通过诱导凋亡、下调PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路和逆转EMT过程,St. John's Wort (Hypericum roeperianum)的树皮提取物抑制乳腺癌细胞的增殖。
Hypericum roeperianum bark extract suppresses breast cancer proliferation via induction of apoptosis, downregulation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling cascade and reversal of EMT.
发表日期:2023 Aug 25
作者:
Michel-Gael F Guefack, Debojit Talukdar, Rimi Mukherjee, Subhabrata Guha, Debarpan Mitra, Depanwita Saha, Gaurav Das, François Damen, Victor Kuete, Nabendu Murmu
来源:
Journal of ethnopharmacology
摘要:
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Hypericum roeperianum is a medicinal spice traditionally used in West Africa to treat female sterility, fungal infections, and cancer. It has previously been reported that H. roeperianum exhibits cytotoxic potential by reducing the viability of cancer cells involving multidrug-resistant phenotypes, but its underlying molecular mechanism remains unknown.The mechanistic involvement of H. roeperianum methanolic crude extract (HRC) in attenuating breast cancer progression by exploring the effects on mitochondrial apoptosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was investigated.In the present study, we examined the anticancer properties of HRC through MTT assay, colony formation, wound healing assay, spheroid formation, DNA fragmentation and flow cytometry for cell cycle arrest, apoptosis (Annexin V/PI staining) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) (JC-1) detection. In addition, western blot analysis of various proteins and quantitative real time PCR of various genes involved in apoptosis, EMT and the PI3K/Akt/mToR signal transduction pathway were performed.This study revealed that HRC treatment significantly decreased breast cancer cell viability, colony forming efficiency and reduced the ability of cell migration and spheroid formation. HRC also induced apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 via promoting G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential and induction of DNA damage. The crude extract induced apoptosis by activating the intrinsic pathway with a stronger effect that relies on the combined potency of associated molecular markers including Bax, Bad, Bcl-2, cytochrome C, caspase-9, and cleaved-PARP. It was also found that HRC regulates the PI3K/Akt/mToR pathway. In addition, HRC inhibited EMT by expressional alteration of Vimentin and E-cadherin, as well as the regulatory transcription factors such as Snail and Slug. The in vitro findings reflected similar mechanistic approach in 4T1 cell induced syngeneic mice model, indicating the reduction of tumor volume along with the significant expressional alteration of EMT and apoptotic markers.Taken together the findings concluded that H. roeperianum is a potential source of cytotoxic phytochemicals that exhibit abortifacient effect on breast cancer, both in vitro and in vivo, thus could further be utilized in breast cancer therapy.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.