scholarly journals The Natural Product Fucoidan Inhibits Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells: Focus on the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 6195-6207
Author(s):  
Shuhan Liu ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Xudong Peng ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Cunjing Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Natural Product ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Akt Signaling ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Human Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Akt Signaling Pathway

CNOT7 modulates biological functions of ovarian cancer cells via AKT signaling pathway

Life Sciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 268 ◽  
pp. 118996
Author(s):  
Jiangtao Yu ◽  
Xiaoli Hu ◽  
Xiuxiu Chen ◽  
Qiangyong Zhou ◽  
Qi Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Akt Signaling ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Akt Signaling Pathway

scholarly journals Acyl-CoA Medium-Chain Synthetase-3 Promotes Chemosensitivity of Ovarian Cancer through the Inhibition of PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan An ◽  
Hua Duan
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Fatty Acid Metabolism ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Immune Status ◽  
Akt Signaling ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Akt Signaling Pathway

Abstract Introduction: Dysregulation of fatty acid metabolism often occurs in tumor, which mainly constitutes of fatty acid synthesis and oxidation. In recent years, studies found that fatty acid metabolism participated in regulation of tumor immune microenvironment, which further influenced the progress of cancer. Thus, it is important to explore the key fatty acid metabolism-related molecules, which not only affects the prognosis of ovarian cancer, but also shows a close correlation with immune microenvironment of cancer.Methods: Database from TCGA was used to explore the fatty acid metabolism-related molecules, which correlated with the prognosis of ovarian cancer using univariate and multivariate cox proportional regression model. Nomogram was constructed to predict the prognostic probability based on ACSM3 and clinicopathological parameters. GDSC database was used to investigate the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells. The correlation between ACSM3 and immune status of ovarian cancer was analyzed by TIMER and TISIDB online tools. In addition, CCK8 assay was used to investigate the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells, real time-PCR and western blot were used to investigate the expression of chemoresistance-related genes.Results: ACSM3 worked as an independent favorable prognostic molecule through univariate and multivariate cox regression analysis. For the use in clinical, nomogram was constructed, and higher expression of ACSM3 showed better prognosis. We found that ACSM3 could regulate PI3K/AKT signaling, and GDSC database showed that PI3K/AKT inhibitor could promote the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells. In addition, the expression of ACSM3 showed significantly correlated with the immune status of ovarian cancer. In vitro experiments showed that ACSM3 can promote the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells by inhibiting PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.Conclusion: Our results showed that ACSM3 acted as a favorable prognostic-related biomarker for ovarian cancer, which could promote chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer through inhibiting PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. This might be due to participate in regulating immune status of ovarian cancer microenvironment.

scholarly journals Berberine Sensitizes Human Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin Through miR-93/PTEN/Akt Signaling Pathway

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 956-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaoyun Chen ◽  
Rong Qin ◽  
Yue Fang ◽  
Hao Li
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cell Line ◽  
Akt Signaling ◽  
Ovarian Cancer Cells ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Akt Signaling Pathway ◽  
Wide Range

Background: Berberine, a well-known component of the Chinese herbal medicine Huanglian, has wide range of biochemical and pharmacological effects, including antineoplastic effect, but the exact mechanisms remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential chemo-sensitization effect of berberine in ovarian cancer cell line A2780. Methods: The expression of miR-93 was measure by RT-PCR. The target of miR-93 was confirmed by luciferase activity assay. Hoechst 33258 staining, Annexin V and PI double staining were used for apoptosis analysis. Results: In this study, we found A2780/DDP cells that were incubated with berberine combined with cisplatin had a significantly lower survival than the control group. Berberine enhanced cisplatin induced apoptosis and induced G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in A2780 cells. Next, we observed that the miR-93 levels in cisplatin resistant cell lines were higher than that in cisplatin sensitive cell lines. Furthermore, our study found berberine could inhibit miR-93 expression and function in ovarian cancer, as shown by an increase of its target PTEN, an important tumor suppressor in ovarian cancer. A2780 cells that were treated with PTEN siRNA had increased survival compared to NC group and this could be partly alleviated by the AKT inhibitor Triciribine. More importantly, A2780 cells that were treated with PTEN siRNA had a survival pattern that is similar to cells with miR-93 overexpression. Conclusion: The results suggested that berberine modulated the sensitivity of cisplatin through miR-93/PTEN/AKT signaling pathway in the ovarian cancer cells.

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