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PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 93, Issue 1-2, Pages 39-46Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000357683
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Objective: Celastrol, a plant triterpene, has anticancer effects by increase of apoptosis. In the present study, the mechanism of celastrol on gastric cancer cell apoptosis was examined. Methods: The effect of celastrol on PI3K/Akt and the NF-kappa B signaling pathway was evaluated with Western blot and luciferase reporter assay. miR-21 expression was determined using real-time PCR. miR-21 inhibitor and miR-21 mimic were used to downregulate and upregulate miR-21 expression, respectively. Results: It was identified that celastrol was capable of inducing apoptosis of gastric cancer cells, which was mediated via inhibiting the activation of PI3K/Akt and NF-kappa B. A strong activator of Akt, IGF-1 restored NF-kappa B activity in cells treated with celastrol. Celastrol could also significantly suppress miR-21 expression. Furthermore, miR-21 inhibitor could decrease phospho-Akt expression and NF-kappa B activity. Notably, upregulation of miR-21 expression can increase PI3K/Akt and NF-kappa B activity and decrease apoptosis of gastric cancer cells treated with celastrol, which could be reversed by PI3K inhibitor. Conclusions: Our data revealed that the effect of celastrol on apoptosis was due to miR-21 inhibiting the PI3K/Akt-dependent NF-kappa B pathway. (C) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
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