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An Orthotopic Murine Model of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Published on: September 18, 2013
[Biological mechanisms of Oxalis corniculata regulating human prostate cancer PC-3 cells: An investigation based on
Guo-Wei Zhang1, Ming-Wei Zhan2, Xu-Xin Zhan3
1Department of Urology, Suqian First Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu 223800, China.
Objective:
To investigate the biological mechanisms underlying the effect of the Chinese herbal medicine Oxalis corniculata on human prostate cancer PC-3 cells.
Methods:
Through in vitro experiment, we treated human prostate cancer PC-3 cells with different concentrations of Oxalis corniculata, assessed the viability of the cells by MTT assay, examined their apoptosis by flow cytometry, evaluated their migration and invasiveness by Transwell assay, and determined the expressions of the proteins p65, p-p65, IκBα and p-IκBα in the NF-κB pathway using protein imprinting technology.
Results:
Compared with the blank control, Oxalis corniculata significantly inhibited the proliferation and induced the apoptosis of the PC-3 cells (P< 0.05), suppressed their migration and invasiveness in a dose-dependent manner (P< 0.05), and upregulated the expression of IκBα and downregulated those of p-p65 and p-IκBα in the NF-κB pathway (P< 0.05).
Conclusion:
Oxalis corniculata can inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasiveness and induce the apoptosis of human prostate cancer PC cells, which may be attributed to its abilities of inhibiting the expressions of p-p65 and p-IκBα and regulating the activity of the NF-κB pathway.
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