Ayati Seyed Hasan, Fazeli Badrieh, Momtazi-Borojeni Amir Abbas, Cicero Arrigo F G, Pirro Matteo, Sahebkar Amirhossein
Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2017 Aug;116:147-158. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.05.008. Epub 2017 Jun 13.
Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline alkaloid found in different plant families such as Berberidaceae, Ranunculaceae, and Papaveraceae. BBR is well-known for its anti-inflammatory, lipid-modifying, anticancer, anti-diabetic, antibacterial, antiparasitic and fungicide activities. Multiple pharmacological actions of BBR stem from different molecular targets of this phytochemical. MicroRNAs (miRs) are single-stranded, evolutionary conserved, small non-coding RNA molecules with a length of 19-23 nucleotides that are involved in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression through binding to the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of target mRNA. MiRs emerged as important regulatory elements in almost all biological processes like cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and organogenesis, and numerous human diseases such as cancer and diabetes. BBR was shown to regulate the expression of miRs in several diseases. Here, we reviewed the target miRs of BBR and the relevance of their modulation for the potential treatment of serious human diseases like multiple myeloma, hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer and glioblastoma. The role of miR regulation in the putative anti-diabetic effects of BBR is discussed, as well.
小檗碱(BBR)是一种异喹啉生物碱,存在于不同的植物科中,如小檗科、毛茛科和罂粟科。BBR以其抗炎、调节脂质、抗癌、抗糖尿病、抗菌、抗寄生虫和杀菌活性而闻名。BBR的多种药理作用源于这种植物化学物质的不同分子靶点。微小RNA(miRs)是单链、进化保守的小非编码RNA分子,长度为19 - 23个核苷酸,通过与靶mRNA的3'非翻译区(3'UTR)结合参与RNA沉默和基因表达的转录后调控。MiRs在几乎所有生物过程如细胞增殖、凋亡、分化和器官发生以及众多人类疾病如癌症和糖尿病中都作为重要的调节元件出现。BBR已被证明在几种疾病中调节miRs的表达。在此,我们综述了BBR的靶miRs及其调节与潜在治疗多发性骨髓瘤、肝细胞癌、结直肠癌、胃癌、卵巢癌和胶质母细胞瘤等严重人类疾病的相关性。还讨论了miR调节在BBR假定的抗糖尿病作用中的作用。