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- Title
Inhibition to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastatic Potential In Colorectal Cancer Cell By Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation Jiedu Sangen Decoction and PD-L1 Inhibitor.
- Authors
Shan, Feiyu; Sun, Leitao; Zhang, Leyin; Guo, Kaibo; Yan, Qingying; Feng, Guan; Zhu, Ying; Shen, Minhe; Ruan, Shanming
- Abstract
Background: Jiedu Sangen Decoction (JSD), a traditional Chinese medicine formula, has been widely applied in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer, especially in colorectal cancer. Our study mainly aimed to assess the combined efficacy of Jiedu Sangen aqueous extract (JSAE) and a PD-L1 inhibitor (PI) in colon cancer cells migration and invasion, along with epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and then provide deep insights into the potential mechanism. Methods: We explored the inhibitory effects on invasion and metastasis and the reverse effect on EMT process in CT-26 colon cancer cell via Transwell migration assay, Matrigel invasion assay and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Furthermore, regulation in expression of EMT-related proteins and molecular biomarkers and underlying signal pathway proteins were detected through Western blotting and IHC. Results: The combination of JSD and PD-L1 inhibitor could inhibit migration, invasive ability and EMT of CT-26 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Meanwhile, JSD combined with PD-L1 inhibitor could also remarkably reverse EMT and metastasis in vivo. In addition, the protein expression of N-cadherin, Slug, Snail, Vimentin was down-regulated along with E-cadherin s up-regulation with the combination of JSD and PD-L1 inhibitor, while that of PI3K/AKT was notably down-regulated. Conclusions: These findings indicated that JSAE and a PD-L1 inhibitor could drastically inhibit the migration and invasion of colorectal cancer by reversing EMT through the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.
- Subjects
ANIMAL experimentation; BIOLOGICAL models; CELL lines; COLON tumors; CHINESE medicine; MEMBRANE proteins; METASTASIS; MICE; RECTUM tumors; PLANT extracts; EPITHELIAL-mesenchymal transition; CHEMICAL inhibitors
- Publication
Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2020, Vol 19, p1
- ISSN
1534-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1534735420972486