ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2024
Ginsenoside Rg3 decreases breast cancer stem-like phenotypes through impairing MYC mRNA stability.
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- Targeting the tumor microenvironment: a new strategy for natural products in breast cancer therapy.Natural products and bioprospecting · 2026Review
- Ginsenosides Rh2 and Rg3 in first-line combination therapy: Prospects for rapid clinical translation in drug-resistant triple-negative breast cancer.Journal of ginseng research · 2026Review
- Phytoconstituents as emerging therapeutics for breast cancer: Mechanistic insights and clinical implications.Cancer pathogenesis and therapy · 2025Review
- Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of breast Cancer.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Epicatechin attenuates the stemness of liver cancer stem cells and tumorigenesis through DNA methylation-mediated inactivation of GINS1/HRAS.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Research progress on the signaling pathway mechanism of terpenoids against breast cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Ginsenoside Rg3 in Cancer Research: Current Trends and Future Prospects - A Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
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Abstract
Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are responsible for breast cancer metastasis, recurrence and treatment resistance, all of which make BCSCs potential drivers of breast cancer aggression. Ginsenoside Rg3, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, was reported to have multiple antitumor functions. Here, we revealed a novel effect of Rg3 on BCSCs. Rg3 inhibits breast cancer cell viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Importantly, Rg3 suppressed mammosphere formation, reduced the expression of stemness-related transcription factors, including c-Myc, Oct4, Sox2 and Lin28, and diminished ALDH(+) populations. Moreover, tumor-bearing mice treated with Rg3 exhibited robust delay of tumor growth and a decrease in tumor-initiating frequency. In addition, we found that Rg3 suppressed breast cancer stem-like properties mainly through inhibiting MYC expression. Mechanistically, Rg3 accelerated the degradation of MYC mRNA by enhancing the expression of the let-7 family, which was demonstrated to bind to the MYC 3' untranslated region (UTR). In conclusion, our findings reveal the remarkable suppressive effect of Rg3 on BCSCs, suggesting that Rg3 is a promising therapeutic treatment for breast cancer.
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