Zheng Wen, Lu Shiliu, Cai Haolei, Kang Muxing, Qin Wenjie, Li Chao, Wu Yulian
Department of Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China.
Oncol Lett. 2016 Oct;12(4):2761-2765. doi: 10.3892/ol.2016.4928. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly lethal malignancy with few effective therapies. Deguelin, a natural compound of the flavonoid family of products, has been reported to have an inhibitory effect on various cancers. In the present study, we investigated whether deguelin had antitumor efficacy in PC. Deguelin treatment was observed to inhibit growth and induce apoptosis in two PC cell lines (Bxpc-3 and Panc-1). In addition, it inhibited migration and invasion in these two cell lines. The activation of the hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway, as well as matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and MMP-9, was suppressed by deguelin. These results suggest that deguelin may be a potential chemotherapeutic agent for PC, possibly through the suppression of the Hh signaling pathway.
胰腺癌(PC)是一种具有高度致死性的恶性肿瘤,有效治疗方法很少。鱼藤素是黄酮类产品家族中的一种天然化合物,据报道对多种癌症具有抑制作用。在本研究中,我们调查了鱼藤素在胰腺癌中是否具有抗肿瘤功效。观察到鱼藤素处理可抑制两种胰腺癌细胞系(Bxpc-3和Panc-1)的生长并诱导其凋亡。此外,它还抑制了这两种细胞系的迁移和侵袭。鱼藤素抑制了刺猬(Hh)信号通路以及基质金属蛋白酶(MMP)-2和MMP-9的激活。这些结果表明,鱼藤素可能是一种潜在的胰腺癌化疗药物,可能是通过抑制Hh信号通路来实现的。