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Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway

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    • Limei Wen
    • Junping Hu
    • Jiawei Zhang
    • Jianhua Yang
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    Affiliations: College of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, P.R. China
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Liver cancer is one of the most common types of malignant tumor, and is characterized by high malignancy, rapid progression, high morbidity and mortality. Oxaliplatin (OXA) has been reported to have marked efficiency against advanced liver cancer with tolerable toxicity. In solid tumors, the hypoxic microenvironment promotes epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT), which can also induce drug resistance of liver cancer to platinum drugs. Herba Cistanche (Cistanche tubulosa) has been frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine and the phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche (CPhGs) are the major active components. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of CPhGs on viability, apoptosis, migration and invasion of liver cancer cells. HepG2 liver cancer cells were divided into the control, DMSO, CoCl2, OXA, OXA + CoCl2 and CPhGs + OXA + CoCl2 groups. Subsequently, reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR and western blot analysis were performed to determine the expression levels of hypoxia‑inducible factor 1α (HIF‑1α), lysyl oxidase‑like 2 (LOXL2) and EMT‑related genes and proteins (i.e., E‑cadherin and Twist), in order to investigate the effects of CPhGs on liver cancer. The results demonstrated that CPhGs could enhance the effects of OXA on liver cancer, and inhibit the migration, invasion and apoptotic rate of liver cancer cells. Additionally, CPhGs treatment effectively induced downregulation of HIF‑1α, LOXL2 and Twist, and upregulation of E‑cadherin. The present findings indicated that CPhGs triggered a significant increase in sensitivity to OXA and suppression of hypoxia‑induced EMT in liver cancer by inhibiting the HIF‑1α signaling pathway. Therefore, CPhGs may be considered an effective platinum drug sensitizer, which could improve chemotherapeutic efficacy in patients with liver cancer.
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., & Yang, J. (2021). Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway. Molecular Medicine Reports, 24, 517. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12156
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Yang, J."Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway". Molecular Medicine Reports 24.1 (2021): 517.
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Yang, J."Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway". Molecular Medicine Reports 24, no. 1 (2021): 517. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12156
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., & Yang, J. (2021). Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway. Molecular Medicine Reports, 24, 517. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12156
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Yang, J."Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway". Molecular Medicine Reports 24.1 (2021): 517.
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Wen, L., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Yang, J."Phenylethanol glycosides from Herba Cistanche improve the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and enhance the effects of oxaliplatin via the HIF‑1α signaling pathway". Molecular Medicine Reports 24, no. 1 (2021): 517. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12156
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