Compound Kushen Injection inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition of gastric carcinoma by regulating VCAM1 induced by the TNF signaling pathway

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BACKGROUND: Gastric carcinoma (GC) treatment needs to be developed rapidly. Compound Kushen Injection (CKI), a formula from traditional Chinese medicine, has been used clinically in combination with chemotherapy to treat GC with satisfactory results. However, the molecular mechanism by which CKI acts to cure GC is still unclear.

METHODS: In the present study, in vivo and in vitro experiments were used to assess the efficacy of CKI. Using ceRNA microarray and TMT technologies, the molecular mechanism of CKI was further investigated at the transcriptional and protein levels, and a bioinformatics approach was employed to investigate and functionally validate key CKI targets in GC.

RESULTS: When combined with cisplatin (DDP), CKI significantly increased its efficacy in preventing the proliferation and metastasis of GC cells and malignant-looking tumors in mice. High-throughput sequencing data and bioinformatics analysis showed that CKI regulated the TNF signaling pathway, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), with VCAM1 as a key target. The transcription factors CEBPB, JUN, RELA, NFKB1, the EMT mesenchymal-like cell markers N-cadherin and vimentin, as well as the expression of VCAM1 and its upstream signaling driver TNF, were all downregulated by CKI. In contrast, the expression of the EMT epithelial-like cell marker E-cadherin was upregulated.

CONCLUSION: CKI can effectively inhibit GC growth and metastasis, improve body's immunity, and protect normal tissues from damage. The molecular mechanism by which CKI inhibits metastasis of GC is by regulating VCAM1 induced by the TNF signaling pathway to inhibit EMT of GC. Our results provide an important clue to clarify precisely the multi-scale molecular mechanism of CKI in the treatment of GC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

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Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology - 118(2023) vom: 02. Sept., Seite 154984

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Yingying [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Zhishan [VerfasserIn]
You, Rongli [VerfasserIn]
Stalin, Antony [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Fengying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jingyuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Pengyun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Xiaoxia [VerfasserIn]
You, Leiming [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiarui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Cadherins
Compound kushen injection
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Gastric carcinoma
High-throughput sequencing
IYR6K8KQ5K
Journal Article
Kushen
Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1

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Date Completed 07.08.2023

Date Revised 07.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.phymed.2023.154984

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359874681