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ArticleScientific reports2015

Oblongifolin C inhibits metastasis by up-regulating keratin 18 and tubulins.

Xiaoyu Wang, Yuanzhi Lao, Naihan Xu, Zhichao Xi, Man Wu, Hua Wang, Xiyi Li, Hongsheng Tan, Menghong Sun, Hongxi Xu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoyu Wang1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Yuanzhi Lao1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Naihan XuKey Lab in Healthy Science and Technology, Division of Life Science, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China.
Zhichao Xi1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Man Wu1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Hua WangStanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Xiyi LiDepartment of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, P.R. China.
Hongsheng Tan1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Menghong SunDepartment of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, P.R. China.
Hongxi Xu1] School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China [2] Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · CNTsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related patient death. In this study, we performed a wound healing migration screen to search for a metastatic inhibitor within our library of natural compounds. We found that oblongifolin C (OC), a natural compound extracted from Garcinia yunnanensis Hu, is an effective inhibitor of metastasis in human esophageal squamous carcinoma Eca109 cells. The transwell migration and matrigel invasion assay results also showed that OC inhibits the migration of Eca109 cells and HepG2 cells. OC can increase the expression of tubulin, indicating that OC inhibits metastasis via tubulin aggregation. In addition, the Western blotting, real-time PCR, and immunostaining results indicated that OC increases the expression of keratin18. Furthermore, the knockdown of keratin 18 by small interfering RNAs inhibited the expression of tubulin and increased the metastasis of cancer cells, suggesting that keratin 18 is the upstream signal of tubulin and plays a vital role in metastasis. A subsequent study in a tail vein injection metastasis model showed that OC can significantly inhibit pulmonary metastasis, as revealed by immunohistochemistry staining. Taken together, our results suggest that OC inhibits metastasis through the induction of the expression of keratin 18 and may be useful in cancer therapy.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaGarciniaGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHep G2 CellsHumansKeratin-18MiceMice, NudeNeoplasm InvasivenessAntineoplastic AgentsKeratin-18KRT18 protein, humanoblongifolin CPlant ExtractsRNA, Small InterferingTerpenesTubulin

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