Overcoming the hypoxia-induced drug resistance in liver tumor by the concurrent use of apigenin and paclitaxel

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The chemotherapeutic efficacy of paclitaxel against hypoxic tumors is usually unsatisfactory, which is partially due to the so-called hypoxia-induced drug resistance. The mechanism of hypoxia-induced resistance is primarily associated with hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), which is an oxygen-sensitive transcriptional activator coordinating the cellular response to hypoxia. Apigenin is a natural occurring HIF-1α inhibitor that can suppress the expression of HIF-1α through multiple pathways and reverse the hypoxia-induced resistance found in cancer cells. Here we report that the use of apigenin can suppress the HIF-1α expression in hypoxic tumors through the simultaneous inhibition of the AKT/p-AKT pathway and HSP90, which is beneficial for enhancing the anticancer activity of the co-administered paclitaxel. The potential synergistic effect of apigenin and paclitaxel was further validated on HepG2 cell line and tumor-bearing mouse models.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:526

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 526(2020), 2 vom: 28. Mai, Seite 321-327

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Li, Menghuan [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Zhong [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Yulan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yonglin [VerfasserIn]
He, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Pei, Yuxia [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Kaiyong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7V515PI7F6
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Apigenin
HIF-1α
Hypoxia-induced drug resistance
Journal Article
P88XT4IS4D
Paclitaxel
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308062876