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ArticleInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

Oxymatrine exhibits anti-tumor activity in gastric cancer through inhibition of IL-21R-mediated JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

Yanxia Huang, Jing Zhang, Ge Wang, Xiaoyu Chen, Rui Zhang, Hui Liu, Jinshui Zhu

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Article in International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanxia Huang1 Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jing Zhang2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Ge Wang2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoyu Chen2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Rui Zhang2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Hui Liu2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Jinshui Zhu2 Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Sixth People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxymatrine (OMT) as a type of alkaloids collected from Sophora flavescens Ait exerts some biological functions including anticancer properties. Here, we investigated the therapeutic effects of OMT in gastric cancer cells (HGC 27 and AGS). As a result, the exposure of gastric cancer (GC) cells to OMT contributed to the suppression of cell proliferation and invasion. Interleukin 21 receptor (IL-21R) was identified to be differentially expressed between OMT treatment group (4 mg/mL) and control group (0 mg/mL), and knockdown of IL-21R repressed cell proliferation and invasion via inactivation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. The rescue experiment showed that IL-21R overexpression attenuated the anti-tumor effects of OMT through activation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. Moreover, the expression of IL-21R was significantly upregulated in GC samples compared with the adjacent normal tissues and associated with overall survival (OS) and tumor recurrence of GC patients. Taken together, in this study, we evaluated the anti-tumor effects of OMT on GC by investigating proliferation and invasion ability changes, and our findings show that OMT exhibits effects via regulation of JAK/STAT signaling pathway. Through the mechanism study, we may enlighten the potential therapeutic target for treatment of GC.

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AlkaloidsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansJanus Kinase 2MatrinesQuinolizinesReceptors, Interleukin-21RNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorStomach NeoplasmsAlkaloidsAntineoplastic AgentsJAK2 protein, humanJanus Kinase 2MatrinesoxymatrineQuinolizinesReceptors, Interleukin-21RNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factorgastric cancergrowthIL-21RJAK2oxymatrineSTAT3

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PMID30103640
PMCPMC6096673
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