Panax ginseng polysaccharide induces apoptosis by targeting Twist/AKR1C2/NF-1 pathway in human gastric cancer
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- 作者：Cong Li ; Zhen-Nan Tian ; Jian-Ping Cai ; Ke-Xin Chen ; Bao Zhang ; Mei-Yan Feng ; Qing-Tao Shi ; Rui Li ; Yu Qin ; Jing-Shu Geng
- 关键词：Panax ginseng ; Polysaccharide ; Apoptosis ; Human gastric cancer ; Twist/AKR1C2/NF-1 pathway
- 刊名：Carbohydrate Polymers
- 出版年：15 February, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：102
- 期：Complete
- 页码：103-109
- 全文大小：1261 K
文摘
In the present study, we isolated and screened an antitumor polysaccharide (PGP2a) from the roots of Panax ginseng. Chemical composition analysis indicated PGP2a was an acidic protein-polysaccharide. The average molecular weight was estimated to be 3.2 脳 104 Da. According to gas chromatography (GC) result, PGP2a consisted of galactose, arabinose, glucose and galacturonic acid in the molar ratio of 3.7:1.6:0.5:5.4, respectively. MTT assay showed that PGP2a had a potent inhibitory effect on the growth of HGC-27 cells in a dose-dependent fashion. Furthermore, the number of HGC-27 cells arrested in G2/M phase, and the percentage of apoptotic cells were increased in response to PGP2a treatment along with concentration increasing. Moreover, western blotting analysis showed that protein expressions of Twist and AKR1C2 were suppressed by PGP2a, whereas an increase of NF1 was observed at protein level. Taken together, these findings suggested that PGP2a could be developed as a novel antitumor agent acting on Twist related gene for human gastric cancer therapy.