Effect of oridonin-mediated hallmark changes on inflammatory pathways in human pancreatic cancer (BxPC-3) cells
Effect of oridonin-mediated hallmark changes on inflammatory pathways in human pancreatic cancer (BxPC-3) cells
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DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14895
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发表时间:
2014-10-28
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Xu, Jian
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作者:
Chen, Ru-Yi;Xu, Bin;Xu, Jian
AIM: To investigate the effect of oridonin on nuclear transcription factors and to study the relationship between biological behavior and inflammatory factors in human pancreatic cancer (BxPC-3) cells.METHODS: BxPC-3 cells were treated with various concentrations of oridonin, and viability curves were generated to test for inhibitory effects of the drug on cells. The expression of cytokines such as interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 beta), IL-6, or IL-33 was detected in BxPC-3 cell supernatants using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the protein expression of nuclear transcription factors including nuclear factor kappa B, activating protein-1, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3, bone morphogenetic protein 2, trans-forming growth factor beta 1 and sma and mad homologues in BxPC-3 cells was detected using Western blot. Carcinoma hallmark-related proteins such as survivin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and matrix metallopeptidase 2 were also detected using immunoblotting, and intra-nuclear IL-33 expression was detected using immunofluorescent staining.RESULTS: Treatment with oridonin reduced the viability of BxPC-3 cells in a dose dependent manner. The cells exhibited reduced growth following treatment with 8 mu g/mL oridonin (13.05% +/- 3.21%, P < 0.01), and the highest inhibitory ratio was 90.64% +/- 0.70%, which was achieved with oridonin at a dose of 32 mu g/mL. The IC50 value of oridonin in BxPC-3 cells was 19.32 mu g/mL. ELISA analysis revealed that oridonin down-regulated the inflammatory factors IL-1 beta, IL-6, and IL-33 in a dose-dependent manner. IL-1 beta expression was significantly reduced in the 16 and 32 mu g/mL treatment groups compared to the control group (12.97 +/- 0.45 pg/mL, 11.17 +/- 0.63 pg/mL vs 14.40 +/- 0.38 pg/mL, P < 0.01). Similar trends were observed for IL-6 expression, which was significantly reduced in the 16 and 32 mu g/mL treatment groups compared to the control group (4.05 +/- 0.14 pg/mL vs 4.45 +/- 0.43 pg/mL, P < 0.05; 3.95 +/- 0.13 pg/mL vs 4.45 +/- 0.43 pg/mL, P < 0.01). IL-33 expression was significantly reduced in the 8, 16, and 32 mu g/mL treatment groups compared to the control group (911.05 +/- 14.18 pg/mL vs 945.25 +/- 12.09 pg/mL, P < 0.05; 802.70 +/- 11.88 pg/mL, 768.54 +/- 10.98 pg/mL vs 945.25 +/- 12.09 pg/mL, P < 0.01). Western blot and immunofluorescent staining analyses suggested that oridonin changed the hallmarks and regulated the expression of various nuclear transcription factors.CONCLUSION: The results obtained suggest that oridonin alters the hallmarks of pancreatic cancer cells through the regulation of nuclear transcription factors. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.