Cinobufacini Inhibits Survival and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via c-Met Signaling Pathway
中国结合医学杂志(英文版)2025年31卷第4期 页码:311-325
Affiliations:
1.Department of Gastroenterology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou (570311), China
2.Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo (162-8655), Japan
3.Central South University, Xiangya School of Medicine Affiliated Haikou Hospital, Haikou (570208), China
4.Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai (200011), China
5.Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province (266021), China
6.Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan (250021), China
7.International Health Care Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo (162-8655), Japan
8.Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (113-0033), Japan
Author bio:
Prof. QI Fang-hua, E-mail: qifanghua2006@126.com
Prof. SONG Pei-pei, E-mail: psong@it.ncgm.go.jp;
Funds:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81960446;81603449);the 2023 Foreign Experts Program of Hainan Province of China(SQ2023WGZJ0002);the Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province of China(823MS167);the Innovative Research Projects for Graduate Students of Hainan Medical University of China (2021)
MA Ya-nan, JIANG Xue-mei, HU Xi-qi, et al. Cinobufacini Inhibits Survival and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via c-Met Signaling Pathway[J]. Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2025, 31(4): 311-325.
MA Ya-nan, JIANG Xue-mei, HU Xi-qi, et al. Cinobufacini Inhibits Survival and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via c-Met Signaling Pathway[J]. Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2025, 31(4): 311-325. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-024-4111-z.
To investigate the anti-tumor effects of cinobufacini (CINO) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) induced by des-gamma-carboxy-prothrombin (DCP) and to uncover the underlying mechanisms.
Methods:
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The inhibitory effect of CINO on HCC cell proliferation was evaluated using the cell counting kit-8 method
and the apoptosis rate was quantified using flow cytometry. Immunofluorescence and Western blot analyses were used to investigate the differential expression of proteins associated with cell growth
apoptosis
migration
and invasion pathways after CINO treatment. The therapeutic potential of CINO for HCC was confirmed
and the possibility of combining cinobufacini with c-Met inhibitor for the treatment of primary HCC was further validated by
in vivo
experiments.
Results:
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Under the induction of DCP
CINO inhibited the activity of HCC cells
induced apoptosis
and inhibited migration and invasion. Upon the induction of DCP
CINO regulated c-Met activation and the activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK/ERK) pathways. In a mouse model of HCC
CINO exhibited significant antitumor effects by inhibiting the phosphorylation of c-Met and the downstream PI3K/AKT and MEK/ERK pathways in tumor tissues.
Conclusions:
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CINO inhibited HCC cell growth
promoted apoptosis
and suppressed HCC cell invasion and migration by targeting c-Met and PI3K/AKT and MEK/ERK signaling pathways under DCP induction.