为了拓展藤黄在中医临床的应用,研究其内服的毒性及炮制减毒的机制是必要的。通过巨噬细胞RAW264.7释放炎症介质(一氧化氮NO、肿瘤坏死因子TNF-α和白细胞介素IL-6)和灌胃给予藤黄生品和炮制品后大鼠胃和十二指肠组织的病理表现,判断其...为了拓展藤黄在中医临床的应用,研究其内服的毒性及炮制减毒的机制是必要的。通过巨噬细胞RAW264.7释放炎症介质(一氧化氮NO、肿瘤坏死因子TNF-α和白细胞介素IL-6)和灌胃给予藤黄生品和炮制品后大鼠胃和十二指肠组织的病理表现,判断其毒性作用;采用免疫组化和实时荧光定量PCR技术检测灌胃给药后,大鼠胃和十二指肠组织AQP3,AQP4蛋白和m RNA的表达,研究藤黄炮制减毒的机制。结果表明,藤黄生品可促进炎症介质NO,TNF-α和IL-6的释放,且与剂量呈相关性;藤黄制品组与生品组比较,NO和IL-6的释放量降低,TNF-α的释放量增加;藤黄生品可引起大鼠腹泻、白细胞升高、淋巴细胞降低,使胃黏膜充血水肿,肠黏膜坏死和炎细胞浸润,从多个角度证明内服生藤黄对胃和十二指肠组织的毒性为致炎毒性,致炎毒性与给药剂量呈相关性,炮制后藤黄的致炎毒性降低。在藤黄对胃和十二指肠组织致炎的同时,藤黄生品高剂量组大鼠胃和十二指肠组织水通道蛋白AQP3,AQP4 m RNA和蛋白表达量显著增加(P<0.05),相应剂量藤黄制品组大鼠AQP3,AQP4表达量较生藤黄组低,说明AQP3,AQP4蛋白和m RNA表达量的高低与藤黄的致炎作用强弱有一致性。通过降低AQP3,AQP4的表达水平可能是藤黄炮制减毒的作用机制之一。展开更多
AIM: To investigate the anticancer effect of a traditional Chinese medicine gambogic acid (GA) in human gastric cancer line BGC-823 and further study the mechanism of apoptosis induction of GA.METHODS: Low differentia...AIM: To investigate the anticancer effect of a traditional Chinese medicine gambogic acid (GA) in human gastric cancer line BGC-823 and further study the mechanism of apoptosis induction of GA.METHODS: Low differential human gastric cancer line BGC-823 were treated with GA at different doses and different times, the inhibitory rates were detected by MTT assay. Apoptosis induced by GA in BGC-823 cells was observed by Annexin-V/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay. And T/C (%) was chosen to detect the inhibition of GA on human gastric adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts. Apoptosis on nude mice xenografts was observed by Annexin-V/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay and DNA fragmentation assay. To further determine the molecular mechanism of apoptosis induced by GA, the changes on the expression of bcl-2 and bax genes were detected by RT-PCR.RESULTS: After incubation with GA, low differential human gastric cancer line BGC-823 was dramatically inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. After these cells were exposedto GA for 24, 48 and 72 h, the IC50 value was 1.02±0.05, 1.41±0.20 and 1.14±0.19 μmol/L, respectively. Apoptosis in BGC-823 cells induced by GA was observed by AnnexinV/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay. The apoptotic population of BGC-823 cells was about 12.96% and 24.58%, respectively, when cells were incubated with 1.2 μmol/L GA for 48 and 72 h. T/C (%) of human gastric carcinoma adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts was 44.3, when the nude mice were treated with GA (8 mg/kg). Meanwhile, apoptosis induced by GA was observed in human gastric carcinoma adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts. The increase of bax gene and the decrease of bc1-2 gene expressions were found by RT-PCR.CONCLUSION: The inhibition of GA on human gastric cancer line BGC-823 was confirmed. This effect connects with the inducing apoptosis in BGC-823 cells and the molecular mechanism might be related to the reduction of expression of apoptosis-regulated gene bcl-2, and the improvement of the expre展开更多
Objective： To study the mechanisms in gambogic acid （GA） -induced JeKo-1 human Mantle Cell Lymphoma cell apoptosis in vitro. Methods： The proliferation of GA-treated JeKo-1 cells was measured by CCK-8 assay and Ki...Objective： To study the mechanisms in gambogic acid （GA） -induced JeKo-1 human Mantle Cell Lymphoma cell apoptosis in vitro. Methods： The proliferation of GA-treated JeKo-1 cells was measured by CCK-8 assay and Ki-67 immunocytochemical detection. Apopt0sis, cell cycle and mitochondrial membrane potential were measured by flow cytometric analysis. Caspase-3, -8 and -9 were detected by colorimetric assay. Bcl-2 and Bax were analyzed by Western blotting. Results： GA inhibited cell growth in a time- and dose- dependent manner. GA induces apoptosis in JeKo- 1 cells but not in normal bone marrow cells, which was involved in reducing the membrane potential of mitochondria, activating caspases-3, -8 and -9 and decreasing the ratio of Bd-2 and Bax without cell cycle arresting. Conclusions： GA induced apoptosis in human MCL JeKo-1 cells by regulating Bcl-2/Bax and activating caspase-3, -8 and -9 via mitochondrial pathway without affecting cell cycle.展开更多
Objective： To investigate the effect of gambogic acid（GA） on the growth and cell death of castrate resistant prostate cancer（PC） with phosphate and tension homology（PTEN） and p53 genes deleted in vitro and ex v...Objective： To investigate the effect of gambogic acid（GA） on the growth and cell death of castrate resistant prostate cancer（PC） with phosphate and tension homology（PTEN） and p53 genes deleted in vitro and ex vivo, and elucidate the underlying possible molecular mechanisms. Methods： PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells and Los Angeles prostate cancer-4（LAPC-4） cells were treated with GA for 24 h and 48 h, then cell viability was determined by cell proliferation assay. PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells organoids number was calculated under GA treatment for 1 week. In addition, cell titer glo assay was performed to analyze 3 dimensional cell viability of patients derived xenografts（PDX） 170.2 organoids. Flow cytometry was used to detect apoptotic cells treated with GA. And confocal image was performed to detect the apoptotic mitochondrial morphological changes. Apoptotic cell death related protein levels were measured through Western blot（WB） in GA treated cells and organoids. The expression levels of mitogen-activated protein kinases（MAPKs） pathway related ribonucleic acid（RNAs） and proteins were analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction（RT-PCR） and WB, respectively. Results： The treatment of GA significantly reduced cell viability of PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells and LAPC-4 in a time-and concentration-dependent manner. In organoids, GA showed strong inhibition towards organoids＇ numbers and diameters and continuously led to a complete organoids inhibition with GA 150 nmol/L. Ex vivo results validated that GA 1 μmol/L inhibited 44.6% PDX170.2 organoids growth. As for mechanism, flow cytometry detected continuously increased apoptotic portion under GA treatment from 1.98% to 11.78%（6 h） and 29.94%（8 h, P〈0.05）. In addition, mitochondrial fragmentation emerged in GA treated cells indicated the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway might be involved. Furthermore, WB detected caspases-3,-9 activation and light chain（LC）-3 conversion with 展开更多
Background Gambogic acid is a pure active compound isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant gamboge （Garcinia morella Desv.）. Based on the preliminary results of a phase I study, this phase Ila study co...Background Gambogic acid is a pure active compound isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant gamboge （Garcinia morella Desv.）. Based on the preliminary results of a phase I study, this phase Ila study compared the efficacy and safety of different dosage schedules of gambogic acid in patients with advanced malignant tumors. Methods Patients with advanced or metastases cancer who had not received any effective routine conventional treatment or who had failed to respond to the existing conventional treatment were randomly assigned to receive either 45 mg/m2 gambogic acid intravenously from Days 1 to 5 of a 2-week cycle （Group A）, or 45 mg/m2 every other day for a total of five times during a 2-week cycle （Group B）. The primary endpoint was objective response rate （ORR）. Results Twenty-one patients assigned to Group A and 26 to Group B were included in the final analysis. The ORRs were 14.3% in Group A and 0% in Group B. It was not possible to analyze the significant difference because one of the values was zero. The disease control rates （DCRs） were 76.2% in Group A and 61.5% in Group B （P=0.0456）. The observed adverse reactions were mostly Grades I and II, and occurred in most patients after administration of the trial drug. There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two arms. Conclusions The preliminary results of this phase Ila exploratory study suggest that gambogic acid has a favorable safety profile when administered at 45 mg/m2. The DCR was greater in patients receiving gambogic acid on Days 1-5 of a 2-week cycle, but the incidence of adverse reactions was similar irrespective of the administration schedule.展开更多
Gambogic acid （GA） is an anticancer agent in phase IIb clinical trial in China but its mechanism of action has not been fully clarified. The present study was designed to search the possible target-related proteins ...Gambogic acid （GA） is an anticancer agent in phase IIb clinical trial in China but its mechanism of action has not been fully clarified. The present study was designed to search the possible target-related proteins of GA in cancer cells using proteomic method and establish possible network using bioinformatic analysis. Cytotoxicity and anti-migration effects of GA in MDA-MB-231 cells were checked using MTT assay, flow cytometry, wound migration assay, and chamber migration assay. Possible target-related proteins of GA at early （3 h） and late stage （24 h） of treatment were searched using a proteomic technology, two-dimensional electro- phoresis （2-DE）. The possible network of GA was established using bioinformatic analysis. The intracellular expression levels of vimentin, keratin 18, and calumenin were determined using Western blotting. GA inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells. Additionally, GA exhibited anti-migration effects at non-toxic doses. In 2-DE analysis, totally 23 possible GA targeted proteins were found, including those with functions in cytoskeleton and transport, regulation of redox state, metabolism, ubiquitin-proteasome system, transcription and translation, protein transport and modification, and cytokine. Network analysis of these proteins suggested that cytoskeleton-related proteins might play important roles in the effects of GA. Results of Western blotting confirmed the cleavage of vimentin, increase in keratin 18, and decrease in calumenin levels in GA-treated cells. In summary, GA is a multi-target compound and its anti-cancer effects may be based on several target-related pro- teins such as cytoskeleton-related proteins.展开更多
Multifunctional drug delivery systems(DDSs)have shown great prospects in overcoming the heterogeneous barrier of delivery drugs to the complex tumor microenvironment(TME).In this study,multifunctional AS/Ge-pNAB micro...Multifunctional drug delivery systems(DDSs)have shown great prospects in overcoming the heterogeneous barrier of delivery drugs to the complex tumor microenvironment(TME).In this study,multifunctional AS/Ge-pNAB microgels with dual-active targeting,triple environment responsiveness,and fluorescence imaging capability were prepared through a straightforward procedure.This was aimed to improve the antitumor therapeutic application of gambogic acid(GA)based on the biological characteristics of TME.The microgels have a uniform double-layer structure with aptamer in the outer layer which helps in recognizing receptors on the tumor cells.The GA loaded nano-herb exhibited environment-responsive drug release profiles under acidic pH,reductant and high temperature.The nano-herb significantly improved the accumulation of GA in tumor sites through the synergistic combination of the enhanced permeability and retention effect and dual-ligand mediated internalization.Then,it accelerated intracellular drug release and killed tumor cells.Therefore,the nano-herb had specific therapeutic effects on the tumor in vitro and in vivo as they remarkably inhibited tumor growth while depicting optimal biosafety and lower levels of off-target toxicity.Overall,these findings demonstrate the great potential of the multifunctional AS/Ge-pNAB microgels for precisely targeted GA delivery and open a new avenue for the facile preparation of multifunctional DDSs.展开更多
文摘为了拓展藤黄在中医临床的应用,研究其内服的毒性及炮制减毒的机制是必要的。通过巨噬细胞RAW264.7释放炎症介质(一氧化氮NO、肿瘤坏死因子TNF-α和白细胞介素IL-6)和灌胃给予藤黄生品和炮制品后大鼠胃和十二指肠组织的病理表现,判断其毒性作用;采用免疫组化和实时荧光定量PCR技术检测灌胃给药后,大鼠胃和十二指肠组织AQP3,AQP4蛋白和m RNA的表达,研究藤黄炮制减毒的机制。结果表明,藤黄生品可促进炎症介质NO,TNF-α和IL-6的释放,且与剂量呈相关性;藤黄制品组与生品组比较,NO和IL-6的释放量降低,TNF-α的释放量增加;藤黄生品可引起大鼠腹泻、白细胞升高、淋巴细胞降低,使胃黏膜充血水肿,肠黏膜坏死和炎细胞浸润,从多个角度证明内服生藤黄对胃和十二指肠组织的毒性为致炎毒性,致炎毒性与给药剂量呈相关性,炮制后藤黄的致炎毒性降低。在藤黄对胃和十二指肠组织致炎的同时,藤黄生品高剂量组大鼠胃和十二指肠组织水通道蛋白AQP3,AQP4 m RNA和蛋白表达量显著增加(P<0.05),相应剂量藤黄制品组大鼠AQP3,AQP4表达量较生藤黄组低,说明AQP3,AQP4蛋白和m RNA表达量的高低与藤黄的致炎作用强弱有一致性。通过降低AQP3,AQP4的表达水平可能是藤黄炮制减毒的作用机制之一。
基金Supported by The National High Technology Research and Development Program Foundation of China, 863 Program, No. 2002AA2Z3112the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Program, No. 104099affiliated to National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30472044
文摘AIM: To investigate the anticancer effect of a traditional Chinese medicine gambogic acid (GA) in human gastric cancer line BGC-823 and further study the mechanism of apoptosis induction of GA.METHODS: Low differential human gastric cancer line BGC-823 were treated with GA at different doses and different times, the inhibitory rates were detected by MTT assay. Apoptosis induced by GA in BGC-823 cells was observed by Annexin-V/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay. And T/C (%) was chosen to detect the inhibition of GA on human gastric adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts. Apoptosis on nude mice xenografts was observed by Annexin-V/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay and DNA fragmentation assay. To further determine the molecular mechanism of apoptosis induced by GA, the changes on the expression of bcl-2 and bax genes were detected by RT-PCR.RESULTS: After incubation with GA, low differential human gastric cancer line BGC-823 was dramatically inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. After these cells were exposedto GA for 24, 48 and 72 h, the IC50 value was 1.02±0.05, 1.41±0.20 and 1.14±0.19 μmol/L, respectively. Apoptosis in BGC-823 cells induced by GA was observed by AnnexinV/PI doubling staining flow cytometry assay. The apoptotic population of BGC-823 cells was about 12.96% and 24.58%, respectively, when cells were incubated with 1.2 μmol/L GA for 48 and 72 h. T/C (%) of human gastric carcinoma adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts was 44.3, when the nude mice were treated with GA (8 mg/kg). Meanwhile, apoptosis induced by GA was observed in human gastric carcinoma adenocarcinoma BGC-823 nude mice xenografts. The increase of bax gene and the decrease of bc1-2 gene expressions were found by RT-PCR.CONCLUSION: The inhibition of GA on human gastric cancer line BGC-823 was confirmed. This effect connects with the inducing apoptosis in BGC-823 cells and the molecular mechanism might be related to the reduction of expression of apoptosis-regulated gene bcl-2, and the improvement of the expre
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文摘Objective： To study the mechanisms in gambogic acid （GA） -induced JeKo-1 human Mantle Cell Lymphoma cell apoptosis in vitro. Methods： The proliferation of GA-treated JeKo-1 cells was measured by CCK-8 assay and Ki-67 immunocytochemical detection. Apopt0sis, cell cycle and mitochondrial membrane potential were measured by flow cytometric analysis. Caspase-3, -8 and -9 were detected by colorimetric assay. Bcl-2 and Bax were analyzed by Western blotting. Results： GA inhibited cell growth in a time- and dose- dependent manner. GA induces apoptosis in JeKo- 1 cells but not in normal bone marrow cells, which was involved in reducing the membrane potential of mitochondria, activating caspases-3, -8 and -9 and decreasing the ratio of Bd-2 and Bax without cell cycle arresting. Conclusions： GA induced apoptosis in human MCL JeKo-1 cells by regulating Bcl-2/Bax and activating caspase-3, -8 and -9 via mitochondrial pathway without affecting cell cycle.
基金Supported by an International Science and Technology Cooperation Program(No.2013DFA32540),China
文摘Objective： To investigate the effect of gambogic acid（GA） on the growth and cell death of castrate resistant prostate cancer（PC） with phosphate and tension homology（PTEN） and p53 genes deleted in vitro and ex vivo, and elucidate the underlying possible molecular mechanisms. Methods： PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells and Los Angeles prostate cancer-4（LAPC-4） cells were treated with GA for 24 h and 48 h, then cell viability was determined by cell proliferation assay. PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells organoids number was calculated under GA treatment for 1 week. In addition, cell titer glo assay was performed to analyze 3 dimensional cell viability of patients derived xenografts（PDX） 170.2 organoids. Flow cytometry was used to detect apoptotic cells treated with GA. And confocal image was performed to detect the apoptotic mitochondrial morphological changes. Apoptotic cell death related protein levels were measured through Western blot（WB） in GA treated cells and organoids. The expression levels of mitogen-activated protein kinases（MAPKs） pathway related ribonucleic acid（RNAs） and proteins were analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction（RT-PCR） and WB, respectively. Results： The treatment of GA significantly reduced cell viability of PTEN^（-/-）/p53^（-/-）PC cells and LAPC-4 in a time-and concentration-dependent manner. In organoids, GA showed strong inhibition towards organoids＇ numbers and diameters and continuously led to a complete organoids inhibition with GA 150 nmol/L. Ex vivo results validated that GA 1 μmol/L inhibited 44.6% PDX170.2 organoids growth. As for mechanism, flow cytometry detected continuously increased apoptotic portion under GA treatment from 1.98% to 11.78%（6 h） and 29.94%（8 h, P〈0.05）. In addition, mitochondrial fragmentation emerged in GA treated cells indicated the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway might be involved. Furthermore, WB detected caspases-3,-9 activation and light chain（LC）-3 conversion with
文摘Background Gambogic acid is a pure active compound isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant gamboge （Garcinia morella Desv.）. Based on the preliminary results of a phase I study, this phase Ila study compared the efficacy and safety of different dosage schedules of gambogic acid in patients with advanced malignant tumors. Methods Patients with advanced or metastases cancer who had not received any effective routine conventional treatment or who had failed to respond to the existing conventional treatment were randomly assigned to receive either 45 mg/m2 gambogic acid intravenously from Days 1 to 5 of a 2-week cycle （Group A）, or 45 mg/m2 every other day for a total of five times during a 2-week cycle （Group B）. The primary endpoint was objective response rate （ORR）. Results Twenty-one patients assigned to Group A and 26 to Group B were included in the final analysis. The ORRs were 14.3% in Group A and 0% in Group B. It was not possible to analyze the significant difference because one of the values was zero. The disease control rates （DCRs） were 76.2% in Group A and 61.5% in Group B （P=0.0456）. The observed adverse reactions were mostly Grades I and II, and occurred in most patients after administration of the trial drug. There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two arms. Conclusions The preliminary results of this phase Ila exploratory study suggest that gambogic acid has a favorable safety profile when administered at 45 mg/m2. The DCR was greater in patients receiving gambogic acid on Days 1-5 of a 2-week cycle, but the incidence of adverse reactions was similar irrespective of the administration schedule.
基金supported by the Twelfth Five-Year National Science & Technology Support Program(No.2012BAI 29B06)Shanghai Science & Technology Support Program(No.13431900 401)+4 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project(No.2012M5 10907)Shanghai Postdoctoral Scientific Program(No.13R21417800)the Postdoctor Research Program of Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2012KIP516)the Sanofi-Aventis-Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Scholarship Programthe National Nature Science Foundation(Nos.81302809 and 81373964)
文摘Gambogic acid （GA） is an anticancer agent in phase IIb clinical trial in China but its mechanism of action has not been fully clarified. The present study was designed to search the possible target-related proteins of GA in cancer cells using proteomic method and establish possible network using bioinformatic analysis. Cytotoxicity and anti-migration effects of GA in MDA-MB-231 cells were checked using MTT assay, flow cytometry, wound migration assay, and chamber migration assay. Possible target-related proteins of GA at early （3 h） and late stage （24 h） of treatment were searched using a proteomic technology, two-dimensional electro- phoresis （2-DE）. The possible network of GA was established using bioinformatic analysis. The intracellular expression levels of vimentin, keratin 18, and calumenin were determined using Western blotting. GA inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells. Additionally, GA exhibited anti-migration effects at non-toxic doses. In 2-DE analysis, totally 23 possible GA targeted proteins were found, including those with functions in cytoskeleton and transport, regulation of redox state, metabolism, ubiquitin-proteasome system, transcription and translation, protein transport and modification, and cytokine. Network analysis of these proteins suggested that cytoskeleton-related proteins might play important roles in the effects of GA. Results of Western blotting confirmed the cleavage of vimentin, increase in keratin 18, and decrease in calumenin levels in GA-treated cells. In summary, GA is a multi-target compound and its anti-cancer effects may be based on several target-related pro- teins such as cytoskeleton-related proteins.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21907076 and 31901908)Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(No.22JCQNJC01570)Scientific Project of Tianjin Municipal Education Commission(No.2022KJ026).
文摘Multifunctional drug delivery systems(DDSs)have shown great prospects in overcoming the heterogeneous barrier of delivery drugs to the complex tumor microenvironment(TME).In this study,multifunctional AS/Ge-pNAB microgels with dual-active targeting,triple environment responsiveness,and fluorescence imaging capability were prepared through a straightforward procedure.This was aimed to improve the antitumor therapeutic application of gambogic acid(GA)based on the biological characteristics of TME.The microgels have a uniform double-layer structure with aptamer in the outer layer which helps in recognizing receptors on the tumor cells.The GA loaded nano-herb exhibited environment-responsive drug release profiles under acidic pH,reductant and high temperature.The nano-herb significantly improved the accumulation of GA in tumor sites through the synergistic combination of the enhanced permeability and retention effect and dual-ligand mediated internalization.Then,it accelerated intracellular drug release and killed tumor cells.Therefore,the nano-herb had specific therapeutic effects on the tumor in vitro and in vivo as they remarkably inhibited tumor growth while depicting optimal biosafety and lower levels of off-target toxicity.Overall,these findings demonstrate the great potential of the multifunctional AS/Ge-pNAB microgels for precisely targeted GA delivery and open a new avenue for the facile preparation of multifunctional DDSs.
