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Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin

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    • Xinfeng Fan
    • Haiyuan Du
    • Yaogui Sun
    • Junbing Jiang
    • Zhirui Wang
    • Wei Yin
    • Kuohai Fan
    • Hongquan Li
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    Affiliations: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, P.R. China, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100000, P.R. China, Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6364
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The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of esculetin on the proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells and to determine the underlying mechanism behind this activity. An MTT assay was used to assess cell proliferation, reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the relative mRNA expression levels of β‑catenin, c‑Myc and cyclin D1, and western blot analysis was utilized to determine the levels of the associated proteins. Compared with the dimethyl sulfoxide control, esculetin reduced the cell viability of SMMC‑7721 and HL‑7702 cells in a dose‑ and time‑dependent manner. Treatment of SMMC‑7721 cells with esculetin resulted in downregulation of the mRNA and protein levels of β‑catenin, c‑Myc and cyclin D1. Esculetin increased the phosphorylation of β‑catenin at Ser33/Ser37/Thr41 and inhibited the proliferation of human hepatoma SMMC‑7721 cells by suppressing the Wnt signaling pathway. The results of the present study suggest that esculetin inhibited the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway in SMMC-7721 cells and may have potential as an effective anti‑cancer drug, acting to inhibit the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway.
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Fan X, Du H, Sun Y, Jiang J, Wang Z, Yin W, Fan K and Li H: Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin. Oncol Lett 14: 1731-1736, 2017.
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W. ... Li, H. (2017). Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin. Oncology Letters, 14, 1731-1736. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6364
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W., Fan, K., Li, H."Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin". Oncology Letters 14.2 (2017): 1731-1736.
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W., Fan, K., Li, H."Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin". Oncology Letters 14, no. 2 (2017): 1731-1736. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6364
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Fan X, Du H, Sun Y, Jiang J, Wang Z, Yin W, Fan K and Li H: Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin. Oncol Lett 14: 1731-1736, 2017.
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W. ... Li, H. (2017). Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin. Oncology Letters, 14, 1731-1736. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6364
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W., Fan, K., Li, H."Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin". Oncology Letters 14.2 (2017): 1731-1736.
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Fan, X., Du, H., Sun, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, Z., Yin, W., Fan, K., Li, H."Suppression of the Wnt signaling pathway may contribute to the inhibition of proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells by esculetin". Oncology Letters 14, no. 2 (2017): 1731-1736. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6364
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