ArticleBiological research2021
Demethylzeylasteral (T-96) initiates extrinsic apoptosis against prostate cancer cells by inducing ROS-mediated ER stress and suppressing autophagic flux.
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- Programmed cell death mechanisms of traditional plant medicine in prostate cancer therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Demethylzeylasteral alleviates myeloid leukemia through PERK/eIF2α/ATF4/CHOP-mediated cell apoptosis.Translational cancer research · 2025Article
- Mechanistic Insights into the Anticancer Potential of Methoxyflavones Analogs: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Demethylzeylasteral inhibits oxidative phosphorylation complex biogenesis by targeting LRPPRC in lung cancer.Journal of Cancer · 2025Article
- Histone Lactylation in Diseases: Regulation by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Therapeutic Implications.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Review
- Exploring the dual role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in urological cancers: Implications for tumor progression and cell death interactions.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2024Review
- The endoplasmic reticulum stress response in prostate cancer.Nature reviews. Urology · 2022Review
- Regulated cell death (RCD) in cancer: key pathways and targeted therapies.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundDemethylzeylasteral (T-96) is a pharmacologically active triterpenoid monomer extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TWHF) that has been reported to exhibit anti-neoplastic effects against several types of cancer cells. However, the potential anti-tumour effects of T-96 against human Prostate cancer (CaP) cells and the possible underlying mechanisms have not been well studied.
resultsIn the current study, T-96 exerted significant cytotoxicity to CaP cells in vitro and induced cell cycle arrest at S-phase in a dose-dependent manner. Mechanistically, T-96 promoted the initiation of autophagy but inhibited autophagic flux by inducing ROS-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress which subsequently activated the extrinsic apoptosis pathway in CaP cells. These findings implied that T-96-induced ER stress activated the caspase-dependent apoptosis pathway to inhibit proliferation of CaP cells. Moreover, we observed that T-96 enhances the sensitivity of CaP cells to the chemotherapeutic drug, cisplatin.
conclusionsTaken together, our data demonstrated that T-96 is a novel modulator of ER stress and autophagy, and has potential therapeutic applications against CaP in the clinic.
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