Xiuping Kuang, Yingnan Jiang, Jiwei Huang, Yongzhi Guo, weixi Li
{"title":"Indirubin suppresses 4T1 murine breast cancer in vitro and in vivo by induction of ferroptosis and up-regulation of Ptgs2","authors":"Xiuping Kuang, Yingnan Jiang, Jiwei Huang, Yongzhi Guo, weixi Li","doi":"10.21203/RS.3.RS-390546/V1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/RS.3.RS-390546/V1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background\u0000\u0000Indirubin, isolated from Indigo Naturals, is reported to have the inhibitory activity of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in vitro. However, studies on its anti-breast cancer activity in vivo and underlying mechanism are insufficient. We explored whether indirubin could trigger ferroptosis of breast cancer cells to exert anti-tumor activity.\u0000Methods\u0000\u0000Bioinformatical analysis was performed to detected the expression of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (Ptgs2) in breast cancer tissues Ptgs2-related prognosis for patients with breast cancer. Growth of 4T1 cells was assessed using wound healing assay and MTT assay. The levels of 4-HNE, GPX4, PTGS2 and GSK-3β proteins were detected by Western blot, and the mRNA of Ptgs2 was tested by qPCR. The GSH and MDA were determined by commercial kits. Molecular docking was employed to study interaction between indirubin and GSK-3β. An 4T1 murine breast cancer was adopted to evaluate the in vivo antitumor activity of indirubin.\u0000Results\u0000\u0000Indirubin promoted ferroptosis of 4T1 breast cancer cells with deplete of GSH, increased MDA and 4-HNE level, as well as decreased GPX4 expression. Indirubin suppressed the growth of 4T1 breast tumor in vivo. Mechanism study showed indirubin up regulated Ptgs2 expression by promoting phosphorylation (Ser 9) of GSK-3β.\u0000Conclusions\u0000\u0000Indirubin suppresses 4T1 murine breast cancer in vitro and in vivo by induction of ferroptosis and up-regulation of Ptgs2.","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83551022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongyun Bao, R. Wen, Xuanya Li, Chen Zhao, Zhineng Chen
{"title":"A brief overview of traditional Chinese medicine prescription powered by artificial intelligence","authors":"Hongyun Bao, R. Wen, Xuanya Li, Chen Zhao, Zhineng Chen","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021b0412001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021b0412001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78072234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ping Wang, Jingjing Zhu, J. Zhai, Xiaorui Li, H. Shang, Jianxun Wang
{"title":"Uncovering the multi-target pharmacological mechanism of Xuebijing injection against sepsis by a systems pharmacology approach","authors":"Ping Wang, Jingjing Zhu, J. Zhai, Xiaorui Li, H. Shang, Jianxun Wang","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021a0110001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021a0110001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90434217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical research of traditional Chinese medicine under the influence of ICD-11: a new bridge and a new balance","authors":"H. Shang","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021o0125001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021o0125001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82260808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yikang Yu, Kai Yu, B. Liang, Dong-Peng Tu, Wen-Kai Zhang, Chao Xu, Zheng Liu, Yi Peng, Bin Zhang
{"title":"Experimental study on the effect of Huangqi and Danshen ultramicro gel on vascular healing of wound in rats based on network pharmacology","authors":"Yikang Yu, Kai Yu, B. Liang, Dong-Peng Tu, Wen-Kai Zhang, Chao Xu, Zheng Liu, Yi Peng, Bin Zhang","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021a0711001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021a0711001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79724586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Network pharmacology-based analysis on bioactive compounds and mechanisms in Yiqifumai formula in the treatment of heart failure","authors":"Herong Cui, Kedian Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, H. Shang","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021a1017001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021a1017001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87840639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pathological tissue segmentation by using deep neural networks","authors":"Bo Pang, Jianyong Wang, Wei Zhang, Zhang Yi","doi":"10.53388/mhm2021a0127001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/mhm2021a0127001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23141,"journal":{"name":"TMR Modern Herbal Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78982388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}