OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of dihydromyricetin(DMY) on nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) cell proliferation, apoptosis and to reveal the underlying mechanism in vitro experiments.METHODS: The CNE-2 cell line w...OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of dihydromyricetin(DMY) on nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) cell proliferation, apoptosis and to reveal the underlying mechanism in vitro experiments.METHODS: The CNE-2 cell line was treated with different concentrations of DMY and the effects of DMY on cell viability and proliferation were evaluated using cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) assay and plate colony formation assay. Cellular apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry following Annexin V fluorescein isothiocyanate/propidine iodide staining.Nuclei morphology was observed under a fluorescence microscope following Hoechst 333258 staining. The expression of phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta(p-IKKβ), phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha(p-IKKα), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B alpha(IκB-α), nuclear factor kappa-B(NF-κB)/p65 was examined by Western blot analysis and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB/p65 was observed using a confocal laser scanning microscopy.RESULTS: DMY inhibited the proliferative capability and colony formation of NPC CNE-2 cells. Meanwhile, DMY induced apoptosis of CNE-2 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner via upregulating B-cell lymphoma-2 associated X, but downregulating B-cell lymphoma-2 and pro-caspase-3. Importantly, we found that DMY suppressed tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α)-mediated NF-κB activation via inhibiting p-IKKβ, p-IKKα and blocking NF-κB subunit p65.CONCLUSION: Our experiments demonstrated that DMY had significant antiproliferative and apoptosisinducing effects on CNE-2 cells. Additionally, DMY promoted inactivation of p-IKKβ, p-IKKα,and blocked the nuclear translocation of NF-κB subunit p65. These results suggest that DMY may be an important therapeutic approach for NPC.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(31470518)The Project Supported by Institute of Culture and Tourism Development of Beijing Technology and Business University(202106104)。
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Regulation and Mechanism of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Characteristics of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Stem Cells, No.81272434)the Medical Research Fund of Guangdong Province (Effect of Berberine on Growth of Transplanted Tumor of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Mice Based on JAK/STAT3 Signaling Pathway, No.A2016431)。
文摘OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of dihydromyricetin(DMY) on nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) cell proliferation, apoptosis and to reveal the underlying mechanism in vitro experiments.METHODS: The CNE-2 cell line was treated with different concentrations of DMY and the effects of DMY on cell viability and proliferation were evaluated using cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) assay and plate colony formation assay. Cellular apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry following Annexin V fluorescein isothiocyanate/propidine iodide staining.Nuclei morphology was observed under a fluorescence microscope following Hoechst 333258 staining. The expression of phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta(p-IKKβ), phosphorylated inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha(p-IKKα), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B alpha(IκB-α), nuclear factor kappa-B(NF-κB)/p65 was examined by Western blot analysis and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB/p65 was observed using a confocal laser scanning microscopy.RESULTS: DMY inhibited the proliferative capability and colony formation of NPC CNE-2 cells. Meanwhile, DMY induced apoptosis of CNE-2 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner via upregulating B-cell lymphoma-2 associated X, but downregulating B-cell lymphoma-2 and pro-caspase-3. Importantly, we found that DMY suppressed tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α)-mediated NF-κB activation via inhibiting p-IKKβ, p-IKKα and blocking NF-κB subunit p65.CONCLUSION: Our experiments demonstrated that DMY had significant antiproliferative and apoptosisinducing effects on CNE-2 cells. Additionally, DMY promoted inactivation of p-IKKβ, p-IKKα,and blocked the nuclear translocation of NF-κB subunit p65. These results suggest that DMY may be an important therapeutic approach for NPC.
