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Wang JK, Zhao BS, Wang M, Liu CY, Li YQ, Ma QT, Li PF, Wang TS, Wang CG, Zhou YM. Anti-tumor and Phenotypic Regulation Effect of Matrine on Dendritic Cells through Regulating TLRs Pathway. Chin J Integr Med 2020; 27:520-526. [PMID: 33170941 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-020-3433-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of matrine on antigen presentation of dendritic cells (DCs), and to explore the pharmacological mechanism of matrine on anti-tumor effect. METHODS Different concentrations (0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 µ g/mL) of matrine were co-cultured with DCs, the harvested DCs were co-cultured with antigens of Lewis lung cancer (LLC) cells, and then DCs and T cells were co-cultured to produce DCs-activated killer (DAK) cells, which have significant tumor-killing activity. The expression of cytokines, mRNA and protein of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in DCs were detected by enzyme linked immunosobent assay, polymerase chain reaction and Western blot, respectively. And the killing effect of DAK were measured by MTT assay. RESULTS Matrine significantly increased the mRNA expression of TLR7, TLR8, myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF-6) and I κ B kinase (IKK), as well as the protein expression of TLR7 and TLR8, and up-regulated the levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), meanwhile, it also increased the expressions of MHC-II, CD54, CD80 and CD86 in DCs. DCs-activated effector T cells had significant tumor-killing activity. When the concentration of matrine was more than 4 µg/mL, all indices had significant difference (P<0.01 or P<0.05). CONCLUSION Matrine plays an anti-tumor role by regulating TLRs signal transduction pathway, promoting the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and enhancing immune function.
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- Jing-Kang Wang
- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
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Zhang H, Chen L, Sun X, Yang Q, Wan L, Guo C. Matrine: A Promising Natural Product With Various Pharmacological Activities. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:588. [PMID: 32477114 PMCID: PMC7232545 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Matrine is an alkaloid isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Sophora flavescens Aiton. At present, a large number of studies have proved that matrine has an anticancer effect can inhibit cancer cell proliferation, arrest cell cycle, induce apoptosis, and inhibit cancer cell metastasis. It also has the effect of reversing anticancer drug resistance and reducing the toxicity of anticancer drugs. In addition, studies have reported that matrine has a therapeutic effect on Alzheimer's syndrome, encephalomyelitis, asthma, myocardial ischemia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and the like, and its mechanism is mainly related to the inhibition of inflammatory response and apoptosis. Its treatable disease spectrum spans multiple systems such as the nervous system, circulatory system, and immune system. The antidisease effect and mechanism of matrine are diverse, so it has high research value. This review summarizes recent studies on the pharmacological mechanism of matrine, with a view to providing reference for subsequent research.
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- Hong Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Design and Synthesis of Molecular Hybrids of Sophora Alkaloids and Cinnamic Acids as Potential Antitumor Agents. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25051168. [PMID: 32150948 PMCID: PMC7179170 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Twenty-five sophora alkaloids-cinnamic acid hybrids (including matrine-cinnamic acid hybrids, sophoridine-cinnamic acid hybrids, and sophocarpine-cinnamic acid hybrids) were designed, synthesized, and evaluated in vitro against three human tumor cell lines (HeLa, HepG2 and A549) with cisplatin as a positive control. Some matrine-cinnamic acid and sophoridine-cinnamic acid compounds exhibited potent effect against all three cancer cell lines, such as compounds 5b, 5e, 5g, and 6d. The structure-activity relationship study of the synthesized compounds was also performed. Preliminary mechanistic studies indicated that compounds 5e and 6d could induce apoptosis in HepG2 cell line. Further, compounds 5e and 6d altered mitochondrial membrane potential and produced ROS leading to cell apoptosis of HepG2 cells. Overall, our findings suggested that these compounds may provide promising lead compounds for further development as antitumor agents by structural modification.
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Song Y, Ye M, Zhou J, Wang Z, Zhu X. Targeting E-cadherin expression with small molecules for digestive cancer treatment. Am J Transl Res 2019; 11:3932-3944. [PMID: 31396310 PMCID: PMC6684918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Digestive system cancers, mainly including gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, and colorectal cancer, are major public health problems and lead to serious cancer-related deaths worldwide. Clinically, treatment strategies of these cancers include surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Although successful resection and chemotherapeutic drugs have improved the treatment level, the survival rate of patients with advanced digestive system cancers remains still low primarily due to tumor metastasis. E-cadherin, the prototypical member of the type-1 classical cadherins, has been characrized as an important molecule in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. Loss of E-cadherin is able to induce EMT process, which is associated with cancer stem cells and drug resistance in human cancer. Therefore, restoring E-cadherin could be a useful strategy for reversal of EMT and overcoming drug resistance. In this review, we describe pharmacological small molecules targeting E-cadherin expression for the treatment of digestive system cancers, which have emerged in the recent 5 years. We hope these compounds could be potentially used for treating cancer in the near future.
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- Yizuo Song
- Departmant of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Departmant of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Departmant of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Departmant of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
- Center of Scientific Research, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA, USA
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- Departmant of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou 325027, Zhejiang, China
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Construction of Multiple Switchable Sensors and Logic Gates Based on Carboxylated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Poly( N, N-Diethylacrylamide). SENSORS 2018; 18:s18103358. [PMID: 30297654 PMCID: PMC6211007 DOI: 10.3390/s18103358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In this work, binary hydrogel films based on carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes/poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (c-MWCNTs/PDEA) were successfully polymerized and assembled on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode surface. The electroactive drug probes matrine and sophoridine in solution showed reversible thermal-, salt-, methanol- and pH-responsive switchable cyclic voltammetric (CV) behaviors at the film electrodes. The control experiments showed that the pH-responsive property of the system could be ascribed to the drug components of the solutions, whereas the thermal-, salt- and methanol-sensitive behaviors were attributed to the PDEA constituent of the films. The CV signals particularly, of matrine and sophoridine were significantly amplified by the electrocatalysis of c-MWCNTs in the films at 1.02 V and 0.91 V, respectively. Moreover, the addition of esterase, urease, ethyl butyrate, and urea to the solution also changed the pH of the system, and produced similar CV peaks as with dilution by HCl or NaOH. Based on these experiments, a 6-input/5-output logic gate system and 2-to-1 encoder were successfully constructed. The present system may lead to the development of novel types of molecular computing systems.
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