellariae radix (Huangqin in Chinese), is a flavonoid with various pharmacological effects. Herein, we found that BA only slightly reduced the cell viability on HepG2 cells after 24-h treatment as determined by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. However, BA (50 µM) effectively blocked the colony formation. Meanwhile, BA remarkably induced the formation of autophagosomes after 24-h treatment as determined by immunofluorescence with monodansylcadaverine staining as well as transmission electron microscopy, respectively. Moreover, BA obviously up-regulated the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3-II in concentration-dependent and time-dependent manners in HepG2 cells. When combined with the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine and BA, the cell viability and colony formation were significantly decreased, indicating that BA triggered protective autophagy, which prevented cell death. Further study showed that BA concentration-dependently and time-dependently decreased the expression of p-AKT (S473), p-ULK1 (S757) and p-4EBP1 (T37 and S65), suggesting the involvement of protein kinase B (AKT)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in BA-triggered autophagy.


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Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patología , Flavanonas/farmacología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Células Hep G2/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Proteínas Asociadas a Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismo
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Sci Technol Adv Mater ; 16(6): 065004, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27877846

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We report herein the use of an exonuclease III and G-quadruplex probe to construct a G-quadruplex-based luminescence detection platform for Hg2+. Unlike common DNA-based Hg2+ detection methods, when using the dsDNA probe to monitor the hairpin formation, the intercalation of the dsDNA probe may be influenced by the distortion of dsDNA. This 'mix-and-detect' methodology utilized the G-quadruplex probe as the signal transducer and is simple, rapid, convenient to use and can detect down to 20 nM of Hg2+.

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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 40(4): 588-93, 2015 Feb.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26137674

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Dried roots and rhizomes of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) are among the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines in clinic. The material basis for its efficacy mainly includes hydrophobic tanshinones and hydrophilic salvianolic acids. The traditional effects of Danshen are "removing stasis and relieving pain, activating blood to promote menstruation, clearing heart fire and tranquilization". According to modern pharmacological studies, Danshen and its main components have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular protective effect. Recent studies showed that Danshen and its main components also demonstrated protective effects on liver injury models induced by carbon tetrachloride, D-galactosamine, acetaminophen and alcohol. In this paper, the hepatoprotective effect and mechanism of Danshen were summarized and studied.


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Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/química , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/farmacología , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Sustancias Protectoras/química , Sustancias Protectoras/farmacología , Salvia miltiorrhiza/química , Animales , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Humanos
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 40(24): 4797-804, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27245025

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The DNA structures could be altered or even damaged by exogeous or endogenous factors during cell proliferation. Failure of effective and timely repair will lead to cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. By taking the advantage of the quick proliferation of cancer cells, DNA damage induction, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis promotion have become important strategies for ant-cancer chemotherapy. Previous reports showed that an array of natural compounds inhibit cancer cell proliferation by inducing DNA damage, which have therapeutic potentials for anti-cancer drug research and development.


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Productos Biológicos/uso terapéutico , Daño del ADN , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico , Animales , Productos Biológicos/farmacología , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/uso terapéutico , Humanos
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 40(17): 3416-22, 2015 Sep.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26978983

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Cancer, an abnormal cell proliferation resulted from multi-factors,has the highest morbidity and mortality among all the serious diseases. Considerable progress has been made in cancer biology in recent years. Tumor immunology, cancer stem cells (CSCs), autophagy, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) have become hot topics of interests in this area. Detailed dissection of these biological processes will provide novel directions, targets, and strategies for the pharmacological evaluation, mechanism elucidation, and new drug development of traditional Chinese medicine.


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Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/administración & dosificación , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/administración & dosificación , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico , Animales , Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos/química , Humanos , Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias/inmunología , Neoplasias/fisiopatología
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J Recept Signal Transduct Res ; 34(5): 378-85, 2014 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24694005

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All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) can regulate some specific genes expression in various tissue and cells via nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs), including three subtypes: retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RAR-α), retinoic acid receptor-beta (RAR-ß) and retinoic acid receptor-gamma (RAR-γ). Podocyte injury plays a pivotal role in the progression of glomerulosclerosis (GS). This study was performed to study the potential signal pathway of ATRA in the expression of matrix metalloproteinases-2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) in injury podocyte. Cells were divided into three groups: group of negative control (NC), group of injury podocyte induced by adriamycin (ADR) (AI) and group of ADR inducing podocyte injury model treated with ATRA (AA). The cells morphology changes were detected using microscope and scanning electron microscopy. MMP-2 and MMP-9 enzymic activity was detected using the gelatin zymography method. Protein and mRNA expressions of MMP-2, MMP-9, RAR-α, RAR-ß and RAR-γ were measured by western-blot and real-time RT-PCR. Enzymatic activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in group AA was significantly enhanced compared to AI group after ATRA-treated 24 h (p < 0.05). The protein and mRNA expressions of MMP-2/MMP-9 in group AA were significantly increased than those in group AI at both 12 and 24 h time points (p < 0.05). Compared to group AI, RAR-α and RAR-γ protein/mRNA expressions of group AA were significantly increased at both 12 and 24 h time points (p < 0.05). There was no difference for the expression of RAR-ß between group AI and group AA (p > 0.05). RAR-α protein level was positively correlated with MMP-2 or MMP-9 protein expression (p < 0.05), and RAR-γ protein level was also positively correlated with MMP-2 or MMP-9 protein expression (p < 0.05). In conclusion, ATRA may increase expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 by the potential signal pathway of RAR-α and RAR-γ in injury podocyte induced by adriamycin, but not RAR-ß.


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Doxorrubicina/farmacología , Metaloproteinasa 2 de la Matriz/metabolismo , Metaloproteinasa 9 de la Matriz/metabolismo , Podocitos/metabolismo , Podocitos/patología , Transducción de Señal/fisiología , Tretinoina/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular , Tamaño de la Célula/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/fisiología , Ratones , Podocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos
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