Salmonella inhibits tumor metastasis by downregulating epithelial cell adhesion molecules through the protein kinase-B/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway.

Epithelial cell adhesion molecules (EpCAM) are highly expressed in many carcinomas and regulate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, which is required for tumor metastasis. Furthermore, EpCAM overexpression induces tumor cells to develop a stem cell-like phenotype and promotes tumor progression. Targeting EpCAM may be a promising approach for inhibiting tumor metastasis and progression. Salmonella treatment suppresses tumor growth and reduces metastatic nodules in tumor-bearing mice. Based on these results, we hypothesized that Salmonella-based treatments could inhibit the expression of metastasis-associated proteins. The dose-dependent Salmonella treatment significantly downregulated the levels of EpCAM and decreased the phosphorylation of protein kinase-B (AKT)/mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) pathway, as shown by immunoblotting. In addition, Salmonella treatment increased the levels of epithelial markers and decreased the levels of mesenchymal markers in a dose-dependent manner. Wound-healing and Transwell assays showed that Salmonella treatment significantly reduced tumor cell migration. The mice were intravenously injected with B16F10 and CT26 cells pre-incubated with or without Salmonella, and the survival of tumor-bearing mice in the Salmonella group increased, indicating an antimetastatic effect. Our findings demonstrate that Salmonella plays a role in inhibiting tumor metastasis by downregulating EpCAM via the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and has great potential for cancer therapy.

Analysis on Changes of Chemical Components in Enzymolysis Process of Raphani Semen Pieces Based on HPLC-DAD Characteristic Spectra / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective: To analyze the dynamic changes of components in the enzymolysis process of raw products of Raphani Semen. Method: HPLC was employed to analysis of characteristic spectra of Raphani Semen at different enzymolysis time with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid aqueous solution for gradient elution and detection wavelength at 225 nm.The characteristic peaks were calibrated, meanwhile, the UV spectra of characterstic peaks were extracted, and the difference between UV spectra and the changes of peak areas were compared, and the dynamic changes of characterstic components in Raphani Semen were analyzed. Result: Eleven characteristic peaks were marked from the characteric spectra of raw products of Raphani Semen at different enzymolysis time, and glucoraphenin and sinapine thiocyanate were assigned.Glucoraphenin was enzymatically hydrolyzed fastly by myrosinase, and an intermediate was generated, and then continue to be decomposed into other components.Sinapine thiocyanate did not change significantly during the enzymolysis process, and sinadiosides was also enzymatically degraded. Conclusion: The enzymolysis of Raphani Semen is not only the glucoraphenin, but also the sinadiosides.This paper can provide reference for the property change of Raphani Semen in processing.

Studies on separation and purification of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis extract by macroporous resin / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a technical process for purification of extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The static adsorption capacity and elution ratio of Mixture of proanthocyanidins tannic condensation were used as evaluation to select the best resin in 3 kinds of macroporous resin. The adsorptive characteristics and elution parameters of selected resin were studied.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>D-101 resin had good separation performance and was suited to purify priceid in extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The process of applying macroporous resin to absorb and purity priceid in extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis is feasible.</p>