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  1. Article ; Online: Potent anti-angiogenic component in Kaempferia galanga L. and its mechanism of action.

    Huang, Weihuan / Zheng, Nianjue / Niu, Naxin / Tan, Ying / Li, Yaolan / Tian, Haiyan

    Journal of ethnopharmacology

    2024  Volume 324, Page(s) 117811

    Abstract: Ethnopharmacological relevance: Traditionally, the roots of Kaempferia galanga has been used to treat high blood pressure, chest pain, headache, toothache, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, inflammation and cancer in Asia. Nevertheless, most of its ... ...

    Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance: Traditionally, the roots of Kaempferia galanga has been used to treat high blood pressure, chest pain, headache, toothache, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, inflammation and cancer in Asia. Nevertheless, most of its pharmacological studies were focused on ethanolic extracts and volatile oils. The exact active chemical constituents and their underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood, especially towards its anti-cancer treatment. Inhibition of angiogenesis is an important atrategy to inhibit tumor growth. It has been reported that the low polar component of the plant possessed anti-angiogenic activity. Yet, the potent compound which is responsible for the effect and its molecular mechanism has not been reported.
    Aim of the study: To determine the potent anti-angiogenic component in K.galanga and its mechanism of action.
    Material and methods: The low polar components of the plant were concentrated using the methods of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), subcritical extraction (SCE) and steam distillation (SD). The anti-angiogenic activity of the three extracts was evaluated using a zebrafish model. The content of the active compound in those extracts was determined with HPLC analysis. The in-vitro and in-vivo activity of the isolated compound was evaluated using human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) model, the aortic ring assay and the matrigel plug assay, respectively. Its molecular mechanism was further studied by the western blotting assay and computer-docking experiments. Besides, its cytotoxicity on cancer and normal cell lines was evaluated using the cell-counting kit.
    Results: HPLC results showed that trans-ethyl p-methoxycinnamate (TEM) was the major component of the extracts. The extract of SFE showed the best effect as it has the highest content of TEM. TEM could inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced viability, migration, invasion and tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro. Moreover, it inhibited VEGF-induced sprout formation ex vivo and vessel formation in vivo. Mechanistic study showed that it could suppress tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor of VEGF (VEGFR2) and alter its downstream signaling pathways. In addition, the molecular docking showed that the binding of TEM and VEGFR2 is stable, which mainly attributed to the non-covalent binding interaction. Beside, TEM possessed little toxicity to both cancer and normal cells.
    Conclusion: TEM is the major anti-angiogenic component present in K. galanga and its anti-angiogenic property rather than toxicity provides scientific basis for the traditional use of K. galanga in cancer treatment.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism ; Alpinia ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology ; Plant Extracts/therapeutic use ; Plant Extracts/chemistry ; Zebrafish ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Zingiberaceae/chemistry ; Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Angiogenesis Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Angiogenesis Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Cell Movement ; Cell Proliferation ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Plant Extracts ; Angiogenesis Inhibitors ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (EC 2.7.10.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-28
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 134511-4
    ISSN 1872-7573 ; 0378-8741
    ISSN (online) 1872-7573
    ISSN 0378-8741
    DOI 10.1016/j.jep.2024.117811
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  2. Article ; Online: A novel aptasensor for electrochemical detection of ractopamine, clenbuterol, salbutamol, phenylethanolamine and procaterol.

    Chen, Dan / Yang, Min / Zheng, Nianjue / Xie, Ni / Liu, Daling / Xie, Chunfang / Yao, Dongsheng

    Biosensors & bioelectronics

    2016  Volume 80, Page(s) 525–531

    Abstract: β-agonists are phenylethanolamines with different substituent groups on the aromatic ring and the terminal amino group which have the effect of nutrition redistribution and can accumulate in body tissues causing acute or chronic poisoning when consumed. ... ...

    Abstract β-agonists are phenylethanolamines with different substituent groups on the aromatic ring and the terminal amino group which have the effect of nutrition redistribution and can accumulate in body tissues causing acute or chronic poisoning when consumed. Therefore, it is very important to establish a fast screening method for the detection of several kinds of β-agonists in food safety control. In this study, the aptamer-agonists (AP-Ago) has screened out by Isothermal Titration Calorimetric method. AP-Ago was a single-strand DNA with 22 base-pairs. The dissociation constant (Kd) to phenylethanolamine (PHL) was 3.34 × 10(-5)mol L(-1). The AP-Ago based electrode was constructed by self-assembling on gold electrode. A label-free electrochemical aptasensor was then developed with AP-Ago-based gold electrode, which was sensitive to phenylethanolamine(PHL), clenbuterol (CLB), ractopamine (RAC), salbutamol (SAL) and procaterol (PRO). The detection limits were 0.04 ng/mL (RAC), 0.35 pg/mL (CLB), 1.0 pg/mL (PHL), 0.53 pg/mL (SAL) and 1.73 pg/mL(PRO), respectively, The detection time was 15 min. The reproductivity of the mentioned aptasensor is good with RSD of 2.09%. Comparing with ELISA and HPLC on β-agonists detection in actual sample, this aptasensor is advantage of fewer steps and fast screen-detection of these five β-agonists or their mixtures. This study suggests that the aptasensor can be developed to a rapid screening means with multi-β-agonists (may be one or more) in sample.
    MeSH term(s) Albuterol/isolation & purification ; Aptamers, Nucleotide ; Biosensing Techniques ; Clenbuterol/isolation & purification ; DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry ; Electrochemical Techniques ; Food Analysis ; Gold/chemistry ; Humans ; Limit of Detection ; Phenethylamines/isolation & purification ; Procaterol/isolation & purification
    Chemical Substances Aptamers, Nucleotide ; DNA, Single-Stranded ; Phenethylamines ; ractopamine (57370OZ3P1) ; Gold (7440-57-5) ; Albuterol (QF8SVZ843E) ; Procaterol (X7I3EMM5K0) ; Clenbuterol (XTZ6AXU7KN)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-06-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1011023-9
    ISSN 1873-4235 ; 0956-5663
    ISSN (online) 1873-4235
    ISSN 0956-5663
    DOI 10.1016/j.bios.2016.01.025
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  3. Article ; Online: The TrkB-T1 receptor mediates BDNF-induced migration of aged cardiac microvascular endothelial cells by recruiting Willin.

    Wang, Zhefeng / Chen, Yilin / Chen, Xuwei / Zheng, Xin / Xu, Ganlin / Yuan, Ziqiang / Zhao, Hui / Chen, Wensheng / Li, Lilin / Zheng, Nianjue / Shen, Xiaotao / Li, Yanmei / Qi, Xufeng / Cai, Dongqing

    Aging cell

    2019  Volume 18, Issue 2, Page(s) e12881

    Abstract: The mechanism of age-related decline in the angiogenic potential of the myocardium is not yet fully understood. Our previous report revealed that the aging of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) led to changes in their expression of receptor ... ...

    Abstract The mechanism of age-related decline in the angiogenic potential of the myocardium is not yet fully understood. Our previous report revealed that the aging of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) led to changes in their expression of receptor Trk isoforms: among the three isoforms (TrkB-FL, TrkB-T1 and TrkB-T2), only the truncated TrkB-T1 isoform continued to be expressed in aged CMECs, which led to decreased migration of CMECs in aging hearts. Thus far, how BDNF induces signalling through the truncated TrkB-T1 isoform in aged CMECs remains unclear. Here, we first demonstrated that aged CMECs utilize BDNF-TrkB-T1 signalling to recruit Willin as a downstream effector to further activate the Hippo pathway, which then promotes migration. These findings suggest that the aging process shifts the phenotype of aged CMECs that express TrkB-T1 receptors by transducing BDNF signals via the BDNF-TrkB-T1-Willin-Hippo pathway and that this change might be an important mechanism and therapeutic target of the dysfunctional cardiac angiogenesis observed in aged hearts.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism ; Cell Movement ; Cells, Cultured ; Cellular Senescence ; Endothelial Cells/cytology ; Endothelial Cells/metabolism ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology ; Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism ; Neovascularization, Physiologic ; Rats ; Receptor, trkB/genetics ; Receptor, trkB/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
    Chemical Substances Bdnf protein, mouse ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Frmd6 protein, mouse ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Receptor, trkB (EC 2.7.10.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2113083-8
    ISSN 1474-9726 ; 1474-9718
    ISSN (online) 1474-9726
    ISSN 1474-9718
    DOI 10.1111/acel.12881
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