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Background: A comprehensive approach to drug repositioning will be required to overcome translational hurdles and identify more neuroprotective drugs. Results & methods: Gene Set Enrichment Analysis was applied to identify related pathways and enriched genes. Candidate genes were optimized using ToppGene, ToppGenet and pBRIT. From the perspective of the local structures, gene-domain-substructure-drug relationships were constructed. Using the MCODE algorithm and K-means clustering, 31 functional subnetworks were obtained, and 252 drugs with proposed neuroprotective function were identified. Using computational analysis, 72 substructures with different scores were found to correspond to neuroprotective functions. The protective effects of benidipine and barnidipine were confirmed in vitro. Conclusion: The authors' research has great potential to discover more neuroprotective drugs and obtain more information regarding mechanisms of action and functional substructures.
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Biologia Computacional/métodos , Reposicionamento de Medicamentos , AVC Isquêmico/tratamento farmacológico , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/uso terapêutico , Algoritmos , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular , Di-Hidropiridinas/química , Di-Hidropiridinas/farmacologia , Di-Hidropiridinas/uso terapêutico , Descoberta de Drogas , Humanos , AVC Isquêmico/genética , AVC Isquêmico/patologia , Camundongos , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/química , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/farmacologia , Nifedipino/análogos & derivados , Nifedipino/química , Nifedipino/farmacologia , Nifedipino/uso terapêutico , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Sorafenib is a kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of primary kidney cancer, advanced primary liver cancer, and radioactive iodine resistant advanced thyroid carcinoma. However, sorafenib usually causes serious side effects, which limit its antitumor effect. Nanoparticle based drug delivery systems have been widely used to enhance the therapeutic effects and reduce the side effects of this drug by the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Herein, to improve the therapeutic effect of sorafenib, we developed poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PEG-PLGA) based nanoparticles by a dialysis method for sorafenib encapsulation. After intravenous injection of the sorafenib loaded nanoparticles (NPsorafenib), the tumor growth of mice bearing B16-F10, MC38 and LLC tumor was significantly inhibited. Meanwhile, the dose of sorafenib was reduced to one ninth and the side effects on the hematopoietic system and immune system were abrogated. More importantly, the tumor growth inhibition effect of NPsorafenib was dramatically reduced in B16-F10 bearing Rag1-/- mice which are adaptive immune cell defective, indicating that the antitumor effects of NPsorafenib are dependent on the adaptive immune cells. These results emphasize the indispensable role of the adaptive immune system in nano-drug mediated antitumor effects and the adaptive immune system should be considered as an important factor for clinical applications.
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Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Imunidade Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Nanopartículas/química , Neoplasias Experimentais/tratamento farmacológico , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Compostos de Fenilureia/administração & dosagem , Animais , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/metabolismo , Linfócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Niacinamida/administração & dosagem , Niacinamida/efeitos adversos , Niacinamida/farmacocinética , Compostos de Fenilureia/efeitos adversos , Compostos de Fenilureia/farmacocinética , Poliésteres/química , Polietilenoglicóis/química , SorafenibeRESUMO
AIM: Tubeimoside-1 (TBMS1), a triterpenoid saponin extracted from the Chinese herbal medicine Bolbostemma paniculatum (Maxim) Franquet (Cucurbitaceae), has shown anticancer activities in various cancer cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate the anticancer activity and molecular targets of TBMS1 in human prostate cancer cells in vitro. METHODS: DU145 and P3 human prostate cancer cells were treated with TBMS1. Cell viability and apoptosis were detected. ROS generation, mitochondrial membrane potential and cell cycle profile were examined. Western blotting was used to measure the expression of relevant proteins in the cells. RESULTS: TBMS1 (5-100 µmol/L) significantly suppressed the viability of DU145 and P3 cells with IC50 values of approximately 10 and 20 µmol/L, respectively. Furthermore, TBMS1 dose-dependently induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase in DU145 and P3 cells. In DU145 cells, TBMS1 induced mitochondrial apoptosis, evidenced by ROS generation, mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum stress, modulated Bcl-2 family protein and cleaved caspase-3, and activated ASK-1 and its downstream targets p38 and JNK. The G0/G1 phase arrest was linked to increased expression of p53 and p21 and decreased expression of cyclin E and cdk2. Co-treatment with Z-VAD-FMK (pan-caspase inhibitor) could attenuate TBMS1-induced apoptosis but did not prevent G0/G1 arrest. Moreover, co-treatment with NAC (ROS scavenger), SB203580 (p38 inhibitor), SP600125 (JNK inhibitor) or salubrinal (ER stress inhibitor) significantly attenuated TBMS1-induced apoptosis. CONCLUSION: TBMS1 induces oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis in DU145 human prostate cancer cells in vitro via the mitochondrial pathway.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Fase G1/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Fase de Repouso do Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Saponinas/farmacologia , Triterpenos/farmacologia , Acetilcisteína/farmacologia , Clorometilcetonas de Aminoácidos/farmacologia , Antracenos/farmacologia , Caspase 3 , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Cinamatos/farmacologia , Ciclina E/metabolismo , Quinase 2 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinase 5/metabolismo , Masculino , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Piridinas/farmacologia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Saponinas/antagonistas & inibidores , Tioureia/análogos & derivados , Tioureia/farmacologia , Triterpenos/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Quinases p38 Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismoRESUMO
Alantolactone, a sesquiterpene lactone containing an α-methylene-γ-lactone group, is the active component of Inula helenium (Compositae), a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It has been reported that alantolactone has the capacity to inhibit tumor cell growth through induction of apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of alantolactone in the adriamycin (ADR)-resistant human erythroleukemia cell line K562/ADR, and provide evidence that it might function as a potent therapeutic agent in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients with Bcr/Abl and the multidrug-resistance phenotype. Our results showed that alantolactone significantly inhibited K562/ADR cell growth by downregulating Bcr/Abl and P-glycoprotein expression. Alantolactone also induced apoptosis via modulation of protein levels of Bcl-2 family members, caspase activation, poly ADP ribose polymerase cleavage, and cytochrome C release. We also observed that alantolactone induced cell-cycle arrest in the G2/M phase, downregulated cyclin B1 and cyclin-dependent protein kinase 1, and upregulated the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21. Together, these results demonstrate that alantolactone may be a potent therapeutic agent against CML, and a potential Bcr/Abl inhibitor.
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Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Regulação para Baixo/efeitos dos fármacos , Doxorrubicina , Proteínas de Fusão bcr-abl/genética , Lactonas/farmacologia , Sesquiterpenos de Eudesmano/farmacologia , Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Fusão bcr-abl/metabolismo , Humanos , Células K562 , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismoRESUMO
Vitexicarpin (3', 5-dihydroxy-3, 4', 6, 7-tetramethoxyflavone), a polymethoxyflavone isolated from Viticis Fructus (Vitex rotundifolia Linne fil.), has long been used as an anti-inflammatory herb in traditional Chinese medicine. It has also been reported that vitexicarpin can inhibit the growth of various cancer cells. However, there is no report elucidating its effect on human prostate carcinoma cells. The aim of the present study was to examine the apoptotic induction activity of vitexicarpin on PC-3 cells and molecular mechanisms involved. MTT studies showed that vitexicarpin dose-dependently inhibited growth of PC-3 cells with an IC50~28.8 µM. Hoechst 33258 staining further revealed that vitexicarpin induced apoptotic cell death. The effect of vitexicarpin on PC-3 cells apoptosis was tested using prodium iodide (PI)/Annexin V-FITC double staining and flow cytometry. The results indicated that vitexicarpin induction of apoptotic cell death in PC-3 cells was accompanied by cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase. Furthermore, our study demonstrated that vitexicarpin induction of PC-3 cell apoptosis was associated with upregulation of the proapoptotic protein Bax, and downregulation of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2, release of Cytochrome c from mitochondria and decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential. Our findings suggested that vitexicarpin may become a potential leading drug in the therapy of prostate carcinoma.