Embelin inhibits pancreatic cancer progression by directly inducing cancer cell apoptosis and indirectly restricting IL-6 associated inflammatory and immune suppressive cells.

Abstract:

:Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive malignancy and unresponsive to conventional chemotherapies. Here, the anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects of embelin on pancreatic cancer were investigated. Embelin significantly attenuated cells invasion, proliferation and induced apoptosis through inhibition of STAT3 and activation of p53 signaling pathways. Embelin substantially reduced the tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer cells in vivo, which was associated with reduced inflammatory cells and immune suppressive cells, IL-17A(+) Th17, GM-CSF(+) Th, MDSCs and Treg, through inhibition of IL-6 secretion. Moreover, embelin decrease IL-6-induced STAT3 phosphorylation. In summary, embelin represents a novel therapeutic drug candidate for the clinical treatment of pancreatic cancer.

journal_name

Cancer Lett

journal_title

Cancer letters

authors

Peng M,Huang B,Zhang Q,Fu S,Wang D,Cheng X,Wu X,Xue Z,Zhang L,Zhang D,Da Y,Dai Y,Yang Q,Yao Z,Qiao L,Zhang R

doi

10.1016/j.canlet.2014.08.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-28 00:00:00

pages

407-16

issue

2

eissn

0304-3835

issn

1872-7980

pii

S0304-3835(14)00439-X

journal_volume

354

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