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ONCOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 7716-7724Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8286
Keywords
tetrandrine; migration; invasion; matrix metalloproteinase-2; matrix metalloproteinase-9; nuclear factor-kappa B p65; SW620 human colon cancer cells
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- China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan [CMUBH R103-011]
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Tetrandrine (TET) exhibits biological activities, including anticancer activity. In Chinese medicine, TET has been used to treat hypertensive and arrhythmic conditions and has been demonstrated to induce cytotoxic effects on human cancer cell lines. However, to the best of the author's knowledge, no previous studies have revealed that TET affects cell metastasis in SW620 human colon cancer cells. The present study demonstrated that TET decreased the cell number and inhibited cell adhesion and mobility of SW620 cells. Furthermore, a wound healing assay was performed to demonstrate that TET suppressed cell movement, and Transwell chamber assays were used to reveal that TET suppressed the cell migration and invasion of SW620 cells. Western blotting demonstrated that TET significantly reduced protein expression levels of SOS Ras/Rac guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, growth factor receptor bound protein 2, phosphorylated (p)-c Jun N-terminal kinase 1/2, p-p38, p38, 14-3-3, Rho A, beta-catenin, nuclear factor-kappa B p65, signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 and cyclooxygenase-2, in comparison with untreated SW620 cells. Overall, the results of the present study suggested that TET may be used as a novel anti-metastasis agent for the treatment of human colon cancer in the future.
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