21 results on '"Xu, Naijin"'
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2. MP05-15 IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOR ANTIGENS AND IMMUNE SUBTYPES OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA FOR MRNA VACCINE DEVELOPMENT.
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Xu, Naijin, Xu, Li, and Li, Gonghui
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TUMOR antigens ,VACCINE development ,MESSENGER RNA ,MEDICAL sciences ,PROSTATE - Published
- 2024
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3. Dual-Functional PLGA Nanoparticles Co-Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Resiquimod for Prostate Cancer Treatment.
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Lin, Wenfeng, Li, Chaoming, Xu, Naijin, Watanabe, Masami, Xue, Ruizhi, Xu, Abai, Araki, Motoo, Sun, Ruifen, Liu, Chunxiao, Nasu, Yasutomo, and Huang, Peng
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- 2021
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4. Exosomes Promote the Transition of Androgen-Dependent Prostate Cancer Cells into Androgen-Independent Manner Through Up-Regulating the Heme Oxygenase-1.
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Zhang, Yiming, Chen, Binshen, Xu, Naijin, Xu, Peng, Lin, Wenfeng, Liu, Chunxiao, and Huang, Peng
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- 2021
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5. Bufalin suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of renal cell carcinoma by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.
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Xie, Jinlin, Lin, WENfENg, Huang, Linglong, Xu, Naijin, Xu, Abai, ChEN, BinshEN, Watanabe, Masami, Liu, Chunxiao, and Huang, PENg
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RENAL cell carcinoma ,MTOR protein ,CELLULAR signal transduction ,CANCER cell proliferation ,CHINESE medicine - Abstract
Bufalin, one of the active ingredients of the Chinese drug Chan su, exhibits significant antitumor activity against various cancer types. However, the role of bufalin in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains unclear. In the present study, it was demonstrated that bufalin inhibited cell proliferation, blocked the cell cycle in the G2/M phase, and reduced the metastasis of human RCC ACHN cells via the upregulation of p21
waf/cip1 and E‑cadherin and the downregulation of cyclin dependent kinase 1, cyclin B1, N‑cadherin, and hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α (HIF‑1α). Further mechanistic study revealed that bufalin reduced the expression of phosphorylated (phospho)‑Akt and phospho‑mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Moreover, HIF‑1α expression may be regulated through the inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3‑kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/mTOR signaling pathway. Thus, the present results suggest that bufalin induces cell cycle arrest and suppresses metastasis; this process may be associated with the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Accordingly, it is suggested that bufalin is a therapeutic agent for RCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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6. Quantitative Assessment of the Effects of Reducing Agents on Biological Macromolecules and on the Possible Repair of Oxidative Damage.
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Zhao, Jianan, Xu, Naijin, and Liu, Hui
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DNA , *ELECTROPHORESIS , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay , *ENZYMES , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *IRON compounds , *OXIDIZING agents , *POLYMERASE chain reaction , *POTASSIUM iodide , *CHEMICAL reduction , *SALT , *SERUM , *SODIUM compounds , *VITAMIN C , *AMMONIUM sulfate , *QUANTITATIVE research , *OXIDATIVE stress - Abstract
Objective. To quantitatively assess the influence of reducing agents on biological macromolecules and on the possible repair of oxidative damage. Methods. Samples (antibody, enzyme, DNA, and diluted serum) were treated with reducing agents (ammonium ferrous sulfate, ascorbic acid, potassium iodide, and sodium hyposulfite) in the experimental group and with NaCl in the control group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and quantitative PCR were used to determine the activity of antibody, enzyme, and DNA. Native gel electrophoresis (Native-PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were used to determine protein structure. Reducing agents that had no inhibitory effect on biological macromolecules were selected. Antibodies were treated with oxidants to caused oxidative damage and then treated with reducing agents, and the possible repair of oxidative damage was assessed. Results. Certain concentrations of ammonium ferrous sulfate resulted in significant inhibition of antibody, enzyme, DNA, and diluted serum. Certain concentrations of ascorbic acid resulted in significant inhibition of antibody. Sodium hyposulfite and potassium iodide had no effect on antibody, enzyme, DNA, and diluted serum. The OD values in group A (in which HBsAb was treated by oxidation and then a reductant) were significantly higher than those in group B (HBsAb treated by oxidation). Conclusion. Ammonium ferrous sulfate, ascorbic acid, sodium hyposulfite, and potassium iodide had different effects on antibody, enzyme, DNA, and diluted serum. The reduction in antibody activity due to an oxidant was partially repaired by a reductant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. Effects of Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Polymorphisms and Antioxidant Capacity per Unit Albumin on the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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Cao, Tinghui, Xu, Naijin, Wang, Zhen, and Liu, Hui
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- 2017
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8. Quantitative Assessment of the Effects of Oxidants on Antigen-Antibody Binding In Vitro.
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Han, Shuang, Wang, Guanyu, Xu, Naijin, and Liu, Hui
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- 2016
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9. MP64-20 A NOVEL NITROXOLINE TREATMENT, TARGETING THE PI3K PATHWAY, IN COMBINATION WITH PD-1 BLOCKAGE, EXERTS A POTENT PROSTATE CANCER ANTI-TUMOR EFFECT.
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Xu, Naijin, Li, Chaoming, Watanabe, Masami, Xu, Abai, Liu, Chunxiao, Li, Qiang, Motoo, Araki, Wada, Koichiro, Nasu, Yasutomo, and Huang, Peng
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PROSTATE cancer treatment ,ANTINEOPLASTIC agents ,TUMOR treatment - Published
- 2018
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10. Lycorine induces apoptosis of bladder cancer T24 cells by inhibiting phospho-Akt and activating the intrinsic apoptotic cascade.
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Wang, Chongshan, Wang, Qiongren, Li, Xiezhao, Jin, Zhong, Xu, Peng, Xu, Naijin, Xu, Abai, Xu, Yawen, Zheng, Shaobo, Zheng, Junxia, Liu, Chunxiao, and Huang, Peng
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ALKALOIDS , *APOPTOSIS , *BLADDER cancer , *PROTEIN kinase B , *CANCER cells - Abstract
Lycorine, an alkaloid extracted from Amaryllidaceae genera, exhibits antitumor activities against several human solid-tumor and leukemia cells with extensive influence on various cell signaling molecules. However, the effect of lycorine on bladder cancer has not yet been investigated. In this study, we demonstrated that lycorine induced apoptosis in human bladder cancer T24 cells, an effect that is mediated via inhibition of phospho-Akt expression and the consequent activation of caspase-3 and Bax in vitro. In an in vivo experiment, T24 cells were subcutaneously implanted in the right rear flank of nu/nu mice. Lycorine treatment for 14 days significantly inhibited tumor growth compared with that in controls. Collectively, our findings suggest that lycorine suppressed the Akt pathway and activated the intrinsic apoptotic cascade, leading to the apoptosis of bladder cancer cells. We suggest that lycorine can be a viable therapeutic option for bladder cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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11. Nitroxoline suppresses metastasis in bladder cancer via EGR1/circNDRG1/miR-520h/smad7/EMT signaling pathway.
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Ren L, Jiang M, Xue D, Wang H, Lu Z, Ding L, Xie H, Wang R, Luo W, Xu L, Wang M, Yu S, Cheng S, Xia L, Yu H, Huang P, Xu N, and Li G
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement genetics, Cell Proliferation genetics, Early Growth Response Protein 1 genetics, Early Growth Response Protein 1 metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Nitroquinolines, RNA, Circular genetics, Signal Transduction genetics, Smad7 Protein genetics, Smad7 Protein metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, MicroRNAs genetics, MicroRNAs metabolism, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms drug therapy, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms genetics, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms pathology
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Bladder cancer is one of the most common and deadly cancer worldwide. Current chemotherapy has shown limited efficacy in improving outcomes for patients. Nitroxoline, an old and widely used oral antibiotic, which was known to treat for urinary tract infection for decades. Recent studies suggested that nitroxoline suppressed the tumor progression and metastasis, especially in bladder cancer. However, the underlying mechanism for anti-tumor activity of nitroxoline remains unclear. Methods: CircRNA microarray was used to explore the nitroxoline-mediated circRNA expression profile of bladder cancer lines. Transwell and wound-healing assay were applied to evaluate the capacity of metastasis. ChIP assay was chosen to prove the binding of promotor and transcription factor. RNA-pulldown assay was performed to explore the sponge of circRNA and microRNA. Results: We first identified the circNDRG1 (has_circ_0085656) as a novel candidate circRNA. Transwell and wound-healing assay demonstrated that circNDRG1 inhibited the metastasis of bladder cancer. ChIP assay showed that circNDRG1 was regulated by the transcription factor EGR1 by binding the promotor of host gene NDRG1. RNA-pulldown assay proved that circNDRG1 sponged miR-520h leading to the overexpression of smad7, which was a negative regulatory protein of EMT. Conclusions: Our research revealed that nitroxoline may suppress metastasis in bladder cancer via EGR1/circNDRG1/miR-520h/smad7/EMT signaling pathway., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists., (© The author(s).)
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- 2022
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12. Discovery and Validation of Nitroxoline as a Novel STAT3 Inhibitor in Drug-resistant Urothelial Bladder Cancer.
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Lin W, Sun J, Sadahira T, Xu N, Wada K, Liu C, Araki M, Xu A, Watanabe M, Nasu Y, and Huang P
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- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 metabolism, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Blotting, Western, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell metabolism, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell pathology, Cell Cycle drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Cisplatin pharmacology, Doxorubicin pharmacology, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Signal Transduction drug effects, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms metabolism, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms pathology, Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell drug therapy, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm drug effects, Nitroquinolines therapeutic use, STAT3 Transcription Factor antagonists & inhibitors, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms drug therapy
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Repeated cycles of first-line chemotherapy drugs such as doxorubicin (DOX) and cisplatin (CIS) trigger frequent chemoresistance in recurrent urothelial bladder cancer (UBC). Nitroxoline (NTX), an antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, has been recently repurposed for cancer treatment. Here we aimed to investigate whether NTX suppresses drug-resistant UBC and its molecular mechanism. The drug-resistant cell lines T24/DOX and T24/CIS were established by continual exposure of parental cell line T24 to DOX and CIS, respectively. T24/DOX and T24/CIS cells were resistant to DOX and CIS, respectively, but they were sensitive to NTX time- and dose-dependently. Overexpressions of STAT3 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) were identified in T24/DOX and T24/CIS, which could be reversed by NTX. Western blot revealed that NTX downregulated p-STAT3, c-Myc, Cyclin D1, CDK4, CDK6, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, and Survivin, which were further confirmed by Stattic, a selective STAT3 inhibitor. In vivo, NTX exhibited the significant anti-tumor effect in T24/DOX and T24/CIS tumor-bearing mice. These results suggested that NTX-induced P-gp reversal, G0/G1 arrest, and apoptosis in drug-resistant UBC were mediated by inhibition of STAT3 signaling. Our findings repurpose NTX as a novel STAT3 inhibitor to induce P-gp reversal, G0/G1 arrest, and apoptosis in drug-resistant UBC., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists., (© The author(s).)
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- 2021
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13. Nitroxoline inhibits bladder cancer progression by reversing EMT process and enhancing anti-tumor immunity.
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Xu N, Lin W, Sun J, Sadahira T, Xu A, Watanabe M, Guo K, Araki M, Li G, Liu C, Nasu Y, and Huang P
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Nitroxoline is considered to be an effective treatment for the urinary tract infections. Recently, it has been found to be effective against several cancers. However, few studies have examined the anti-tumor activity of nitroxoline in bladder cancer. The purpose of the study was to reveal the possible mechanisms how nitroxoline inhibited bladder cancer progression. In vitro assay, we demonstrated that nitroxoline inhibited bladder cancer cell growth and migration in a concentration-related manner. Western blot analysis demonstrated that nitroxoline downregulated the expressions of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related proteins. Furthermore, treatment with nitroxoline in the C3H/He mice bladder cancer subcutaneous model resulted in significant inhibition of tumor growth. Moreover, the percentage of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in peripheral blood cells significantly decreased after treatment of nitroxoline. Taken together, our results suggested that nitroxoline may be used as a potential drug for bladder cancer., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists., (© The author(s).)
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- 2020
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14. The Novel Combination of Nitroxoline and PD-1 Blockade, Exerts a Potent Antitumor Effect in a Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer.
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Xu N, Huang L, Li X, Watanabe M, Li C, Xu A, Liu C, Li Q, Araki M, Wada K, Nasu Y, and Huang P
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- Animals, Cell Cycle drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Synergism, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Immunotherapy, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nitroquinolines therapeutic use, Prostatic Neoplasms drug therapy
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Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade is a promising therapeutic strategy against prostate cancer. Nitroxoline has been found to have effective anticancer properties in several cancer types. We investigated the efficacy of a combination therapy involving nitroxoline and PD-1 blockade in a prostate cancer mouse model. In our in vitro analysis , we found that nitroxoline inhibited the viability and proliferation of the mouse prostate cancer cell line RM9-Luc-PSA. Additionally, nitroxoline downregulated the expressions of phospho-PI3 kinase, phospho-Akt (Thr308), phospho-Akt (Ser473), phospho-GSK-3β, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xL. Nitroxoline also downregulated programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression levels in prostate cancer cell line and tumor tissue. In our murine prostate cancer orthotopic model, nitroxoline plus PD-1 blockade synergistically suppressed tumor growth when compared with nitroxoline or PD-1 blockade alone, leading to reductions in tumor weight, bioluminescence tumor signals, and serum prostate-specific antigen levels. Furthermore, fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis showed that the combination strategy significantly enhanced antitumor immunity by increasing CD44
+ CD62L+ CD8+ memory T cell numbers and reducing myeloid-derived suppressor cell numbers in peripheral blood. In conclusion, our findings suggest that nitroxoline plus PD-1 blockade may be a promising treatment strategy in patients with prostate cancer., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.- Published
- 2019
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15. Induction of cells with prostate cancer stem-like properties from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells via conditioned medium.
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Xu N, Li X, Watanabe M, Ueki H, Hu H, Li N, Araki M, Wada K, Xu A, Liu C, Nasu Y, and Huang P
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Cancer stem cells (CSCs) that closely correlated with tumor growth, metastasis, provide a plausible explanation for chemoresistance and cancer relapse. CSCs are usually isolated and enriched from carcinoma cells, which is inconvenient, low-efficient, and even unreliable. Here, we converted mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (miPSCs) into prostate cancer stem-like cells with carcinoma microenvironment following exposure to conditioned medium (CM) derived from RM9, a mouse prostate cancer cell line. These transformed cells, termed as miPS-RM9CM, displayed CSCs properties, including spheroids morphology and expression of both stemness genes and cancer stem cells surface markers, such as Oct3/4, Sox2, Nanog, Klf-4, c-Myc, CD44, and CD133. In addition, in vivo transplantation experiment was performed to confirm the tumorigenicity. Furthermore, we used the model to assess conventional chemotherapeutic agent, docetaxel. The results showed that miPS-RM9CM cells exhibited increased resistance to docetaxel, however, high susceptibility to the cancer cell stemness inhibitor I (BBI-608). Our current study demonstrates that CM from cultured RM9 cells play a crucial role in the determination of cell fate from miPSCs to cancer stem-like cells and provide a potentially valuable system for the study of CSCs., Competing Interests: None.
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- 2018
16. Glaucocalyxin A induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through the PI3K/Akt pathway in human bladder cancer cells.
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Lin W, Xie J, Xu N, Huang L, Xu A, Li H, Li C, Gao Y, Watanabe M, Liu C, and Huang P
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Female, G2 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints drug effects, Humans, Mice, Inbred NOD, Mice, SCID, PTEN Phosphohydrolase metabolism, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, Signal Transduction, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms drug therapy, Apoptosis drug effects, Cell Cycle Checkpoints drug effects, Diterpenes, Kaurane pharmacology, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms pathology
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Glaucocalyxin A (GLA), a major component isolated from Rabdosia japonica, has been proven to show anti-bacterial and anti-tumor biological characteristics according to previous studies. However, its potential effect on bladder cancer remains unknown. The present research aims to investigate the underlying mechanism in treating bladder cancer in vivo and in vitro. Cell proliferation was analyzed by CCK-8 assay and colony formation. Flow cytometry was used to measure the cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. The expressions of the cell cycle and apoptosis-related proteins were detected by western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. Meanwhile, the in vivo study was performed to evaluate the anti-tumor effect on a UMUC3 subcutaneous tumor of NOD/SCID mice model. GLA suppressed colony-formation ability, triggered G2/M arrest and promoted apoptosis of UMUC3 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, western blotting showed that GLA downregulated the expressions of PI3K p85, p-Akt, Bcl-2, CDK1, Cyclin B1 whereas upregulated the levels of PTEN, Bax, Cleaved Caspase-3. In vivo, GLA at a dosage of 20 mg/kg significantly inhibited tumor growth compared with the control group by intraperitoneal injection. These results suggested that GLA-related G2/M arrest and apoptosis in UMUC3 cells were mediated by a suppressed PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which regulated p21
Waf1/Cip1 as well as intrinsic caspase cascade. Collectively, our observations could help to develop new drugs targeting the PI3K/Akt pathway for the treatment of bladder cancer., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.- Published
- 2018
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17. Antioxidative Categorization of Twenty Amino Acids Based on Experimental Evaluation.
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Xu N, Chen G, and Liu H
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- Oxidation-Reduction, Potassium Permanganate chemistry, Proteins chemistry, Amino Acids chemistry, Antioxidants chemistry
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In view of the great importance bestowed on amino acids as antioxidants in oxidation resistance, we attempted two common redox titration methods in this report, including micro-potassium permanganate titration and iodometric titration, to measure the antioxidative capacity of 20 amino acids, which are the construction units of proteins in living organisms. Based on the relative intensities of the antioxidative capacity, we further conducted a quantitative comparison and found out that the product of experimental values obtained from the two methods was proven to be a better indicator for evaluating the relative antioxidative capacity of amino acids. The experimental results were largely in accordance with structural analysis made on amino acids. On the whole, the 20 amino acids concerned could be divided into two categories according to their antioxidative capacity. Seven amino acids, including tryptophan, methionine, histidine, lysine, cysteine, arginine and tyrosine, were greater in total antioxidative capacity compared with the other 13 amino acids., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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- 2017
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18. Synergistic effects of the immune checkpoint inhibitor CTLA-4 combined with the growth inhibitor lycorine in a mouse model of renal cell carcinoma.
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Li X, Xu P, Wang C, Xu N, Xu A, Xu Y, Sadahira T, Araki M, Wada K, Matsuura E, Watanabe M, Zheng J, Sun P, Huang P, Nasu Y, and Liu C
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- Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids therapeutic use, Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Renal Cell drug therapy, Cell Cycle Checkpoints drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Combined Modality Therapy, Drug Synergism, Female, Growth Inhibitors therapeutic use, Humans, Immunologic Factors pharmacology, Immunologic Factors therapeutic use, Immunotherapy methods, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Neoplasms, Experimental, Phenanthridines therapeutic use, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, T-Lymphocyte Subsets drug effects, T-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, Treatment Outcome, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids pharmacology, Antibodies, Monoclonal pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, CTLA-4 Antigen antagonists & inhibitors, Carcinoma, Renal Cell therapy, Growth Inhibitors pharmacology, Phenanthridines pharmacology, Plant Extracts pharmacology
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) management has undergone a major transformation over the past decade; immune checkpoint inhibitors are currently undergoing clinical trials and show promising results. However, the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic RCC (mRCC) is still limited. Lycorine, an alkaloid extracted from plants of the Amaryllidaceae family, is touted as a potential anti-cancer drug because of its demonstrative growth inhibition capacity (induction of cell cycle arrest and inhibition of vasculogenic mimicry formation). Moreover, T cell checkpoint blockade therapy with antibodies targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) has improved outcomes in cancer patients. However, the anti-tumor efficacy of combined lycorine and anti-CTLA-4 therapy remains unknown. Thus, we investigated a combination therapy of lycorine hydrochloride and anti-CTLA-4 using a murine RCC model. As a means of in vitro confirmation, we found that lycorine hydrochloride inhibited the viability of various RCC cell lines. Furthermore, luciferase-expressing Renca cells were implanted in the left kidney and the lung of BALB/c mice to develop a RCC metastatic mouse model. Lycorine hydrochloride and anti-CTLA-4 synergistically decreased tumor weight, lung metastasis, and luciferin-staining in tumor images. Importantly, the observed anti-tumor effects of this combination were dependent on significantly suppressing regulatory T cells while upregulating effector T cells; a decrease in regulatory T cells by 31.43% but an increase in effector T cells by 31.59% were observed in the combination group compared with those in the control group). We suggest that a combination of lycorine hydrochloride and anti-CTLA-4 is a viable therapeutic option for RCC patients.
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- 2017
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19. Real-time monitoring of tumor progression and drug responses in a preclinical mouse model of prostate cancer.
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Xu P, Xu N, Guo K, Xu A, Takenaka F, Matsuura E, Liu C, Kumon H, and Huang P
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- Animals, Biomarkers, Tumor analysis, Cell Line, Tumor, Disease Models, Animal, Disease Progression, Environmental Monitoring methods, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Prostatic Neoplasms immunology, Prostatic Neoplasms pathology, Prostatic Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Prostatic Neoplasms drug therapy
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Monitoring disease progression through imaging is playing an increasingly important role in the treatment of prostate cancer. Here, we report that primary mouse prostate cancer cell lines stably expressing luciferase and tumor biomarkers can be monitored through bioluminescence imaging along with assays of serum biomarkers and immune function. Tumorigenesis in immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice can be monitored in by collecting samples from the dorsal flank, dorsolateral prostate, and tail vein to obtain real-time subcutaneous, orthotopic, and metastasis indicators, respectively. We used this technique to confirm the therapeutic effect of immune checkpoint blockade. Our findings suggest the presented indicators are ideally suited for real-time tracking of drug responses, tumor progression and immune function., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in regard to this report.
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- 2016
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20. A combination of YM-155, a small molecule survivin inhibitor, and IL-2 potently suppresses renal cell carcinoma in murine model.
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Guo K, Huang P, Xu N, Xu P, Kaku H, Zheng S, Xu A, Matsuura E, Liu C, and Kumon H
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- Animals, Antineoplastic Agents administration & dosage, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes cytology, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Cell Separation, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Flow Cytometry, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Transplantation, Survivin, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory cytology, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Renal Cell drug therapy, Imidazoles administration & dosage, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Interleukin-2 administration & dosage, Kidney Neoplasms drug therapy, Naphthoquinones administration & dosage
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YM155, a small molecule inhibitor of the antiapoptotic protein survivin, has been developed as a potential anti-cancer drug. We investigated a combination therapy of YM155 and interleukin-2 (IL-2) in a mouse model of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). YM155 caused cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in renal cancer (RENCA) cells. Next, luciferase-expressing RENCA cells were implanted in the left kidney and the lung of BALB/c mice to develop RCC metastatic model. In this orthotopic renal and metastatic lung tumors models, YM155 and IL-2 additively decreased tumor weight, lung metastasis, and luciferin-stained tumor images. Also, the combination significantly suppressed regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells compared with single agent treatment. We suggest that a combination of YM155 and IL-2 can be tested as a potential therapeutic modality in patients with RCC.
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- 2015
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21. Increased expression of metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 in renal cell carcinoma is associated with poor prognosis.
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Jin Z, Xu N, Guo K, Xu P, Li P, Zhang Y, Li X, Zheng S, Liu C, Xu A, and Huang P
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma, Renal Cell pathology, Disease-Free Survival, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms mortality, Kidney Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Metastasis pathology, Prognosis, Survival Rate, Trans-Activators, Up-Regulation, Carcinoma, Renal Cell metabolism, Kidney Neoplasms metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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Metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) expression in tumor specimens is an independent prognostic indicator of metastasis, which has recently gained considerable attention in cancer research, due to its overexpression in several types of carcinoma. However, MACC1 expression patterns and its possible role in renal cell carcinoma remain unknown. This study aimed to investigate MACC1 expression in renal cell carcinoma via immunohistochemical analysis and determine the relationship between MACC1 expression and cancer prognosis. Positive MACC1 expression was found to significantly correlate with distant metastasis and TNM stage (P < 0.05). A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that patients with higher MACC1 expression had a significantly lower disease-free rate (P < 0.05). These results indicate that MACC1 expression is significantly associated with prognosis in patients with renal cell carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the significance of MACC1 as a prognostic marker in renal cell carcinoma. MACC1 expression may be a useful target for the development of new therapeutic approaches, including molecular targeted therapeutic agents, for renal cell carcinoma.
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- 2015
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