黄酮类化合物抗肿瘤研究进展

黄酮类化合物是广泛存在于自然界中的一类多酚化合物,有许多潜在的药用价值,抗肿瘤活性是其研究热点之一。其抗肿瘤作用主要表现在抑制细胞增殖、诱导细胞凋亡、干预信号转导、影响细胞周期、影响血管生成、克服肿瘤细胞多药耐药性等方面。文中就黄酮类化合物抗肿瘤作用的研究进展进行综述。     

青蒿素类化合物抗肿瘤研究新进展

传统中药及其天然活性成分为现代医药发展提供了丰富的资源。青蒿素及其衍生物的抗疟活性已得到世界公认,具有起效快、药效高、毒副作用低等优点。不断深入的研究揭示了该类化合物具有良好的抗肿瘤作用,如诱导细胞周期阻滞、促进细胞凋亡、抑制肿瘤血管生成、阻断肿瘤细胞的侵袭转移等。目前,在认识青蒿素类化合物抗癌分子作用机理的基础上对其进行结构改造,为新型一类抗肿瘤药物的研制奠定基础。对青蒿素及其衍生物的抗肿瘤活性及相关分子机制研究现状进行了综述。     

TRAIL耐药的研究进展

肿瘤坏死因子相关凋亡诱导配体(tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand,TRAIL)能选择性地诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡,因此作为抗肿瘤药物备受瞩目,现已进入II期临床试验,尽管有报道称部分肿瘤细胞对TRAIL耐药,导致治疗效果不如预期,但TRAIL用于肿瘤治疗的前景依旧被人们看好。通过对TRAIL耐药机理的研究将有助于寻找逆转肿瘤细胞耐药的靶点,并通过联合用药来调节相关的信号分子以获得更好的抗肿瘤效应。该文将介绍TRAIL及其介导的细胞凋亡通路并总结近年来TRAIL耐药机理及逆转其耐药方面的研究进展。     

花青素抗消化道肿瘤的作用机制研究进展

消化道恶性肿瘤的发病率和死亡率均居世界前列。花青素属于酚类化合物中的黄酮类化合物,具有抗氧、抗炎、抗肿瘤、预防心血管疾病等活性。通过对花青素以往的研究,从抗氧化、抗炎、阻滞细胞周期、促进肿瘤细胞凋亡及抑制肿瘤转移和血管生成等方面对其在抗肿瘤领域的进展进行综述。     

Apoptin与肿瘤细胞凋亡

Apoptin是一种能够特异性地诱导肿瘤细胞和转化细胞凋亡的小蛋白质。简要综述了Apoptin的来源及其分子生物学特性、Apoptin诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡的特点和分子机制、Apoptin在肿瘤治疗方面的研究进展,以及Apoptin作为一种抗肿瘤制剂的应用前景。     

白藜芦醇诱导皮肤癌细胞株A432细胞凋亡的机制研究

白藜芦醇（Resveratrol）是天然的含有芪类结构的非黄酮类多酚化合物,广泛存在于葡萄和花生等天然植物中,具有抗炎、抗氧化、调节脂代谢及抗肿瘤等生物活性。本研究通过应用不同浓度的白藜芦醇处理正常皮肤细胞HaCaT和皮肤癌细胞A431,探讨白藜芦醇诱导皮肤癌细胞A431凋亡的可能分子机制。MTT结果表明：白藜芦醇处理后,A431细胞的数量明显减少,     

多柔比星诱导人前列腺癌细胞免疫原性死亡

钙网蛋白(calreticulin,CRT)是介导肿瘤细胞发生免疫原性死亡的关键性信号分子,在某些理化因素诱导肿瘤细胞发生凋亡的过程中,内质网上的CRT迅速转位到细胞膜上。作为一种特异的信号分子,凋亡肿瘤细胞膜上的CRT能介导吞噬细胞对凋亡肿瘤细胞的识别和吞噬。目前有关免疫原性肿瘤细胞死亡的实验数据大多由动物细胞和动物活体实验得到,人肿瘤细胞在发生免疫原性细胞死亡时,是否也具有CRT膜转位这样的分子事件还需要进一步探讨。研究分析了3种临床常用的肿瘤化疗药物(柔红霉素、长春新碱、顺铂)对人前列腺癌PC3细胞CRT亚细胞定位的影响,及其在介导肿瘤细胞免疫原性死亡中的作用。在对比分析的3种临床抗肿瘤药物中,柔红霉素和顺铂可诱导人前列腺癌PC3细胞发生凋亡,但仅柔红霉素处理的PC3细胞膜上CRT的表达量显著增加。膜上高表达CRT的PC3细胞能更有效地被吞噬细胞吞噬。结果表明,柔红霉素作为抗肿瘤药物,能诱导敏感人肿瘤细胞的免疫原性细胞死亡。     

抗肿瘤多肽的研究新进展

抗肿瘤多肽具有分子质量小、特异性高、免疫原性低、生物利用度高等优点,且易于合成和改造,其在肿瘤治疗领域的应用研究近 年来受到广泛关注。目前,已有多种抗肿瘤多肽及其衍生物上市或进入临床研究,对于肿瘤的临床治疗具有重要价值。综述抗肿瘤多肽在 诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡、抑制肿瘤新生血管生成、抑制肿瘤细胞生长和转移以及用作疫苗和药物载体等方面的研究新进展。     

中药抗肿瘤作用的研究进展

应用中草药抗肿瘤的研究很早就已是医学科技工作者的重要研究领域;但是,近年来中草药抗肿瘤的研究变的越来越火热,越来越深入,许多研究工作已经不单纯局限于抗肿瘤的基本活性,更多的研究已经深入到抗肿瘤作用机理的层面;本文从中药有效成分对诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡、抑制肿瘤血管的生长、诱导肿瘤细胞分化、逆转肿瘤细胞多药耐药性、提高机体免疫力等方面对中药抗肿瘤研究的当前状况进行了综述,具体情况如下：     

凋亡素诱导细胞凋亡的机制及其在肿瘤治疗中的应用

凋亡素是由鸡贫血病毒的vp3基因编码的一种13.6kD的蛋白质,这种蛋白质具有广谱抗肿瘤特性,能特异性诱导细胞转化或肿瘤细胞凋亡。本文就凋亡素诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡的机制及其在肿瘤治疗中的应用作一综述。     

丹皮酚抗肿瘤作用及其机制研究

丹皮酚主要通过杀伤肿瘤细胞、诱导凋亡,影响肿瘤血管生成,促进IL-2及TNF-α生成,下调COX-2表达发挥抗肿瘤作用;但我们研究证实丹皮酚对体外神经胶质瘤U251细胞及肝癌HepG2细胞无明显抑制作用。丹皮酚作为抗肿瘤有效中药分子开发新药尚需深入的体内外实验研究与探讨。     

Matrine induces programmed cell death and regulates expression of relevant genes based on PCR array analysis in C6 glioma cells

Matrine, one of the main components extracted from Sophora flavescens Ait, has a wide range of pharmacological effects including anti-tumor activities on a number of cancer cell lines. This study has investigated whether matrine could also display anti-tumor action on rat C6 glioma cells. Exposure of C6 cells to matrine resulted in inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner, as measured by the MTT assay and Flow cytometry. The Annexin V/PI staining further detected the apoptotic cells at both early and late phases of apoptosis. We used AO/EB staining to examine the programmed cell death of matrine-treated C6 cells, and showed that the death rate detected by AO/EB staining was higher than the apoptosis rate measured by Annexin V/PI staining, suggesting that autophagy, the Type II programmed cell death, may be involved in matrine-induced cell death, which was further confirmed by electronic microscopy. To explore the molecular mechanism, an apoptosis real-time PCR array was performed, which has demonstrated that 57 genes were at least 2-fold upregulated, and 11 genes were at least 2-fold downregulated in matrine-treated C6 cells, compared with untreated cells. However, the gene expression profiles could only partly and roughly explain molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and autophagy in matrine-treated C6 cells, thus further investigations are required to confirm the specific molecular pathways and related molecules responsible for the programmed cell death.     

豹蛙酶研究进展

豹蛙酶是一种抗肿瘤药物,属于核糖核酸酶A超家族,它的核糖核酸酶活性低,细胞毒性较强,在体内外对多种肿瘤具有显著杀伤作用,是目前全球正在重点研究的100种新药之一。豹蛙酶用于恶性间皮瘤的治疗目前处于Ⅲ期临床研究阶段,用于非小细胞肺癌和其他固体肿瘤的治疗也处于临床Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期研究阶段。豹蛙酶通过多种机制导致肿瘤细胞凋亡,抗病毒作用是其进一步研究开发的重点。     

Hypericin-photodynamic therapy leads to interleukin-6 secretion by HepG2 cells and their apoptosis via recruitment of BH3 interacting-domain death agonist and caspases

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a capable therapeutic modality for the treatment of cancer. PDT is a targeted cancer therapy that reportedly leads to tumor cell apoptosis and/or necrosis by facilitating the secretion of certain pro-inflammatory cytokines and expression of multiple apoptotic mediators in the tumor microenvironment. In addition, PDT also triggers oxidative stress that directs tumor cell killing and activation of inflammatory responses. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the role of PDT in facilitating tumor cell apoptosis remain ambiguous. Here, we investigated the ability of PDT in association with hypericin (HY) to induce tumor cell apoptosis by facilitating the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and secretion of Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines in human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line (HepG2) cells. To discover if any apoptotic mediators were implicated in the enhancement of cell death of HY-PDT-treated tumor cells, selected gene profiling in response to HY-PDT treatment was implemented. Experimental results showed that interleukin (IL)-6 was significantly increased in all HY-PDT-treated cells, especially in 1 μg/ml HY-PDT, resulting in cell death. In addition, quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that the expression of apoptotic genes, such as BH3-interacting-domain death agonist (BID), cytochrome complex (CYT-C) and caspases (CASP3, 6, 7, 8 and 9) was remarkably higher in HY-PDT-treated HepG2 cells than the untreated HepG2 cells, entailing that tumor destruction of immune-mediated cell death occurs only in PDT-treated tumor cells. Hence, we showed that HY-PDT treatment induces apoptosis in HepG2 cells by facilitating cytotoxic ROS, and potentially recruits IL-6 and apoptosis mediators, providing additional hints for the existence of alternative mechanisms of anti-tumor immunity in hepatocellular carcinoma, which contribute to long-term suppression of tumor growth following PDT.     

Underlying Mechanism of Quercetin-induced Cell Death in Human Glioma Cells

There has been considerable interest in recent years in the anti-tumor activities of flavonoids. Quercetin, a ubiquitous bioactive flavonoid, can inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in a variety of cancer cells. However, the precise molecular mechanism by which quercetin induces apoptosis in cancer cells is poorly understood. The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of quercetin on cell viability and to determine its underlying mechanism in human glioma cells. Quercetin resulted in loss of cell viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner and the decrease in cell viability was mainly attributed to cell death. Quercetin did not increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and the quercetin-induced cell death was also not affected by antioxidants, suggesting that ROS generation is not involved in loss of cell viability. Western blot analysis showed that quercetin treatment caused rapid reduction in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt. Transient transfection with constitutively active forms of MEK and Akt protected against the quercetin-induced loss of cell viability. Quercetin-induced depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential. Caspase activity was stimulated by quercetin and caspase inhibitors prevented the quercetin-induced loss of cell viability. Quercetin resulted in a decrease in expression of survivin, antiapoptotic proteins. Taken together, these findings suggest that quercetin results in human glioma cell death through caspase-dependent mechanisms involving down-regulation of ERK, Akt, and survivin.     

合成芪类化合物抑制肿瘤细胞增殖并诱导Bel-7402细胞凋亡

芪类化合物在癌的起始、促进和发展阶段均有化学抗癌活性,对其化学结构进行改造并进行作用机制研究,提高其抗肿瘤活性,有可能发现新的抗肿瘤药物.在合成23种芪类化合物的基础上,以MTT法测定其对9种肿瘤细胞系的抑制作用,发现多种化合物对SMMC-7721、BGC-823、HepG2、Bel-7402、MCF-7、SGC-7901细胞系具有较明显的抑制活性.以细胞周期分析、Hoechst 33258荧光染色及线粒体膜电位变化进行检测,发现经抑制作用较强的化合物HCQ-10处理后的 Bel-7402细胞发生G₂/M期阻滞,并继发细胞凋亡.实验结果说明,合成芪类化合物对SMMC-7721、BGC-823、HepG2、Bel-7402、MCF-7、SGC-7901细胞具有较为明显的增殖抑制作用,其抑制Bel 7402细胞增殖的作用机制为阻滞细胞于G₂/M期并诱导细胞继发凋亡.     

苦参活性成分的抗肿瘤作用机制研究进展

苦参是中国传统的植物药,具有清热燥湿等多种作用,广泛地应用于抗肿瘤研究,其活性成分能够通过细胞周期阻滞抑制肿瘤细胞的增殖、诱导肿瘤细胞分化、通过细胞周期阻滞、Fas/Fasl和线粒体途径诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡,通过降低VEGF等的表达抑制肿瘤血管生成和内皮细胞增殖,抑制肿瘤侵袭和转移,通过抑制端粒酶活性、逆转多药耐药、调节免疫耐受等辅助治疗肿瘤。通过收集、分析和整理最近几年涉及苦参活性成分抗肿瘤作用的文献,综述其抗肿瘤作用机制,为临床应用苦参治疗肿瘤提供参考。     

Ganoderma atrum polysaccharide induces anti-tumor activity via the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway related to activation of host immune response

Ganoderma atrum polysaccharide (PSG-1), the major active ingredient isolated from Ganoderma atrum, has been suggested as a candidate for cancer therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-tumor effect of PSG-1 using sarcoma 180 (S-180) transplanted mice and further to examine the molecular mechanisms of PSG-1-induced anti-tumor effect. Results showed that PSG-1 significantly inhibited tumor growth in S-180-bearing mice. PSG-1-induced tumor apoptosis was associated with the alteration of Bcl-2 family proteins, increase of reactive oxygen species generation, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ(m) ), release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into cytosol, and activation of caspase-3 and -9. Elevation of immune function was also shown during PSG-1-induced tumor apoptosis, as evidenced by increase of spleen and thymus indexes, lymphocyte proliferation, concentrations of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interleukin-2 in serum. Furthermore, the combined treatment of PSG-1 and cyclophosphamide (CTX) results in an enhancement of the anti-tumor effect of CTX alone via increased host immune response. These results suggested that PSG-1 had a potent anti-tumor activity by induction of tumor apoptosis through mitochondrial pathways, and immunoenhancement effect of PSG-1 was related to its anti-tumor effect. In addition, PSG-1 enhanced CTX-induced anti-tumor activity in S-180-bearing mice.     

新城疫病毒抗肿瘤效应机制的研究现状

溶瘤病毒疗法是一种重要的抗癌手段。经研究,新城疫病毒(Newcastlediseasevirus,NDV)是一种非常有效的溶瘤病毒(oncolyticvirus,OV),它能选择性杀伤肿瘤细胞,对正常细胞几乎无影响。本文从NDV诱导肿瘤细胞发生凋亡、自噬、抑制细胞代谢、刺激机体免疫反应和诱导肿瘤细胞发生核糖体应激反应等方面综述了新城疫病毒的抗肿瘤效应机制,并着重探讨了NDV通过诱导核糖体压力应激反应调控肿瘤细胞翻译系统并诱导细胞发生凋亡的具体机制,旨在为今后NDV抗肿瘤作用的深入研究及靶向治疗癌症提供更加扎实丰富的理论基础。     

Salinomycin inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell in vitro and suppresses tumor growth in vivo

Salinomycin (Sal) is a polyether ionophore antibiotic that has recently been shown to induce cell death in various human cancer cells. However, whether salinomycin plays a functional role in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has not been determined to date. The present study investigated the chemotherapeutic efficacy of salinomycin and its molecular mechanisms of action in NPC cells. Salinomycin efficiently inhibited proliferation and invasion of 3 NPC cell lines (CNE-1, CNE-2, and CNE-2/DDP) and activated a extensive apoptotic process that is accompanied by activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9, and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. Meanwhile, the protein expression level of the Wnt coreceptor lipoprotein receptor related protein 6 (LRP6) and β-catenin was down-regulated, which showed that the Wnt/β-catenin signaling was involved in salinomycin-induced apoptosis of NPC cells. In a nude mouse NPC xenograft model, the anti-tumor effect of salinomycin was associated with the downregulation of β-catenin expression. The present study demonstrated that salinomycin can effectively inhibit proliferation and invasion, and induce apoptosis of NPC cells in vitro and inhibit tumor growth in vivo, probably via the inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling, suggesting salinomycin as a potential candidate for the chemotherapy of NPC.