Hui WANG, Jian WU, Min CHEN, et al. Effect of Modified Lichongtang Combined with 5-Fluorouracil on Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in H22 Tumor-bearing Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(1): 82-89.
DOI:
Hui WANG, Jian WU, Min CHEN, et al. Effect of Modified Lichongtang Combined with 5-Fluorouracil on Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in H22 Tumor-bearing Mice[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2019, 25(1): 82-89. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20182123.
Effect of Modified Lichongtang Combined with 5-Fluorouracil on Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in H22 Tumor-bearing Mice
To investigate the effect of modified Lichongtang combined with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)on tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)in H22 tumor-bearing mice.
Method:
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Mouse models of transplanted hepatoma were constructed. After tumor formation
they were randomly divided into 4 groups: blank group
5-FU group(2.5 mg·kg
-1
5-FU intraperitoneal injection)
modified Lichongtang combined with 5-FU group (5-FU+ Chinese medicine group)
and modified Lichongtang group (Chinese medicine group
25 g·kg
-1
gavage)
n
=10 in each group. The effect of modified Lichongtang combined with 5-FU on the tumor inhibition rate of subcutaneous transplanted tumor was observed. The gene expression levels of E-cadherin
N-cadherin
Snail
and Twist in transplanted tumor were observed by Real-time PCR. The protein expression levels of E-cadherin
N-cadherin
Snail
and Vimentin were detected by using Western blot.
Result:
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The tumor inhibiting rate was 59.18%
84.42%
and 10.39% respectively in 5-FU group
5-FU+ Chinese medicine group
and Chinese medicine group. All of these can inhibit the growth of liver cancer transplantation tumor
and the tumor inhibiting rate of 5-FU+ Chinese medicine group was significantly higher than that in 5-FU group (
P
<
0.01). Thymus index and spleen index in 5-FU+ Chinese medicine group were significantly higher than those in 5-FU group (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). Results of Real-time PCR indicated that
as compared with blank group
expression levels of E-cadherin were up-regulated
but expression levels of N-cadherin
Snail
and Twist were down-regulated in 5-FU group
5-FU+ Chinese medicine group
and Chinese medicine group (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). As compared with the 5-FU group
expression levels of E-cadherin were up-regulated
but expression levels of N-cadherin
Snail
and Twist were down-regulated in the 5-FU+ Chinese medicine group (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01). Results of Western blot showed that
as compared with blank group
expression levels of E-cadherin were up-regulated
but expression levels of N-cadherin
Snail
Vimentin were down-regulated in 5-FU group
5-FU+ Chinese medicine group
and Chinese medicine group (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01); as compared with 5-FU group
expression levels of E-cadherin were up-regulated
but expression levels of N-cadherin
Snail
and Vimentin were down-regulated in the 5-FU+ Chinese medicine group (
P
<
0.05
P
<
0.01).
Conclusion:
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Modified Lichongtang
5-FU and their combination have inhibitory effect on the growth of transplanted tumors of hepatocarcinoma mice
and the combination of the two drugs can enhance the effect of chemotherapy and to some extent inhibit the toxicity of 5-FU. The mechanism may be related to the inhibition of liver cancer EMT.
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