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Xiaoaiping injection enhances paclitaxel efficacy in ovarian cancer via pregnane X receptor and its downstream molecules.

Abstract：

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Xiaoaiping injection, a traditional Chinese medical injection extracted from root of Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Moon, has been exclusively used on curing malignant tumor in China and as adjuvant therapeutic agent for chemotherapeutics, including paclitaxel. AIM OF THE STUDY:The goal of this study was to investigate the synergistic inhibitory efficacy of Xiaoaiping injection and paclitaxel on ovarian cancer. The mechanism may be associated with nuclear receptor pregnane X receptor (PXR) regulating its downstream molecules. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In vitro, MTT assay, flow cytometry and Hoechst dyeing were used to evaluate the SK-OV-3 cell proliferation, apoptosis and cell cycle respectively. The mRNA and protein expression of PXR and its downstream CYP450 enzymes, transporters and Bcl-2 families were measured by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Rhodamine 123 efflux experiment was conducted to detect the P-gp efflux ability. PXR plasmid and PXR siRNA were transiently transfected into SK-OV-3 cells respectively to establish PXR-overexpressed or PXR-interfered cells. In vivo, xenograft tumor mice model was established by SK-OV-3 cells to estimate the antitumor effect of Xiaoaiping injection combined with paclitaxel. The expressions of PXR and its downstream molecules in tumor tissues were determined to further clarify the potential mechanism. RESULTS:Xiaoaiping injection significantly enhanced the anti-proliferation, pro-apoptosis effect of paclitaxel on SK-OV-3 cells. The synergetic effect was displayed by Xiaoaiping injection inhibiting paclitaxel-induced PXR and CAR expression, which subsequently inhibited CYP450 enzymes CYP2C8 and CYP3A4, transporter P-gp and anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl in SK-OV-3 cells. In PXR-overexpressed cells, Xiaoaiping injection down-regulated the expression of PXR and its downstream molecules. The result of xenograft tumor model showed that Xiaoaiping injection combined with paclitaxel enhanced anti-tumor effect on ovarian cancer in vivo. CONCLUSIONS:Xiaoaiping injection enhances anti-tumor effect of paclitaxel by inhibiting cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis process. The mechanism may be associated with Xiaoaiping injection inhibiting PXR and its downstream metabolic enzymes CYP2C8, CYP3A4, transporter P-gp and anti-apoptosis protein Bcl-2.

journal_name

J Ethnopharmacol

journal_title

Journal of ethnopharmacology

authors

Zhang XQ,Ding YW,Chen JJ,Xiao X,Zhang W,Zhou L,Kong QW,Shi MZ,Yang J,Jiang B,Guo C,Han YL

doi

10.1016/j.jep.2020.113067

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-28 00:00:00

pages

113067

eissn

0378-8741

issn

1872-7573

pii

S0378-8741(19)34718-X

journal_volume

261

pub_type

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Xiaoaiping injection enhances paclitaxel efficacy in ovarian cancer via pregnane X receptor and its downstream molecules.