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Antitumor effects of herbal mixture extract in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line PANC1

Authors
Pak, Pyo JuneKang, Beob HwaPark, Sung HyoSung, Ji HyunJoo, Yong HoonJung, Seung HyunChung, Namhyun
Issue Date
11월-2016
Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
Keywords
cancer stem cell; pancreatic cancer; traditional medicinal herb; side population; xenograft model
Citation
ONCOLOGY REPORTS, v.36, no.5, pp.2875 - 2883
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Journal Title
ONCOLOGY REPORTS
Volume
36
Number
5
Start Page
2875
End Page
2883
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86992
DOI
10.3892/or.2016.5067
ISSN
1021-335X
Abstract
A recent study showned that complementary medicine is gradually gaining wide acceptance. In the present study, the herbal mixture extract (H3) composed of 3 oriental herbal plants was investigated for anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo. H3 inhibited PANC1 cell growth by promoting G0/G1 arrest (11% increase) and apoptotic cell death (9% increase). H3 also suppressed stem cell-like side population cells (4% decrease) and migration activity (24% decrease). In contrast, gemcitabine decreased side population cells and migration activity by 3 and 11%, respectively. These effects of H3 and gemcitabine were further studied by examining the expression of apoptosis-associated genes (CXCR4, JAK2 and XIAP) and stem cell-associated genes (ABCG2, POU5F1 and SOX2). We also found that H3 suppressed tumor growth by 46% in a PANC1-xenograft model, while gemcitabine caused a 36% decrease. The antitumor effects of H3 were confirmed by western blot analysis for COX-2 and cytochrome c expression. Furthermore, necrotic cell death and erythrocyte-containing cavities were detected in tumor tissue by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Notably, the combinatorial therapy (H3 and gemcitabine) increased tumor growth compared to that in the control. In conclusion, the present study shows that H3 has promise as a therapeutic agent against pancreatic cancer and its cancer stem cells.
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