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ONCOLOGY REPORTS
卷 29, 期 4, 页码 1609-1616出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/or.2013.2271
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Gleditsia sinensis thorns; gastric cancer; p38 MAP kinase; G1 phase cell cycle arrest; p21WAF1; MMP-9; NF-kappa B; AP-1
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korean government (MEST) [2012-0000482]
- Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program [PJ0081952011]
- Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea
The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are a traditional Oriental medicine used for the treatment of swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. In the present study, we identified a novel molecular mechanism by which an ethanol extract of Gleditsia sinensis thorns (EEGS) inhibits the growth of the SNU-5 human gastric cancer cell line. EEGS treatment inhibited cell growth and was associated with G1 phase cell cycle arrest at a concentration of 400 mu g/ml (IC50) in SNU-5 cells. Treatment with EEGS also stimulated p21WAF1 expression, which significantly decreased the expression of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Further study suggested that p38 MAP kinase pathways may be involved in the inhibition of cell proliferation through p21WAF1-dependent G1 phase cell cycle arrest in BEGS-treated cells. In addition, NF-kappa B and AP-1 transcription factor binding sites were identified as the cis-elements for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression in SNU-5 cells, as determined by gel-shift assay. Treatment of cells with BEGS suppressed MMP-9 expression induced by TNF-alpha via a decrease in the binding activity of both NF-kappa B and AP-1 motifs. These data demonstrate that EEGS-mediated inhibition of cell growth appears to involve the activation of p38 MAP kinase, subsequently leading to the induction of p21WAF1 and the downregulation of cyclin D1/CDK4 and cyclin E/CDK2 complexes. Moreover, BEGS strongly inhibited TNF-alpha-induced MMP-9 expression by impeding the DNA binding activity of NF-kappa B and AP-1. Overall, these results provide a potential mechanism for EEGS in the treatment of gastric cancer.
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