triptolide/hypoxia

BACKGROUND Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), a critical transcription factor to reduced O2 availability, has been demonstrated to be extensively involved in tumor survival, aggressive progression, drug resistance and angiogenesis. Thus it has been considered as a potential anticancer target.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the most lethal malignancies characterized by an intense tumor stroma with hypoperfused regions, a significant inflammatory response and pronounced therapy resistance. New therapeutic agents are urgently needed. The plant-derived agent triptolide also

Triptolide (TL) is known to suppress the proliferation of a number of pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro. Marked antitumor effects were also observed in a xenograft model of pancreatic cancer. Hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α (HIF‑1α) is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer cells lines. The present

Transplantation of tumor xenografts to fertilized chicken eggs is a promising animal replacement method, which has successfully been used for xenotransplantation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) cells. PDA is characterized by a pronounced tumor hypoxia, which mediates aggressive growth,

Osteosarcoma is a common malignant bone tumor occurring in adolescents and children. The poor prognosis and low 5-year survival rate of osteosarcoma partly due to high metastasis of osteosarcoma. Triptolide (TPL), an extract from Tripterygium wilfordii, is widely used in cancer treatment. In our

OBJECTIVE To investigate the inhibitory activity of HIF-1 by triptolide and manasaantin A, two cell-based models with luciferase report gene assay were established. METHODS Two cell-based models of HIF-1 were used to evaluate HIF-1 inhibition activity of triptolide and manasaantin A. Secreted VEGF

Triptolide (TP) has been widely used in China for more than 40 years as an immunosuppressive agent. Recently, serious concerns have been raised over TP-induced liver injury, though the real hepatotoxic mechanism is still unclear, particularly in terms of the initial cause. To our knowledge, this

Triptolide (TP), a major active component of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.F. (TWHF), is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it has a narrow therapeutic window due to its serious toxicities. To increase the therapeutic index, a new triptolide-loaded transdermal delivery system, named

Previous studies demonstrated that triptolide (PG490) has many anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. However, little is known about the effect of PG490-88 (a water-soluble derivative of triptolide) on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced acute lung injury. We assessed the effects of

Triptolide has been demonstrated to induce tumor cell apoptosis. However, the role of triptolide in breast cancer angiogenesis remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the function of triptolide in breast cancer and the molecular mechanisms underlying this. The results revealed that

Hypoxia is widely present in pancreatic cancer and subsequently causes the overexpression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3). HIF-1α and Stat3 function cooperatively to regulate a number of downstream genes that are implicated in

The present study investigated the protective effects and molecular mechanism of prostaglandin A1 (PGA1) and triptolide (TRI) on apoptosis of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMVECs) in rats. CMVECs of rats were isolated and then cultured. MTT method was used to select and establish a cell

Pancreatic tumors are renowned for their extremely hypoxic centers, resulting in upregulation of a number of hypoxia mediated signaling pathways including cell proliferation, metabolism and cell survival. Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that Minnelide, a water-soluble pro-drug of