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Zhao Y, Wang YH, Tu WC, Wang DW, Lu MJ, Shao Y. Costunolide Inhibits Chronic Kidney Disease Development by Attenuating IKKβ/NF-κB Pathway. Drug Des Devel Ther 2024; 18:2693-2712. [PMID: 38974121 PMCID: PMC11227330 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s466092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024] Open
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Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant worldwide health concern that leads to high mortality rates. The bioactive substance costunolide (CTD) has demonstrated several pharmacological effects and holds promise as a CKD treatment. This study aims to investigate the impact of CTD on CKD and delve into its mechanisms of action. Methods Unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) methods and renal fibrosis mice models were created. Various concentrations of CTD were injected into UUO mice models to investigate the therapeutic effects of CTD on renal fibrosis of mice. Then, renal morphology, pathological changes, and the expression of genes related to fibrosis, inflammation and ferroptosis were analysed. RNA sequencing was utilized to identify the main biological processes and pathways involved in renal injury. Finally, both overexpression and inhibition of IKKβ were studied to examine their respective effects on fibrosis and inflammation in both in vitro and in vivo models. Results CTD treatment was found to significantly alleviate fibrosis, inflammation and ferroptosis in UUO-induced renal fibrosis mice models. The results of RNA sequencing suggested that the IKKβ acted as key regulatory factor in renal injury and the expression of IKKβ was increased in vitro and in vivo renal fibrosis model. Functionally, down-regulated IKKβ expression inhibits ferroptosis, inflammatory cytokine production and collagen deposition. Conversely, IKKβ overexpression exacerbates progressive renal fibrosis. Mechanistically, CTD alleviated renal fibrosis and inflammation by inhibiting the expression of IKKβ and attenuating IKKβ/NF-κB pathway. Conclusion This study demonstrates that CTD could mitigate renal fibrosis, ferroptosis and inflammation in CKD by modulating the IKKβ/NF-κB pathway, which indicates targeting IKKβ has an enormous potential for treating CKD.
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- Yang Zhao
- Department of Urology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201800, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Sixth People’s Hospital South Campus Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201800, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201800, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
- Shanghai Institute of Andrology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201800, People’s Republic of China
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Chopra H, Verma R, Kaushik S, Parashar J, Madan K, Bano A, Bhardwaj R, Pandey P, Kumari B, Purohit D, Kumar M, Bhatia S, Rahman MH, Mittal V, Singh I, Kaushik D. Cyclodextrin-Based Arsenal for Anti-Cancer Treatments. Crit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst 2023; 40:1-41. [PMID: 36734912 DOI: 10.1615/critrevtherdrugcarriersyst.2022038398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Anti-cancer drugs are mostly limited in their use due to poor physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties. Their lower solubility is the most common hurdle limiting their use upto their potential. In the recent years, the cyclodextrin (CD) complexation have emerged as existing approach to overcome the problem of poor solubility. CD-based nano-technological approaches are safe, stable and showed well in vivo tolerance and greater payload for encapsulation of hydrophobic drugs for the targeted delivery. They are generally chosen due to their ability to get self-assembled to form liposomes, nanoparticles, micelles and nano-sponges etc. This review paper describes a birds-eye view of the various CD-based nano-technological approaches applied for the delivery of anti-cancer moieties to the desired target such as CD based liposomes, niosomes, niosoponges, micelles, nanoparticles, monoclonal antibody, magnetic nanoparticles, small interfering RNA, nanorods, miscellaneous formulation of anti-cancer drugs containing CD. Moreover, the author also summarizes the various shortcomings of such a system and their way ahead.
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- Hitesh Chopra
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, G.D. Goenka University, Sohna Road, Gurugram 122103, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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- Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology (Pharm), Knowledge Park, Greater Noida, U.P., India
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gurugram University, Gurugram 122413, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari, India
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- M.M. College of Pharmacy, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala 133207, Haryana, India
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman; School of Health Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
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Z-Guggulsterone Is a Potential Lead Molecule of Dawa-ul-Kurkum against Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27165104. [PMID: 36014345 PMCID: PMC9413334 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27165104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An ancient saffron-based polyherbal formulation, Dawa-ul-Kurkum (DuK), has been used to treat liver ailments and other diseases and was recently evaluated for its anticancer potential against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by our research team. To gain further insight into the lead molecule of DuK, we selected ten active constituents belonging to its seven herbal constituents (crocin, crocetin, safranal, jatamansone, isovaleric acid, cinnamaldehyde, coumaric acid, citral, guggulsterone and dehydrocostus lactone). We docked them with 32 prominent proteins that play important roles in the development, progression and suppression of HCC and those involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress to identify the binding interactions between them. Three reference drugs for HCC (sorafenib, regorafenib, and nivolumab) were also examined for comparison. The in silico studies revealed that, out of the ten compounds, three of them—viz., Z-guggulsterone, dehydrocostus lactone and crocin—showed good binding efficiency with the HCC and ER stress proteins. Comparison of binding affinity with standard drugs was followed by preliminary in vitro screening of these selected compounds in human liver cancer cell lines. The results provided the basis for selecting Z-guggulsterone as the best-acting phytoconstituent amongst the 10 studied. Further validation of the binding efficiency of Z-guggulsterone was undertaking using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies. The effects of Z-guggulsterone on clone formation and cell cycle progression were also assessed. The anti-oxidant potential of Z-guggulsterone was analyzed through DPPH and FRAP assays. qRTPCR was utilized to check the results at the in vitro level. These results indicate that Z-guggulsterone should be considered as the main constituent of DuK instead of the crocin in saffron, as previously hypothesized.
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Green Nanoemulsion Stabilized by In Situ Self-Assembled Natural Oil/Native Cyclodextrin Complexes: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Enhancing Anticancer Activity of Costunolide against Lung Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14020227. [PMID: 35213960 PMCID: PMC8880633 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Lung cancer is the second-most deadly malignancy worldwide, of which smoking is considered a major risk factor and causes 75–80% of lung cancer-related deaths. Costunolide (CTD) extracted from plant species Saussurea, Aucklandia, and Inula exhibits potent anticancer properties, specifically in lung cancer and leukemia. Several nanoemulsions were prepared and optimized using a three-factor Box–Behnken experimental design. The optimized green nanoemulsion (GNE) showed a vesicle size of 199.56 nm. The IC50 values revealed that A549 cells were significantly more sensitive to the optimized CTD formula than the plain formula and raw CTD. A cell cycle analysis revealed that the optimized CTD formula treatment resulted in significant cell cycle arrest at the S phase. The results also indicated that treatment with the CTD formula significantly increased caspase-3, Bax, Bcl-2, and p53 mRNA expression compared to the plain formula and CTD raw. In terms of the inflammatory markers, the optimized formula significantly reduced the activity of TNF-α and NF-κB in comparison with the plain formula and raw drug only. Overall, the findings from the study proved that a CTD GNE formulation could be a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of lung cancer.
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Wang C, Zhu JB, Yan YY, Zhang W, Gong XJ, Wang X, Wang XL. Halofuginone inhibits tumorigenic progression of 5-FU-resistant human colorectal cancer HCT-15/FU cells by targeting miR-132-3p in vitro. Oncol Lett 2020; 20:385. [PMID: 33154782 PMCID: PMC7607966 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.12248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy is the first-line option for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the development of chemoresistance is the primary cause of treatment failure. Halofuginone (HF), a small molecule alkaloid derived from febrifugine, has been demonstrated to exert strong anti-proliferative effects. However, to the best of our knowledge, whether HF inhibits the progression of 5-FU-resistant human CRC HCT-15/FU cells, and the underlying mechanisms, remain unknown. In the present study, the effects of HF on HCT-15/FU cells were assessed in vitro. The results revealed that HF inhibited HCT-15/FU cell viability as demonstrated by the MTT and colony formation assays. Following treatment of HCT-15/FU cells with HF, the migratory and invasive capacities of the cells were significantly decreased. MicroRNA (miRNA/miR)-sequencing data, subsequent miRNA trend analysis and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR all demonstrated that miR-132-3p expression was increased following treatment with HF in a dose-dependent manner. Western blot analysis indicated that following treatment with HF, the expression levels of proteins associated with proliferation, invasion and metastasis in cells were markedly downregulated. These results suggested that HF inhibited the proliferation, invasion and migration of HCT-15/FU cells by upregulating the expression levels of miR-132-3p. Therefore, miR-132-3p may serve as a molecular marker, which may be used to predict CRC resistance to 5-FU, and HF may serve as a novel clinical treatment for 5-FU-resistant CRC.
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- Chen Wang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhai Municipal People's Hospital, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 016000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhai Municipal People's Hospital, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 016000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Immunology and School of Medicine, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, Shanxi 037009, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Cancer Center of Datong, The Second People's Hospital of Datong, Datong, Shanxi 037005, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhai Municipal People's Hospital, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 016000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhai Municipal People's Hospital, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 016000, P.R. China
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- General Surgery Center, Qingpu Branch of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 201700, P.R. China
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Li J, Guo Q, Lei X, Zhang L, Su C, Liu Y, Zhou W, Chen H, Wang H, Wang F, Yan Y, Zhang J. Pristimerin induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation, migration in H1299 Lung Cancer Cells. J Cancer 2020; 11:6348-6355. [PMID: 33033518 PMCID: PMC7532514 DOI: 10.7150/jca.44431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background: The natural occurring pristimerin, a quinonemethide triterpenoid, is extracted from a variety of species of the Celastraceae and Hippocrateaceae family. This research investigated the in vitro anti-cancer potential of pristimerin on NSCLC cells NCI-H1299 and elucidated the molecular mechanism. Methods: Cell growth inhibition by pristimerin was assessed using the MTT assay. Apoptosis was detected using the Annexin V/propidium iodide (PI) test. The colony forming assay was used to investigate the anti-proliferative effects of pristimerin. Wound healing assay and the transwell cell migration assay were utilized to determine the inhibitory effects of migration and invasion, respectively. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression, and real-time-quantitative (RT-q) PCR was used to analyze the mRNA expression. Results: The results showed that pristimerin inhibited the proliferation of H1299 cells with an IC50 value of 2.2 ± 0.34 µM and induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. The colony formation ability was reduced in a dose-dependent manner. A marked inhibition of migration and invasion against H1299 cells was observed in a dose- or time-dependent manner. Moreover, the decreased protein levels of vimentin, F-actin, integrin β1, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP2) and Snail revealed the potential inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The regulated mRNA levels of integrin β1, MMP2 and Snail indicated the great potential in the treatment of NSCLC. Conclusion: In conclusion, our study demonstrated that pristimerin suppressed NSCLC cells NCI-H1299 in vitro, exhibited potent activities of proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction. Furthermore, the treatment of pristimerin decreased migration and invasion of H1299, which was correlated with EMT-related proteins and mRNA.
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- Jiajun Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics/Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics/Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, P. R. China
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- Institute of Immunology and School of Medicine, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, P. R. China
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