Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Department of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Environ Toxicol. 2024 May;39(5):3225-3237. doi: 10.1002/tox.24160. Epub 2024 Feb 15.
Lung cancer (LC) is the most prevalent cancer type, with a high mortality rate worldwide. The current treatment options for LC have not been particularly successful in improving patient outcomes. Yifei Sanjie (YFSJ), a well-applicated traditional Chinese medicine formula, is widely used to treat pulmonary diseases, especially LC, yet little is known about its molecular mechanisms. This study was conducted to explore the molecular mechanism by which YFSJ ameliorated LC progression. The A549, NCI-H1975, and Calu-3 cells were treated with the YFSJ formula and observed for colony number, apoptosis, migration, and invasion properties recorded via corresponding assays. The PRMT6-YBX1-CDC25A axis was tested and verified through luciferase reporter, RNA immunoprecipitation, and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays and rescue experiments. Our results demonstrated that YFSJ ameliorated LC cell malignant behaviors by increasing apoptosis and suppressing proliferation, migration, and invasion processes. We also noticed that the xenograft mouse model treated with YFSJ significantly reduced tumor growth compared with the control untreated group in vivo. Mechanistically, it was found that YFSJ suppressed the expression of PRMT6, YBX1, and CDC25A, while the knockdown of these proteins significantly inhibited colony growth, migration, and invasion, and boosted apoptosis in LC cells. In summary, our results suggest that YFSJ alleviates LC progression via the PRMT6-YBX1-CDC25A axis, confirming its efficacy in clinical use. The findings of our study provide a new regulatory network for LC growth and metastasis, which could shed new insights into pulmonary medical research.
肺癌(LC)是最常见的癌症类型,全球死亡率很高。目前 LC 的治疗选择在改善患者预后方面并没有特别成功。益肺散结(YFSJ)是一种应用广泛的中药方剂,广泛用于治疗肺部疾病,尤其是 LC,但对其分子机制知之甚少。本研究旨在探讨 YFSJ 改善 LC 进展的分子机制。用 YFSJ 配方处理 A549、NCI-H1975 和 Calu-3 细胞,通过相应的测定观察细胞集落数量、凋亡、迁移和侵袭特性。通过荧光素酶报告、RNA 免疫沉淀和染色质免疫沉淀测定和挽救实验测试和验证 PRMT6-YBX1-CDC25A 轴。我们的结果表明,YFSJ 通过增加细胞凋亡和抑制增殖、迁移和侵袭过程来改善 LC 细胞的恶性行为。我们还注意到,用 YFSJ 处理的异种移植小鼠模型在体内与未经处理的对照组相比,显著减少了肿瘤生长。从机制上讲,发现 YFSJ 抑制了 PRMT6、YBX1 和 CDC25A 的表达,而这些蛋白质的敲低显著抑制了 LC 细胞的集落生长、迁移和侵袭,并促进了细胞凋亡。总之,我们的结果表明,YFSJ 通过 PRMT6-YBX1-CDC25A 轴缓解 LC 进展,证实了其在临床应用中的疗效。我们的研究结果为 LC 生长和转移提供了一个新的调控网络,为肺部医学研究提供了新的见解。
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