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Objective To investigate the mechanism via which artesunate regulates the invasion and metastasis of colon cancer cells and the expression of members of the TGF-β1/Smad4 signaling pathway. Methods The cell counting kit 8 (CCK8), nude mouse xenograft model, Transwell invasion assay, and flow cytometry were used to investigate the effect of artesunate on the invasion and metastasis of colon cancer cells. Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were used to detect the expression of TGF-β1 and Smad4 proteins and mRNA, respectively. Results Artesunate inhibited the growth of transplanted tumor, cell proliferation, and invasion and promoted apoptosis. It inhibited TGF-β1 expression and promoted Smad4 expression. TGF-β1 inhibitors reversed the inhibitory effect of artesunate. Conclusion Artesunate can inhibit the growth of xenograft tumor in nude mice and its mode of action may be related to the TGF-β1/Smad4 signaling pathway.
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Objective Different types of colon cancer have a big difference in their clinical features and prognosis.The article aimed to provide theoretical basis for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer patients by analyzing the differences of clinical features and survival rates between hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and sporadic colon cancer.Methods Retrospective analysis was made on 22 HNPCC cases and 105 cases of sporadic colon cancer in our hospital from January 2007 to January 2012 to get the clinical features and prognosis by comparative analysis.Results Compared with sporadic group, the early onset(under 40 years) (36.37％ vs 9.52％), mucinous adenocarcinoma (59.09％ vs 17.14％), low differentiation (45.45％ vs 16.19％), TNM stage (III+IV) (54.55％ vs 26.66％), lymph node metastasis (81.82％ vs 57.14％), multiple primary carcinoma (36.36％ vs 7.62％) and parenteral tumor (22.73％ vs 5.71％) were higher in HNPCC group, but the 5 year survival rate was lower in HNPCC group, and there were significant differences between two groups(P0.05) between two groups.Multiple primary tumors were independent risk factors for survival in HNPCC group (P<0.05), lymph node metastasis and TNM stage were independent risk factors for survival sporadic group (P<0.05).Conclusion Compared with sporadic colon cancer, HNPCC is characterized by early onset, low differentiation, high incidence of multiple primary tumors and poor prognosis, which is of great importance to find HNPCC patients or suspicious HNPCC patients.
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OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of flow components C6 and C7 in n-butyl alcohol extract from the leaves of Ces-trum Nocturnum(CN)on the proliferation and apoptosis of human gastric cancer cell SGC7901. METHODS:C6 and C7 were ob-tained by using different ratio of chloroform and methanol(1:9,1:7)to the gradient elution of CN leaves. After cultured with 0 (blank control),5,10,20,40,80 μg/ml C6 and C7 for 72 h,inhibitory effect of C6 and C7 on the proliferation of SGC7901 was determined by MTT assay. Inhibitory rate and IC50 were calculated. After SGC7901 were cultured with 10 μg/ml C6 and C7 for 72 h,colony formation assay was utilized to detect the effects of C6 and C7 on the cell colony formation,and the rate of colony for-mation was calculated. In addition,Wright/Giemsa and Hoechst33258/PI staining assay were used to observe the change of cytomor-phology. RESULTS:MTT showed that C6 and C7 had inhibitory effect on the proliferation of SGC7901 to different extent;inhibi-tory rates were 22.1%-80.0% and 19.6%-79.7%,and IC50 were 16.4,18.05 μg/ml,respectively. Compared with blank control group,colony formation rate of C6 and C7 group decreased,with statistical significance(P<0.05). The number of apoptotic cells was more in treatment group than in other groups. CONCLUSIONS:Flow components C6 and C7 in n-butyl alcohol extract from the leaves of CN can inhibit the proliferation of SGC7901 cells and induce the apoptosis of them.