天津医药 ›› 2023, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (3): 240-245.doi: 10.11958/20220463
郅强1(), 张楠△(
), 冯光玲1, 孙维义2, 赵媛媛1, 杨世发1
ZHI Qiang1(), ZHANG Nan△(
), FENG Guangling1, SUN Weiyi2, ZHAO Yuanyuan1, YANG Shifa1
摘要: Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of astragalus polysaccharides (APS) on autophagy in colorectal cancer. Methods The effects of various concentrations of APS (0.25 g/L, 0.5 g/L, 0.75 g/L and 1 g/L) on the proliferation of human colorectal cancer HCT-116 cells were detected by CCK-8 test. The effect of APS on the migration of HCT-116 cells was detected by cell scratch assay. The effect of APS on autophagy of colorectal cancer cells was detected by dansylcadaverine staining technique. Effects of APS on autophagy and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway related proteins LC3B, p62, p-PI3K, p-Akt, p-mTOR, PI3K, Akt and mTOR in HCT-116 cells and colorectal cancer tumor-bearing nude mice were detected by Western blot assay. The expression of autophagy-related protein p62 in colorectal cancer tumors was detected by immunohistochemistry. Results APS inhibited HCT-116 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.05). APS could inhibit the proliferation and migration of HCT-116 cells by inducing autophagy (P<0.05). The autophagy inhibitor 3-MA (2 mmol/L) not only attenuated the autophagy induction effect of APS on HCT-116 cells, but also attenuated the inhibitory effect of APS on the proliferation and migration of HCT-116 cells (P<0.05). APS could increase the expression ratio of autophagy-related protein LC3BⅡ/Ⅰ and reduce the expression level of p62 protein in HCT-116 cells and colorectal cancer mice (P<0.05). 3-MA could attenuate the increasing effect of APS on the expression ratio of LC3BⅡ/Ⅰ protein and reduce the inhibitory effect of APS on the expression of p62 protein in HCT-116 cells (P<0.05). APS could reduce the expression ratio of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway related proteins p-PI3K/PI3K, p-Akt/Akt and p-mTOR/mTOR in HCT-116 cells and colorectal cancer tumor (P<0.05). The pathway agonist 740Y-P (10 μmol/L) could attenuate the inhibitory effect of APS on expression levels of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway-related proteins in HCT-116 cells (P<0.05). Conclusion APS can induce autophagy activation in colorectal cancer tumor tissue and cells, and inhibit cell proliferation and migration of HCT-116 cells by inducing autophagy. The mechanism of action may be related to the inhibition of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.
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