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Proliferation, migration and invasion of triple negative breast cancer cells are suppressed by berbamine via the PI3K/Akt/MDM2/p53 and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathways
- Source :
- Oncology Letters
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-associated mortality among women worldwide, and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer. Berbamine (BBM) is a traditional Chinese medicine used for the treatment of leukopenia without any obvious side effects. Recent reports found that BBM has anti-cancer effects. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of BBM on TNBC cell lines and the underlying molecular mechanism. MDA-MB-231 cells and MCF-7 cells, two TNBC cell lines, were treated with various concentrations of BBM. A series of bioassays including MTT, colony formation, EdU staining, apoptosis, trypan blue dye, wound healing, transwell, ELISA and western blotting assays were performed. The results showed that BBM significantly inhibited cell proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells (P
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research
Oncogene
Cell growth
apoptosis
Cell migration
Articles
Berbamine
Cell cycle
berbamine
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
anti-cancer effects
Oncology
chemistry
MDM2
Apoptosis
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Cancer research
triple-negative breast cancer
mTOR
Protein kinase B
PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17921074
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Oncology letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....37befa7cb7ee42752154e59aceec23f7