YAO Chen,YUAN Dongjie,LI Zheng,et al.Effects of sophoranone on the biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells and MAPK signaling pathway[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(18):2279-2284.
YAO Chen,YUAN Dongjie,LI Zheng,et al.Effects of sophoranone on the biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells and MAPK signaling pathway[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(18):2279-2284. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2025.18.11.
Effects of sophoranone on the biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells and MAPK signaling pathway
To study the effects of sophoranone (SOP) on the biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway.
METHODS
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CNE-1 cells were divided into blank group and SOP low-, medium- and high-concentration groups (SOP-L group, SOP-M group, SOP-H group, 25, 50 and 100 μmol/L). The number of invasive cells, the number of migratory cells, and the apoptosis rate of cells were detected. The expression levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1), ERK2, and c-Jun
N
-terminal kinase (JNK) mRNA, as well as phosphorylation levels of ERK, JNK, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (abbreviated as “p38”) proteins in cells were all detected. Additionally, cells were divided into blank group, SOP high-concentration group (SOP-H group, 100 μmol/L), SOP high-concentration combined with p38 inhibitor group (SOP-H+SB group, 100 μmol/L SOP+10 μmol/L SB), and SOP high-concentration combined with JNK inhibitor group (SOP-H+SP group, 100 μmol/L SOP+10 μmol/L SP). The number of invasive cells, cell migration rate, and the protein pho
sphorylation levels of JNK and p38 in cells, as well as the protein expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), proliferating cell nuclear antigen Ki67, and cleaved-caspase-3 were measured.
RESULTS
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Compared with the blank group, SOP for each concentration could significantly decrease the number of invasive cells, the number of migratory cells, and mRNA expressions of MEK, ERK1, ERK2 (except for the SOP-L group) and JNK, but increase the apoptosis rate of cells and phosphorylation levels of ERK, JNK, and p38 proteins (
P
<0.05). Compared with the SOP-H group, the protein phosphorylation levels of p38 and JNK, and the protein expression of cleaved-caspase-3 were decreased significantly in SOP-H+SB group and SOP-H+SP group, while the number of invasive cells, cell migration rate, and the protein expression levels of MMP-9 and Ki67 were all increased significantly (
P
<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
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SOP can inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion of CNE-1 cells, and induce the apoptosis, the mechanisms of which may be associated with promoting the phosphorylation of proteins related to the MAPK signaling pathway.
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