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The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide

High concentrations of arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) are used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia and solid tumors, with negative side effects to normal cells. Andrographolide is a traditional Chinese medicine that exerts anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, and anti-diabetic effects. Here,...

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Autores principales: Duan, Xuhua, Li, Tengfei, Han, Xinwei, Ren, Jianzhuang, Chen, Pengfei, Li, Hao, Gong, Shaojun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29207612
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18677
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author Duan, Xuhua
Li, Tengfei
Han, Xinwei
Ren, Jianzhuang
Chen, Pengfei
Li, Hao
Gong, Shaojun
author_facet Duan, Xuhua
Li, Tengfei
Han, Xinwei
Ren, Jianzhuang
Chen, Pengfei
Li, Hao
Gong, Shaojun
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description High concentrations of arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) are used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia and solid tumors, with negative side effects to normal cells. Andrographolide is a traditional Chinese medicine that exerts anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, and anti-diabetic effects. Here, we tested the effects of combined andrographolide with As(2)O(3) against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We found that by increasing apoptosis, andrographolide synergistically enhanced the anti-tumor effects of As2O3 in HepG2 cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, results from our microarray assays and experiments with mouse xenografts showed that EphB4 was downregulated by the combination of As(2)O(3) plus andrographolide. These findings suggest that the combination of andrographolide and As(2)O(3) could yield therapeutic benefits in the treatment of HCC.
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spelling pubmed-57108932017-12-04 The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide Duan, Xuhua Li, Tengfei Han, Xinwei Ren, Jianzhuang Chen, Pengfei Li, Hao Gong, Shaojun Oncotarget Research Paper High concentrations of arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) are used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia and solid tumors, with negative side effects to normal cells. Andrographolide is a traditional Chinese medicine that exerts anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, and anti-diabetic effects. Here, we tested the effects of combined andrographolide with As(2)O(3) against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We found that by increasing apoptosis, andrographolide synergistically enhanced the anti-tumor effects of As2O3 in HepG2 cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, results from our microarray assays and experiments with mouse xenografts showed that EphB4 was downregulated by the combination of As(2)O(3) plus andrographolide. These findings suggest that the combination of andrographolide and As(2)O(3) could yield therapeutic benefits in the treatment of HCC. Impact Journals LLC 2017-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5710893/ /pubmed/29207612 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18677 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Duan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) 3.0 (CC BY 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Duan, Xuhua
Li, Tengfei
Han, Xinwei
Ren, Jianzhuang
Chen, Pengfei
Li, Hao
Gong, Shaojun
The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title_full The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title_fullStr The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title_full_unstemmed The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title_short The antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
title_sort antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide on hepatocellular carcinoma is enhanced by andrographolide
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29207612
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18677
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