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Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest

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    • Yanfei Peng
    • Ran Zhang
    • Xu Yang
    • Zhaiyi Zhang
    • Ning Kang
    • Liying Bao
    • Yongmei Shen
    • Hao Yan
    • Fang Zheng
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    Affiliations: School of Integrative Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China, Bioactive Materials Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, Institute of Integrative Oncology, Tianjin Union Medicine Center, Tianjin 300000, P.R. China
    Copyright: © Peng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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    Published online on: November 12, 2018
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9691
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Abstract

To investigate the potential antitumor effects of ginsenoside Rg3 in prostate cancer cells, the androgen‑insensitive prostate cancer cell line PC3 was cultured and incubated with ginsenoside Rg3 in vitro. Cell number counts, cell proliferation assays and senescence‑associated β‑galactosidase (SA‑β‑gal) staining were performed to evaluate cell proliferation. The results demonstrated that ginsenoside Rg3 led to cell proliferation arrest; ginsenoside Rg3 decreased the number of cells and increased the positive SA‑β‑gal staining rate in PC3 cells. Cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry revealed that ginsenoside Rg3 interfered with the G1/S transition in PC3 cells. The mechanism involved in ginsenoside Rg3‑induced cell proliferation arrest was then further investigated. This indicated that the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in PC3 cells was upregulated by ginsenoside Rg3 treatment. Furthermore, pretreatment with N‑acetyl‑L‑cysteine, a scavenger of ROS, was able to reverse the effects on cell number and cell cycle arrest induced by ginsenoside Rg3 in PC3 cells. These results indicate that ginsenoside Rg3 exhibits anticancer effects on prostate cancer cells through ROS‑mediated arrest of the cell cycle.
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Peng Y, Zhang R, Yang X, Zhang Z, Kang N, Bao L, Shen Y, Yan H and Zheng F: Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest. Oncol Lett 17: 1139-1145, 2019.
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L. ... Zheng, F. (2019). Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest. Oncology Letters, 17, 1139-1145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9691
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L., Shen, Y., Yan, H., Zheng, F."Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest". Oncology Letters 17.1 (2019): 1139-1145.
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L., Shen, Y., Yan, H., Zheng, F."Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest". Oncology Letters 17, no. 1 (2019): 1139-1145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9691
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Peng Y, Zhang R, Yang X, Zhang Z, Kang N, Bao L, Shen Y, Yan H and Zheng F: Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest. Oncol Lett 17: 1139-1145, 2019.
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L. ... Zheng, F. (2019). Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest. Oncology Letters, 17, 1139-1145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9691
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L., Shen, Y., Yan, H., Zheng, F."Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest". Oncology Letters 17.1 (2019): 1139-1145.
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Peng, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Kang, N., Bao, L., Shen, Y., Yan, H., Zheng, F."Ginsenoside Rg3 suppresses the proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC3 through ROS‑induced cell cycle arrest". Oncology Letters 17, no. 1 (2019): 1139-1145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9691
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