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Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Qigesan (QGS) has been used to effectively treat esophageal cancer (EC) for decades in China, but the mechanism by which it suppresses EC metastasis remains unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of QGS on EC cell mobility. Using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, expression of Ga...

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Autores principales: Kong, Lingyu, Lu, Xin, Chen, Xuanyu, Wu, Yunyan, Zhang, Yushuang, Shi, Huijuan, Li, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7288918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32432570
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103238
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author Kong, Lingyu
Lu, Xin
Chen, Xuanyu
Wu, Yunyan
Zhang, Yushuang
Shi, Huijuan
Li, Jing
author_facet Kong, Lingyu
Lu, Xin
Chen, Xuanyu
Wu, Yunyan
Zhang, Yushuang
Shi, Huijuan
Li, Jing
author_sort Kong, Lingyu
collection PubMed
description Qigesan (QGS) has been used to effectively treat esophageal cancer (EC) for decades in China, but the mechanism by which it suppresses EC metastasis remains unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of QGS on EC cell mobility. Using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, expression of Gas6 and Axl, which promote tumor cell migration and invasion, was examined in carcinoma tissues and adjacent normal tissues from EC patients. Levels of Gas6, Axl, and the Gas6/Axl complex were also examined in ECA109 and TE13 EC cells treated with QGS. In addition, immunofluorescent staining and quantitative protein analysis were used to examine E-cadherin, N-cadherin, and Snail levels in ECA109 and TE13 EC cells after QSG administration, and cell mobility was assessed. The results demonstrated that levels of Gas6 and Axl expression are higher in EC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. Moreover, QGS decreased Gas6/Axl levels, increased E-cadherin expression, decreased Snail and N-cadherin expression, and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in EC cells. QGS thus suppresses EMT in EC by inhibiting Gas6/Axl binding.
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spelling pubmed-72889182020-06-22 Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition Kong, Lingyu Lu, Xin Chen, Xuanyu Wu, Yunyan Zhang, Yushuang Shi, Huijuan Li, Jing Aging (Albany NY) Research Paper Qigesan (QGS) has been used to effectively treat esophageal cancer (EC) for decades in China, but the mechanism by which it suppresses EC metastasis remains unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of QGS on EC cell mobility. Using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, expression of Gas6 and Axl, which promote tumor cell migration and invasion, was examined in carcinoma tissues and adjacent normal tissues from EC patients. Levels of Gas6, Axl, and the Gas6/Axl complex were also examined in ECA109 and TE13 EC cells treated with QGS. In addition, immunofluorescent staining and quantitative protein analysis were used to examine E-cadherin, N-cadherin, and Snail levels in ECA109 and TE13 EC cells after QSG administration, and cell mobility was assessed. The results demonstrated that levels of Gas6 and Axl expression are higher in EC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. Moreover, QGS decreased Gas6/Axl levels, increased E-cadherin expression, decreased Snail and N-cadherin expression, and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in EC cells. QGS thus suppresses EMT in EC by inhibiting Gas6/Axl binding. Impact Journals 2020-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7288918/ /pubmed/32432570 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103238 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kong 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 (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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Kong, Lingyu
Lu, Xin
Chen, Xuanyu
Wu, Yunyan
Zhang, Yushuang
Shi, Huijuan
Li, Jing
Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title_full Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title_fullStr Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title_full_unstemmed Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title_short Qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting Gas6/Axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
title_sort qigesan inhibits esophageal cancer cell invasion and migration by inhibiting gas6/axl-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7288918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32432570
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103238
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