Objective: To screen and evaluate the active constituents of Chinese medicinal herbs as potent inhibitors of Cdc25phosphatase. Methods: The affinity chromatography purified glutashione-S-transferase/Cdc25A phosphatase...Objective: To screen and evaluate the active constituents of Chinese medicinal herbs as potent inhibitors of Cdc25phosphatase. Methods: The affinity chromatography purified glutashione-S-transferase/Cdc25A phosphatase fusion protein and Cdc2/cyclin B from the extracts of starfish M phase oocytes are used as the cell cycle-specific targets for screening the antimitotic constituents. We tested 9 extracts isolated from the Chinese medicinal herbs and vegetables including the agents currently used in cancer treatment by measuring the inhibition of Cdc25A phosphatase and Cdc2 kinase activity. The antitumor activity of the extracts was also evaluated by MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and flow cytometry.Results: Cdc25A inhibitory activity and antitumor activity are detected in the extracts isolated from three Chinese medicinal herbs Agrimonapilosa; Herba solani lyrati; Galla chinesis. Conclusion: We found three extracts isolated from Chinese medicinal herbs have potential inhibitory activity of Cdc25 phosphatase using a highly specific mechanism-based screen assay for antimitotic drug discovery.展开更多
Elemene, isolated from the Chinese medicinal herbRhizoma Zedoariae was shown to exhibit antitumoractivity in vitro and in vivo to human and murine tumorcells. This novel antineoplastic agent has beendemonstrated to ha...Elemene, isolated from the Chinese medicinal herbRhizoma Zedoariae was shown to exhibit antitumoractivity in vitro and in vivo to human and murine tumorcells. This novel antineoplastic agent has beendemonstrated to have substantial clinical activity againstvarious tumors. In this paper, the mechanisms ofantitumor activity of elemene are reported. The in vitroeffect of elemene on the growth of leukemia cells wasevaluated by MTT assay. The IC50 values of elemene forpromyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells and erythroleukemiaK562 cells were found to be 27.5 μg/ml and 81μg/ml,respectively, while IC50 for peripheral blood leukocytes(PBL) was 254.3 μg/ml. The inhibitory effect of elemeneon proliferation of HL-60 cells was associated with cellcycle arrest from S to G2M phase transition and withinduction of apoptosis. The apoptosis of tumor cells wasconfirmed by DNA ladder formation on gelelectrophoresis and characteristic ultrastructuralalternations. These results indicate that induction ofapoptosis contributes to the mechanisms of antitumoractivity of elemene.展开更多
文摘Objective: To screen and evaluate the active constituents of Chinese medicinal herbs as potent inhibitors of Cdc25phosphatase. Methods: The affinity chromatography purified glutashione-S-transferase/Cdc25A phosphatase fusion protein and Cdc2/cyclin B from the extracts of starfish M phase oocytes are used as the cell cycle-specific targets for screening the antimitotic constituents. We tested 9 extracts isolated from the Chinese medicinal herbs and vegetables including the agents currently used in cancer treatment by measuring the inhibition of Cdc25A phosphatase and Cdc2 kinase activity. The antitumor activity of the extracts was also evaluated by MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and flow cytometry.Results: Cdc25A inhibitory activity and antitumor activity are detected in the extracts isolated from three Chinese medicinal herbs Agrimonapilosa; Herba solani lyrati; Galla chinesis. Conclusion: We found three extracts isolated from Chinese medicinal herbs have potential inhibitory activity of Cdc25 phosphatase using a highly specific mechanism-based screen assay for antimitotic drug discovery.
文摘Elemene, isolated from the Chinese medicinal herbRhizoma Zedoariae was shown to exhibit antitumoractivity in vitro and in vivo to human and murine tumorcells. This novel antineoplastic agent has beendemonstrated to have substantial clinical activity againstvarious tumors. In this paper, the mechanisms ofantitumor activity of elemene are reported. The in vitroeffect of elemene on the growth of leukemia cells wasevaluated by MTT assay. The IC50 values of elemene forpromyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells and erythroleukemiaK562 cells were found to be 27.5 μg/ml and 81μg/ml,respectively, while IC50 for peripheral blood leukocytes(PBL) was 254.3 μg/ml. The inhibitory effect of elemeneon proliferation of HL-60 cells was associated with cellcycle arrest from S to G2M phase transition and withinduction of apoptosis. The apoptosis of tumor cells wasconfirmed by DNA ladder formation on gelelectrophoresis and characteristic ultrastructuralalternations. These results indicate that induction ofapoptosis contributes to the mechanisms of antitumoractivity of elemene.