Anemoside B4 exerts anti-cancer effect by inducing apoptosis and autophagy through inhibiton of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: saponins has anti-cancer activity. However, the pharmacological effect of AB4 in cancer is largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the anti-cancer efficacy of AB4 in HCC. We used CCK-8 assay and colony formation assay to evaluate the cytotoxicity of AB4 and found that this agent markedly inhibited SMMC7721 cell proliferation. By using a panel of morphological and molecular experiments, we reported that AB4 induced HCC SMMC7721 cell apoptosis and autophagy. Notably, AB4 treatment acts on the Bcl-2-caspase-3 pathway and Beclin-1-LC3-p62 pathway, thereby regulates both apoptosis and autophagy. Finally, we showed that AB4-induced apoptosis and autophagy converges at the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling. AB4 treatment inhibits this signaling transduction pathway and leads to HCC cell death. Collectively, our study highlighted the anti-cancer efficacy of AB4 and suggested that AB4 might be a novel way to treat HCC.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Shuyi Xue, Yu Zhou, Jin Zhang, Zhuo Xiang, Yang Liu, Ting Miao, Guoxin Liu, Bangguo Liu, Xu Liu, Lixia Shen, Zhe Zhang, Mingchun Li, Qing Miao
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2980595974