Integrating UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap/MS, Network pharmacology and experimental validation to reveal the potential mechanism of Kadsuracoccinea roots in Colon Cancer.

Autor: Liu SQ; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Shen BB; Institute of Chinese Medicine Resources, Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410013, China., Li HY; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Yao YX; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Li B; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Yu HH; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Tian X; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Zhou XD; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Sheng WB; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Kemayou Mouthe GP; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China., Wang W; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China. Electronic address: wangwei402@hotmail.com., Yang YP; TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China. Electronic address: yangyupei24@163.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of ethnopharmacology [J Ethnopharmacol] 2024 Oct 12; Vol. 337 (Pt 3), pp. 118934. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118934
Abstrakt: Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Kadsura coccinea roots are a traditional folk medicine used to treat gastrointestinal diseases. In recent years, research on K. coccinea has predominantly focused on the analysis of chemical composition and screening for activity, but there is a scarcity of studies that employ mass spectrometry to analyze Kadsura coccinea roots.
Aim of the Study: This study aimed to characterize the chemical composition of K. coccinea roots and explore the pharmacological mechanisms with network pharmacology. Cell assay and Western blot analysis were used to verify the pharmacological mechanism of the main compounds in K. coccinea roots.
Materials and Methods: UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap/MS was used for chemical analysis of K. coccinea roots, and the compounds were identified by employing diagnostic product ions, fragmentation patterns, ChemSpider, and in-house databases. Network pharmacology was employed to estimate the pathways related to pharmacological mechanisms. In addition, MTT assay was conducted to determine the inhibitory activity of colon cancer cell lines, and their apoptotic abilities were evaluated by flow cytometry and Western blot.
Results: The UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap/MS identified a total of 54 compounds in K. coccinea roots. The 54 compounds were subjected to network pharmacology analysis, exploring the pharmacological action of the main components of K. coccinea roots. The common targets between the compounds and colon cancer comprised 2009 GO biological process items and 186 KEGG signal pathways. Flow cytometry indicated that treatments with 20 μM of the above-named compounds resulted in an apoptosis rate of 16.6%, 79.7%, and 22.2% in HCT-116 cells, respectively. Meanwhile, Western blot analysis confirmed that the compounds promoted the expression of Bax and Caspase-3 level expression.
Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that K. coccinea roots can treat colon cancer through multiple components, targets, and pathways. This study revealed the effective components and molecular mechanisms of K. coccinea, which were preliminarily verified using in vitro experiments.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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