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Inotodiol inhibits cells migration and invasion and induces apoptosis via p53-dependent pathway in HeLa cells

  • Phytomedicine. 2019 Jul:60:152957. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.152957.
Sun-Dong Zhang 1,  Liang Yu 1,  Peng Wang 1,  Ping Kou 1,  Ji Li 2,  Li-Tao Wang 3,  Wei Wang 1,  Li-Ping Yao 1,  Xiu-Hua Zhao 1,  Yu-Jie Fu 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
  • 2 Department of Cardiology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
  • 3 College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
  • 4 Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. Electronic address: yujie_fu@163.com.
PMID: 31128995 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.152957
Abstract

Background: Inonotus obliquus, namely as Chaga mushroom, is a medicinal and edible fungus, which is widely used in food and medical fields. Inotodiol, a natural lanostane-type triterpenoid with remarkable pharmacological activities, was isolated from Inonotus obliquus, which its potential anti-tumor molecular mechanism was elaborated poorly.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Inotodiol on HeLa cell migration, invasion and Apoptosis through p53-dependent pathway.

Study design and methods: The potential mechanisms of Inotodiol on HeLa cell anti-metastatic and pro-apoptosis via wound healing assay, trans-well invasion assay, flow cytometry, Caspase-3 activity assay and western blot analysis were studied, as well as the involvement of p53 signaling pathway in anti-metastatic and pro-apoptosis of Inotodiol. Besides, the function of tumor suppressor p53 was further verified by small interfering RNA.

Results: Firstly, the cell viability assay showed that low-concentration of Inotodiol had no cytotoxicity to HeLa cells and whereas the concentration above 25 μM significantly inhibited HeLa cell growth and even induced Apoptosis. This result was further demonstrated by cell proliferation and morphology assay. Secondly, in vitro wound healing and trans-well invasion assays reported that low-concentration treatment of Inotodiol significantly inhibited cells migration and invasion in a dose-dependent manner, the western blot analysis of matrix mettalloprotinase-2 (MMP2) and matrix mettalloprotinase-9 (MMP9) levels were also decreased. Moreover, Inotodiol notably induced tumor cell Apoptosis by Annexin-V-FITC Apoptosis assay, which is associated with activation pro-apoptotic proteins of PARP, cleaved Caspase-3 and Bax expression, inhibition anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 expression. Finally, the anti-tumor activity of Inotodiol was attenuated by silencing p53 tumor suppressor, the result revealed that pre-treatment with p53-specific small interfering RNA (si-p53) markedly inhibited Intodiol-indeuced HeLa cell Apoptosis and decreased the Caspase-3 activity. What is more, the inhibitory effect of Inotodiol on tumor migration and invasion was blocked under p53 knockdown.

Conclusion: To sum up, the present study indicated that Inotodiol possessed the potential to prevent malignant tumor migration and invasion, and it might be a natural active compound candidate for clinical treatment of human cervical Cancer.

Keywords

Apoptosis; Inotodiol; Invasion; Migration; p53-dependent pathway.

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