Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1111 XianXia Road, Shanghai 200336, China.
Biosci Rep. 2020 Mar 27;40(3). doi: 10.1042/BSR20191507.
The lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer (LMN-CRC) seriously threatens the prognosis of patients. Chemotherapy, as the most common treatment, results in severe bone marrow suppression. 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh2 (SGRh2), a major effective constituent of ginseng, has demonstrated therapeutic effects on a variety of diseases, including some tumours. SGRh2 treatment had no effect on other organs. Therefore, ginsenosides are considered a safe and effective antineoplastic drug. However, the effects of SGRh2 on LMN-CRC remain unknown. The present study investigated the potential effect of SGRh2 on LMN-CRC in vitro and in vivo. SW480 and CoLo205 cell lines were treated with SGRh2. SGRh2 dose-dependently decreased CRC cell proliferation by CCK-8, colony formation and Edu assays. The Transwell and scratch assays revealed that SGRh2 inhibits the migratory and invasive abilities of CRC cells in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the results of Western blotting revealed that SGRh2 decreased the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP9. In terms of the underlying mechanisms, SGRh2 regulates CRC metastasis by affecting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which significantly up-regulated epithelial biomarkers (E-cadherin) and down-regulated mesenchymal biomarkers (N-cadherin and vimentin) and EMT transcriptional factors (Smad-3, Snail-1, and Twist-1). In vivo, SGRh2 significantly inhibited LMN-CRC without affecting other normal organs. Immunohistochemical results showed that SGRh2 treats LMN-CRC by regulating EMT. These results demonstrate that SGRh2 has therapeutic potential for LMN-CRC.
结直肠癌的淋巴结转移(LMN-CRC)严重威胁着患者的预后。化疗作为最常见的治疗方法,会导致严重的骨髓抑制。20(S)-人参皂苷 Rh2(SGRh2)是人参的主要有效成分之一,对多种疾病,包括一些肿瘤,都有治疗作用。SGRh2 治疗对其他器官没有影响。因此,人参皂苷被认为是一种安全有效的抗肿瘤药物。然而,SGRh2 对 LMN-CRC 的作用尚不清楚。本研究探讨了 SGRh2 对 LMN-CRC 的体内外潜在作用。用 SGRh2 处理 SW480 和 CoLo205 细胞系。CCK-8、集落形成和 Edu 测定显示 SGRh2 剂量依赖性地降低 CRC 细胞增殖。Transwell 和划痕实验显示 SGRh2 以剂量依赖的方式抑制 CRC 细胞的迁移和侵袭能力。此外,Western blot 结果表明 SGRh2 降低了基质金属蛋白酶(MMP)-2 和 MMP9 的表达。在潜在机制方面,SGRh2 通过影响上皮间质转化(EMT)来调节 CRC 转移,这显著上调上皮生物标志物(E-钙黏蛋白)和下调间充质生物标志物(N-钙黏蛋白和波形蛋白)以及 EMT 转录因子(Smad-3、Snail-1 和 Twist-1)。在体内,SGRh2 显著抑制 LMN-CRC 而不影响其他正常器官。免疫组化结果表明 SGRh2 通过调节 EMT 来治疗 LMN-CRC。这些结果表明 SGRh2 对 LMN-CRC 具有治疗潜力。