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Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway
Ferulic acid (FA) is a bioactive compound found in traditional Chinese herbal medicine; for example, it is present in Xinjiang Ferula, but also in strong-flavor Chinese baijiu. FA has been shown to play a crucial role in treating oxidative stress, skin whitening, and eye diseases. In this study, the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28166014 |
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author | Chen, Shanbin Zhao, Dong Luan, Chunguang Zheng, Jia Liu, Wei Feng, Zheng Luo, Ruiqi Han, Xinglin Wang, Deliang |
author_facet | Chen, Shanbin Zhao, Dong Luan, Chunguang Zheng, Jia Liu, Wei Feng, Zheng Luo, Ruiqi Han, Xinglin Wang, Deliang |
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description | Ferulic acid (FA) is a bioactive compound found in traditional Chinese herbal medicine; for example, it is present in Xinjiang Ferula, but also in strong-flavor Chinese baijiu. FA has been shown to play a crucial role in treating oxidative stress, skin whitening, and eye diseases. In this study, the potential role of FA as a means of inducing apoptosis and inhibiting colon cancer induced by the transplantation of CT26 cells was investigated. The results show that FA adjuvant treatment caused an upregulation in the expression of genes related to autophagy while simultaneously suppressing the expression of inflammatory response elements and improving the bodyweight, glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALT), and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST) in vivo. Furthermore, FA inhibited the proliferation of CT26 cells and induced apoptosis, specifically by activating the phosphorylation of ERK and JNK to enhance the essential proteins BCL-2 and BAX in the apoptosis pathway. These results suggest that FA could be a promising auxiliary therapeutic agent for the treatment of colon cancer. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of FA and its synergistic effects with other compounds. |
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spelling | pubmed-104582482023-08-27 Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway Chen, Shanbin Zhao, Dong Luan, Chunguang Zheng, Jia Liu, Wei Feng, Zheng Luo, Ruiqi Han, Xinglin Wang, Deliang Molecules Article Ferulic acid (FA) is a bioactive compound found in traditional Chinese herbal medicine; for example, it is present in Xinjiang Ferula, but also in strong-flavor Chinese baijiu. FA has been shown to play a crucial role in treating oxidative stress, skin whitening, and eye diseases. In this study, the potential role of FA as a means of inducing apoptosis and inhibiting colon cancer induced by the transplantation of CT26 cells was investigated. The results show that FA adjuvant treatment caused an upregulation in the expression of genes related to autophagy while simultaneously suppressing the expression of inflammatory response elements and improving the bodyweight, glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALT), and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST) in vivo. Furthermore, FA inhibited the proliferation of CT26 cells and induced apoptosis, specifically by activating the phosphorylation of ERK and JNK to enhance the essential proteins BCL-2 and BAX in the apoptosis pathway. These results suggest that FA could be a promising auxiliary therapeutic agent for the treatment of colon cancer. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of FA and its synergistic effects with other compounds. MDPI 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10458248/ /pubmed/37630266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28166014 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Shanbin Zhao, Dong Luan, Chunguang Zheng, Jia Liu, Wei Feng, Zheng Luo, Ruiqi Han, Xinglin Wang, Deliang Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title | Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title_full | Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title_fullStr | Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title_full_unstemmed | Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title_short | Ferulic Acid Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis in Colon Cancer CT26 Cells via the MAPK Pathway |
title_sort | ferulic acid induces autophagy and apoptosis in colon cancer ct26 cells via the mapk pathway |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28166014 |
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