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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2015

Regulation of the cell cycle and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway by tanshinone I in human breast cancer cell lines.

Li Wang, Jianzhong Wu, Jianwei Lu, Rong Ma, Dawei Sun, Jinhai Tang

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Li WangFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, P.R. China.
Jianzhong WuDepartment of General Surgery, The Affiliated Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, P.R. China.
Jianwei LuDepartment of General Surgery, The Affiliated Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, P.R. China.
Rong MaDepartment of General Surgery, The Affiliated Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, P.R. China.
Dawei SunFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, P.R. China.
Jinhai TangFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, P.R. China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Cancer Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer‑related mortality in females worldwide. Therefore, identifying alternative strategies to combat the disease mortality is important. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of tanshinone I (Tan I) on the tumorigenicity of estrogen‑responsive MCF‑7 and estrogen‑independent MDA‑MB‑453 human breast cancer cells. The cytotoxicity of Tan I was evaluated using a Cell Counting Kit‑8 assay, the apoptosis and cell cycle distribution were detected using flow cytometry and the cell morphology was observed using a fluorescence microscope. In addition, the cell cycle regulatory proteins and apoptosis‑associated proteins involved in the phosphatidylinositide 3‑kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway were detected using western blot analysis using specific protein antibodies. The MCF‑7 and MDA‑MB‑453 cells were equally sensitive to Tan I regardless of their responsiveness to estrogen. Tan I exerted similar antiproliferative activities and induction of apoptosis, resulting in S phase arrest accompanied by decreases in cyclin B and increases in cyclin E and cyclin A proteins, which may have been associated with the upregulation of cyclin‑dependent kinase inhibitors p21Cip1 and p27Kip1. In addition, Tan I was found to downregulate anti‑apoptotic and upregulate associated apoptotic components of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Notably, treatment with the PI3K inhibitor, LY294002, decreased the levels of phosphorylated (p)‑PI3K, p‑Akt and p‑mTOR. These results clearly indicated that the mechanism of action of Tan I involved, at least partially, an effect on the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, providing new information for anticancer drug design and development.

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AbietanesAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBreast NeoplasmsCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChromonesCyclin-Dependent KinasesEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsMorpholinesPhosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-oneAbietanesAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsChromonesCyclin-Dependent KinasesEnzyme InhibitorsMorpholinesMTOR protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akttanshinoneTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMCPMC4262478
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