ArticleInternational journal of biological sciences2016
Blockage of epithelial to mesenchymal transition and upregulation of let 7b are critically involved in ursolic acid induced apoptosis in malignant mesothelioma cell.
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- Ursolic Acid's Alluring Journey: One Triterpenoid vs. Cancer Hallmarks.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Inhibitory Effect and Mechanism of Ursolic Acid on Cisplatin-Induced Resistance and Stemness in Human Lung Cancer A549 Cells.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Inhibition of colorectal cancer tumorigenesis by ursolic acid and doxorubicin is mediated by targeting the Akt signaling pathway and activating the Hippo signaling pathway.Molecular medicine reports · 2023Article
- Evidence of the Beneficial Effects of Ursolic Acid against Lung Cancer.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- The Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in the Development and Metastasis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Phytochemicals in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment-Review on the Current Trends of Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Ursolic acid inhibits the invasiveness of A498 cells via NLRP3 inflammasome activation.Oncology letters · 2020Article
- Repurposing Quinacrine for Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma: In-Vitro Therapeutic and Mechanistic Evaluation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- The role of Wnt/β-catenin-lin28a/let-7 axis in embryo implantation competency and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2020Article
- Overexpression of miR-199/214 is a distinctive feature of iron-induced and asbestos-induced sarcomatoid mesothelioma in rats.Cancer science · 2020Article
- Foretinib Inhibits Cancer Stemness and Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation by Decreasing CD44 and c-MET Signaling.OncoTargets and therapy · 2020Article
- Ursolic Acid Attenuates TGF-β1-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in NSCLC by Targeting Integrin αVβ5/MMPs Signaling.Oncology research · 2019Article
- Interplay of non-coding RNAs and approved antimetabolites such as gemcitabine and pemetrexed in mesothelioma.Non-coding RNA research · 2018Review
- MicroRNAs for the Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Literature Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2018Review
- Targeting microRNA to improve diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for malignant mesothelioma.Oncotarget · 2017Review
- Complex Determinants of Epithelial: Mesenchymal Phenotypic Plasticity in Ovarian Cancer.Cancers · 2017Review
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Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPN), which is caused by asbestos exposure, is one of aggressive lung tumors. In the present study, we elucidated the anti-tumor mechanism of ursolic acid in malignant mesotheliomas. Ursolic acid significantly exerted cytotoxicity in a time and dose dependent manner in H28, H2452 and MSTO-211H mesothelioma cells and inhibited cell proliferation by colony formation assay in a dose-dependent fashion. Also, ursolic acid treatment accumulated the sub-G1 population, attenuated the expression of procapase 9, cyclin D1, pAKT, p-glycogen synthase kinase 3-alpha/beta (pGSK3α/β), β-catenin and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFkB) and also cleaved caspase 3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in mesothelioma cells. Furthermore, ursolic acid treatment blocked epithelial and mesenchymal transition (EMT) molecules by activating E-cadherin as an epithelial marker and attenuating Vimentin, and Twist as mesenchymal molecules. Interestingly, miRNA array revealed that 23 miRNAs (>2 folds) including let-7b and miRNA3613-5p, miRNA134 and miRNA196b were significantly upregulated while 33 miRNAs were downregulated in ursolic acid treated H2452 cells. Furthermore, overexpression of let 7b using let-7b mimics enhanced the antitumor effect of ursolic acid to attenuate the expression of procaspases 3, pro-PARP, pAKT, β-catenin and Twist and increase sub-G1 accumulation in H2452 mesothelioma cells. Overall, our findings suggest that ursolic acid induces apoptosis via inhibition of EMT and activation of let7b in mesothelioma cells as a potent chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of malignant mesotheliomas.
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