RRC ID 30913
Author Chiu JH, Chang CJ, Wu JC, Liu HJ, Wen CS, Hsu CH, Chen JL, Tseng LM, Chen WS, Shyr YM.
Title Screening to Identify Commonly Used Chinese Herbs That Affect ERBB2 and ESR1 Gene Expression Using the Human Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cell Line.
Journal Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
Abstract Aim. Our aim the was to screen the commonly used Chinese herbs in order to detect changes in ERBB2 and ESR1 gene expression using MCF-7 cells. Methods. Using the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line, cell cytotoxicity and proliferation were evaluated by MTT and trypan blue exclusion assays, respectively. A luciferase reporter assay was established by transient transfecting MCF-7 cells with plasmids containing either the ERBB2 or the ESR1 promoter region linked to the luciferase gene. Chinese herbal extracts were used to treat the cells at 24 h after transfection, followed by measurement of their luciferase activity. The screening results were verified by Western blotting to measure HER2 and ER α protein expression. Results. At concentrations that induced little cytotoxicity, thirteen single herbal extracts and five compound recipes were found to increase either ERBB2 or ESR1 luciferase activity. By Western blotting, Si-Wu-Tang, Kuan-Shin-Yin, and Suan-Tsao-Ren-Tang were found to increase either HER2 or ER α protein expression. In addition, Ligusticum chuanxiong was shown to have a great effect on ERBB2 gene expression and synergistically with estrogen to stimulate MCF-7 cell growth. Conclusion. Our results provide important information that should affect clinical treatment strategies among breast cancer patients who are receiving hormonal or targeted therapies.
Volume 2014
Pages 965486
Published 2014-1-1
DOI 10.1155/2014/965486
Description 漢方薬を作用させたヒト乳がん細胞株MCF-7細胞でのがん関連遺伝子 ERBB2とESR1のプロモーター活性を調べるために使用されました。
PMID 24987437
PMC PMC4058453
IF 1.813
Times Cited 8
Resource
DNA material c-erbB2 promoter(533)-pGL2-basic (RDB02839) pGL4-phESR1 (RDB07528)