Active compounds of Caodoukou () inhibit the migration, invasion and metastasis of human pancreatic cancer cells by targeting phosphoinosmde-3-kinase/ protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway

OBJECTIVE: To detect the effects of active compounds of Caodoukou () (ACAK) on the proliferation, migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer, and explain the possible molecular mechanism of ACAK interacting with these processes.

METHODS: Cell counting kit-8 method, cell scratch repair experiment, Transwell migration and invasion experiment, immunohistochemistry, western blot assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction experiment were used to evaluate the effect of ACAK on the proliferation, migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells. The levels of active molecules involved in the phosphoinosmde-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signal transduction were detected by Western blot assay. In addition, the function of ACAK was evaluated by xenotransplantation tumor model in nude mice.

RESULTS: The inhibitory effect of ACAK on the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells showed certain time-dose dependence. The results of scratch repair test, Transwell test, Western blotting and real time polymerase chain reaction assay showed that ACAK could inhibit the migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells . In addition, the regulatory effect of ACAK on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is partly attributed to PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. The experimental results showed that ACAK regulated the development of pancreatic cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: ACAK can partly inhibit the activity of EMT and matrix metallopeptidases by down-regulating the downstream proteins of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signal pathway, thus inhibiting the ability of migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan - 43(2023), 5 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 876-886

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiaohui, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Jian, Wang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Yuxi, Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Jianlin, Huang [VerfasserIn]
Minghua, Liu [VerfasserIn]

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Active compounds
Caodoukou ()
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
Journal Article
Migration and invasion
PI3K
Pancreatic neoplasms
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Signal transduction
TOR serine-threonine kinases

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Date Completed 11.09.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20230802.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361775733