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Nascimento FR, Viktor de Paula Barros Baeta J, Prado de França AA, Braga Rocha E Oliveira MA, Pizziolo VR, Aparecida Dos Santos A, Antônio de Oliveira Mendes T, Diaz-Muñoz G, Nogueira Diaz MA. Dibenzoylmethane derivative inhibits melanoma cancer in vitro and in vivo through induction of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways. Chem Biol Interact 2022; 351:109734. [PMID: 34742685 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2021.109734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Malignant melanoma has a low incidence, but is the most lethal type of skin cancer. Studies have shown that dibenzoylmethanes (DBMs) have interesting biological activities, including antineoplastic properties. These findings led us to investigate whether news DBM derivatives exert antitumor effects against skin cancers. In a previous study, we found that 1,3-diphenyl-2-benzyl-1,3-propanedione (DPBP) has high in vitro antineoplastic activity against murine B16F10 melanoma cells, with an IC50 of 6.25 μg/mL. In the current study, we used transdermal and topical formulations of DPBP to evaluate its activity and molecular mechanism of action in a murine model of melanoma. The compound induces tumor cell death with high selectivity (selectivity index of 41.94) by triggering apoptosis through intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. DPBP treatment reduced tumor volume as well as serum VEGF-A and uric acid levels. Hepatomegaly and nephrotoxicity were not observed at the tested doses. Histopathological analysis of sentinel lymph nodes revealed no evidence of metastases. According to the observed data, the DPBP compound was effective for the topical treatment of melanoma cancer, suggesting that it acts as a chemotherapeutic or chemopreventive agent.
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- Fernanda Rodrigues Nascimento
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brazil.
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Liu P, Shi D. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Attenuates LPS-Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Regulating Sirt1. Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923900. [PMID: 32673294 PMCID: PMC7384332 DOI: 10.12659/msm.923900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by sepsis is a very dangerous clinical complication. This study explored the effects of calcitonin gene-related peptides (CGRP) on AKI and its mechanisms. MATERIAL AND METHODS We cultured renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells) and induced AKI models using LPS. Recombinant human CGRP was used to stimulate HK-2 cells and we detected markers of kidney injury (KIM-1 and NGAL) to determine the protective effect of CGRP on HK-2 cells. In addition, we constructed Sirt1-overexpressing lentivirus and small interfering RNA to increase or decrease Sirt1 expression in HK-2 cells to verify that CGRP protects HK-2 cells by regulating Sirt1. RESULTS After CGRP stimulation of HK-2 cells, LPS-induced HK-2 cell damage was significantly ameliorated, showing a decrease in the expression of KIM-1, NGAL, and inflammatory factors. In addition, Sirt1 was significantly increased in CGRP-stimulated HK-2 cells. After transfection of HK-2 cells with Lenti-Sirt1, inflammation and damage of HK-2 cells were both reduced, indicating that Sirt1 has a protective effect on HK-2 cells and can mediate the protective effect of CGRP on HK-2 cells. Therefore, the protective effect of CGRP on HK-2 cells was also attenuated after reducing Sirt1 in HK-2 cells. Finally, we used CGRP to treat LPS-induced mice and verified the protective effect of CGRP on mouse AKI. CONCLUSIONS CGRP has a significant anti-inflammatory effect. In the treatment of AKI, CGRP can increase the expression of Sirt1 to exert an anti-inflammatory effect and has a good protective effect on LPS-induced HK-2 cells.
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- Pingli Liu
- Department of Emergency Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland)
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Grimes T, Potter SS, Datta S. Integrating gene regulatory pathways into differential network analysis of gene expression data. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5479. [PMID: 30940863 PMCID: PMC6445151 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41918-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The advent of next-generation sequencing has introduced new opportunities in analyzing gene expression data. Research in systems biology has taken advantage of these opportunities by gleaning insights into gene regulatory networks through the analysis of gene association networks. Contrasting networks from different populations can reveal the many different roles genes fill, which can lead to new discoveries in gene function. Pathologies can also arise from aberrations in these gene-gene interactions. Exposing these network irregularities provides a new avenue for understanding and treating diseases. A general framework for integrating known gene regulatory pathways into a differential network analysis between two populations is proposed. The framework importantly allows for any gene-gene association measure to be used, and inference is carried out through permutation testing. A simulation study investigates the performance in identifying differentially connected genes when incorporating known pathways, even if the pathway knowledge is partially inaccurate. Another simulation study compares the general framework with four state-of-the-art methods. Two RNA-seq datasets are analyzed to illustrate the use of this framework in practice. In both examples, the analysis reveals genes and pathways that are known to be biologically significant along with potentially novel findings that may be used to motivate future research.
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- Tyler Grimes
- University of Florida, Department of Biostatistics, Gainesville, 32611, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, 45229, USA
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- University of Florida, Department of Biostatistics, Gainesville, 32611, USA.
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Clark-Knowles KV, Dewar-Darch D, Jardine KE, Coulombe J, Daneshmand M, He X, McBurney MW. Modulating SIRT1 activity variously affects thymic lymphoma development in mice. Exp Cell Res 2018; 371:83-91. [PMID: 30059665 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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SIRT1 is a protein deacetylase with a broad range of biological functions, many of which are known to be important in carcinogenesis, however much of the literature regarding the role of SIRT1 in cancer remains conflicting. In this study we assessed the effect of SIRT1 on the initiation and progression of thymic T cell lymphomas. We employed mouse strains in which SIRT1 activity was absent or could be reversibly modulated in conjunction with thymic lymphoma induction using either the N-nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) carcinogenesis or the nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM-ALK) transgene. Decreased SIRT1 activity reduced the development of thymic lymphomas in the NMU-treated mice but was permissive for the formation of lung adenomas. Conversely, in the NPM-ALK transgenic mice, decreased SIRT1 activity had a modest promoting effect in the development of thymic lymphomas. The results of the work presented here add to the growing body of evidence that sirt1 is neither an outright oncogene nor a tumor suppressor. These opposing results in two models of the same disease suggest that the influence of sirt1 on carcinogenesis may lie in a role in tumor surveillance.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
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Qi JJ, Yan YM, Cheng LZ, Liu BH, Qin FY, Cheng YX. A Novel Flavonoid Glucoside from the Fruits of Lycium ruthenicun. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 23:molecules23020325. [PMID: 29401662 PMCID: PMC6017501 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23020325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel flavonoid glucoside, ruthenicunoid A (1), together with eight known substances, were isolated from the fruits of Lycium ruthenicun Murr. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic data and chemical methods. Especially, the absolute configuration of glucose residue in 1 was assigned by acid hydrolysis followed by derivatization and GC analysis. Biological evaluation towards Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) found that compounds 1 and 2 exhibit inhibitory activity against SIRT1 in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating its potential on SIRT1-associated disorders.
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- Jing-Jing Qi
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
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Qin FY, Cheng LZ, Yan YM, Liu BH, Cheng YX. Two Novel Proline-Containing Catechin Glucoside from Water-Soluble Extract of Codonopsis pilosula. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23010180. [PMID: 29337873 PMCID: PMC6017075 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Choushenflavonoids A (1) and B (2), two unusual proline-containing catechin glucosides, were isolated from the roots of Codonopsis pilosula cultivated in a high-altitude location of Yunnan province. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic data and chemical methods. Specifically, the absolute configuration of glucose residue in 1 and 2 was assigned by acid hydrolysis followed by derivatization and gas chromatography (GC) analysis. In addition, biological evaluation of 1 and 2 against Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) was carried out.
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- Fu-Ying Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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Choupani J, Mansoori Derakhshan S, Bayat S, Alivand MR, Shekari Khaniani M. Narrower insight to SIRT1 role in cancer: A potential therapeutic target to control epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2018; 233:4443-4457. [PMID: 29194618 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a highly networked cellular process which involves cell transition from the immotile epithelial to the motile mesenchymal phenotype, whereby cells lose their cell-cell adhesion and cell polarity. This important process is one of the underlying mechanisms for enabling invasion and metastasis of cancer cells which is considered as malignant phase of tumor progression. However, the molecular mechanisms of this process are not fully clarified. It is reported that Sirtuin1 (SIRT1), a NAD+ dependent class III histone deacetylase is associated with tumor metastasis through positive regulation of EMT in several types of cancers. Recent studies confirmed that up and down regulation of SIRT1 expression remarkably change the migration ability of different cancer cells in vitro and tumor metastasis in vivo. Also, according to this fact that carcinomas as the main human solid tumors, originate from different epithelial cell types, SIRT1 role in EMT has received a great attention due to its potential role in tumor development and metastasis. Therefore, SIRT1 has been proposed as a key regulator of cancer metastasis by promoting EMT, although little is known about the cleared effect of SIRT1 in this transition. Our aim in this review is to explain in more detail the role of SIRT1 in various signaling pathways related to carcinogenesis, with the focus on the promoting role of SIRT1 in EMT as a potential therapeutic target to control EMT and to prevent cancer progression.
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- Jalal Choupani
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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