scholarly journals Traditional Chinese Medicine Xiaoai Jiedu Recipe Suppresses the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Regulating the microRNA-29a/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Axis

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 7329-7342
Author(s):  
Yanfen Shi ◽  
Wuming Kong ◽  
Yanxu Lu ◽  
Yu Zheng
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 153303382110279
Author(s):  
SiZhe Yu ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
KeJia Lv ◽  
Jia Hou ◽  
WenYuan Li ◽  
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Purpose: The high fatality-to-case ratio of hepatocellular carcinoma is directly related to metastasis. The signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 is a key mediator of the cytokine and growth factor signaling pathways and drives the transcription of genes responsible for cancer-associated phenotypes. However, so far, no specific inhibitor for signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 has been used in clinical practice. Therefore, targeting the signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 for cancer therapy is highly desired to improve outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Experimental Design: Using the small-molecule inhibitor NT157, the effect of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 inhibition on cell migration was tested in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines and a lung metastasis model of the disease. Results: NT157 significantly inhibited the migration of hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines in vitro and lung metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in vivo. Mechanistically, it inhibited the phospho-signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Furthermore, NT157 treatment suppressed the c-Jun activation domain-binding protein-1 levels in the nucleus but no significant decrease was observed in its expression in the cytoplasm. Finally, high mRNA expression levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 and c-Jun activation domain-binding protein-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma were associated with significantly low survival rates. Conclusion: NT157 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma migration and metastasis by downregulating the signal transducer and activator of transcription-3/c-Jun activation domain-binding protein-1 signaling pathway and targeting it may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for the clinical management of hepatocellular carcinoma in the future.


PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10745
Author(s):  
Qin Zhang ◽  
Zhangying Feng ◽  
Mengxi Gao ◽  
Liru Guo

Background SiNiSan (SNS) is an ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used to treat liver and spleen deficiencies. We studied the unique advantages of using SNS to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with multiple components and targets to determine its potential mechanism of action. Methods The active compounds from the individual herbs in the SNS formula and their targets were mined from Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database (TCMSP). HCC-associated targets were collected from the TCGA and GEO databases and samples were collected from patients with stage III hepatocellular carcinoma. A compound-disease target network was constructed, visualized, and analyzed using Cytoscape software. We built a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network using the String database. We enriched and analyzed key targets using GSEA, GO, and KEGG in order to explore their functions. Autodock software was used to simulate the process of SNS molecules acting on HCC targets. Results A total of 113 candidate compounds were taken from SNS, and 64 of the same targets were chosen from HCC and SNS. The predominant targets genes were PTGS2, ESR1, CHEK1, CCNA2, NOS2 and AR; kaempferol and quercetin from SNS were the principal ingredients in HCC treatment. The compounds may work against HCC due to a cellular response to steroid hormones and histone phosphorylation. The P53 signaling pathway was significantly enriched in the gene set GSEA enrichment analysis and differential gene KEGG enrichment analysis. Conclusions Our results showed that the SNS component has a large number of stage III HCC targets. Among the targets, the sex hormone receptors, the AR and ESR1 genes, are the core targets of SNS component and the most active proteins in the PPI network. In addition, quercetin, which has the most targets, can act on the main targets (BAX, CDK1, CCNB1, SERPINE1, CHEK2, and IGFBP3) of the P53 pathway to treat HCC.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Juan Wu ◽  
Wen-Liang Lv ◽  
Juan-Mei Li ◽  
Ting-Ting Zhang ◽  
Wen-Hui Zhou ◽  
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Abstract Introduction: Hepatitis B-related compensated liver cirrhosis is related to higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, anti-viral therapy is the preferred method. As the pathological mechanisms of liver fibrosis are complex, drugs developed for a single target are difficult to be effective in clinical practice, so there are no chemical drugs or biological drugs with clear efficacy available for clinical application at present. Traditional Chinese medicine is a kind of medical science that has been gradually formed during thousands of years and continuously enriched by the people of all ethnic groups in China. Traditional chinese medicine shows curative effects in the treatment of liver diseases, especially in the field of liver fibrosis prevention and treatment. This study aim to test the integrative medicine (chinese medicine plus anti-riral therapy) effective on lowing hepatocellular carcinoma risk among patients with hepatitis B-related compensated liver cirrhosis.Methods and Analysis: This is a multicentre randomised controlled trial, total 5 hospitals and 802 patients will involved in. All the subjects are randomly allocated to the YinQiSanHuang Jiedu decoction(YQSHD) group (n=401) or the placebo group (n=401). The YQSHD group receives YQSHD granule with Entecavir(ETV), the placebo group receives YQSHD placebo with ETV. Treatment period will last for 52 weeks, and follow-up period for 52±2 weeks. The primary outcome measure is the annual incidence of HCC. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and after treatment. Objective of this trial is “the integrative of YQSHD with ETV reduce the annual incidence of HCC to 1%”.Ethics and dissemination:The protocol has been approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Guang’anmen Hospital, China (No.2019-006-KY), and the other centres in the trial will not begin recruiting until local ethical approval has been obtained.Trial final results will be disseminated via publication. Trial registration: ChiCTR1900021532, this protocol was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (URL: http://www.chictr.org.cn/searchproj.aspx) on February 26th, 2019.


2017 ◽  
Vol 130 (22) ◽  
pp. 2686-2690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Ping Li ◽  
Wen-Ze Wang ◽  
Xue-Qi Chen ◽  
Ling-Bo Li ◽  
Zhi-Yong Liang ◽  
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