Heptaphylline inhibits the proliferation and epithelial to mesenchymal transition of human pancreatic cancer cells via induction of apoptosis and autophagy

Zhang，Zhongyan1; Zhang，Hongyan2; Yang，Huanlian3; Xu，Zhenglei4

2021

10.1080/26895293.2021.1925357

All Life   影响因子和分区

2689-5293

2689-5307

Heptaphylline, a carbazole alkaloid, has been shown to exert anticancer effects against different human cancers. The study was designed to evaluate the anticancer effects of heptaphylline against the human pancreatic cancer cell and to explore the underlying mechanism. The results showed that heptaphylline inhibited the proliferation of all the pancreatic cancer cell lines with lowest IC of 12 µM against the PANC1 cells. In contrary, the IC of heptaphylline was around eight times higher against the normal H6c7 cells. The transwell assays revealed heptaphylline inhibited the migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Additionally, the epithelial to mesenchymal transition of the PANC1 cells was also inhibited upon treatment with heptaphylline. The antiproliferative effects of heptaphylline were exerted via induction of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. The apoptosis was associated with an increase in Bax, decrease in Bcl-2 expression, discharge of cytochrome c and cleavage of PARP, caspase-3 and caspase-9. AO staining revealed that heptaphylline induced autophagy in PANC1 cancer cells by increasing the expression of LC3B-II and Beclin-1. Taken together, heptaphylline suppresses the growth of pancreatic cancer via induction of apoptosis and autophagy and may prove a potent lead molecule for the development of chemotherapy.

apoptosis autophagy Carbazole alkaloid heptaphylline metastasis pancreatic cancer

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1.Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Weifang People’s Hospital,Weifang,China
2.Clinical Laboratory,Binzhou People’s Hospital,Binzhou,China
3.Department of Oncology,Binzhou People’s Hospital,Shandong,China
4.Department of Gastroenterology,Shenzhen People’s Hospital,The Second Clinical Medical College,Jinan University,The First Affiliated Hospital,Southern University of Science and Technology),Shenzhen,China

Zhang，Zhongyan,Zhang，Hongyan,Yang，Huanlian,et al. Heptaphylline inhibits the proliferation and epithelial to mesenchymal transition of human pancreatic cancer cells via induction of apoptosis and autophagy[J]. All Life,2021,14(1):484-491.

Zhang，Zhongyan,Zhang，Hongyan,Yang，Huanlian,&Xu，Zhenglei.(2021).Heptaphylline inhibits the proliferation and epithelial to mesenchymal transition of human pancreatic cancer cells via induction of apoptosis and autophagy.All Life,14(1),484-491.

Zhang，Zhongyan,et al."Heptaphylline inhibits the proliferation and epithelial to mesenchymal transition of human pancreatic cancer cells via induction of apoptosis and autophagy".All Life 14.1(2021):484-491.