期刊
ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 2685-2698出版社
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S157129
关键词
AKT; ERK; digestive tumor; molecular mechanisms; molecular targeted therapy; basic medical research; anti-angiogenesis drug
资金
- Beijing Natural Science Foundation [7172081, QN2015-10]
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Fund Project of Beijing [JJ2016-16]
- Research Foundation of Beijing Friendship Hospital [yyqdkt2014-10]
Background: Traditional chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy have shown modest effects on the survival o f patients with pancreatic cancer. The current study aimed to investigate the antitumor effects of apatinib, Astragalus polysaccharide (APS), and the combination of both the drugs in pancreatic cancer cells and further explore the molecular mechanisms in vitro. Materials and methods: Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) in human pancreatic cancer cell lines ASPC-1, PANC-1, and SW1990 was detected by Western blotting. Cell proliferation was measured by MTS, and migration and invasion were detected by wound-healing and Transwell assays, respectively. Cell apoptosis rate was determined by flow cytometry and cellular autophagy level affected by apatinib, and AN was analyzed by Western blotting. Results: Human pancreatic cancer cell lines ASPC-1 and PANC-1 expressed VEGFR-2, but V EGFR-2 was not detected in SW1990. Either apatinib or AN inhibited cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner in ASPC-1 and PANG-1. APS in combination with apatinib showed enhanced inhibitory effects on cell migration and invasion compared with apatinib monotherapy in ASPC-1 and PANC-l. Meanwhile, APS combined with apatinib strongly increased cell apoptosis percentage. Western blotting showed that the combination of APS and apatinib significantly enhanced the downregulation of phosphorylated protein kinase B (AKT) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) (p-AKT and p-ERK) as well as matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) expression. In addition, both apatinib and APS induced cellular autophagy. However, the expression of autophagy-related proteins was not further elevated in the combination group. Conclusion: The study first demonstrated that apatinib showed potentially inhibitory effects in pancreatic cancer cells and that APS enhanced the antitumor effects of apatinib through further downregulating the expression of phosphorylation of AKT and ERK as well as MM P-9.
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