Saldigones A-C(1,3,4),three new isoprenylated flavonoids with diverse flavanone,pterocarpan,and isoflavanone architec-tures,were characterized from the roots of Salvia digitaloides,together with a known isoprenylated ...Saldigones A-C(1,3,4),three new isoprenylated flavonoids with diverse flavanone,pterocarpan,and isoflavanone architec-tures,were characterized from the roots of Salvia digitaloides,together with a known isoprenylated flavanone(2).Notably,it’s the first report of isoprenylated flavonoids from Salvia species.The structures of these isolates were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis.All of the compounds were evaluated for their activities on Cav3.1 low voltage-gated Ca^(2+)channel(LVGCC),of which 2 strongly and dose-dependently inhibited Cav3.1 peak current.展开更多
Aim:To study the regulatory effects of 9-cis retinoic acid(RA)on the expression of human homeobox gene NKX3.1 in prostate cancer cell line LNCaP.Methods:Flow cytometry,reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction a...Aim:To study the regulatory effects of 9-cis retinoic acid(RA)on the expression of human homeobox gene NKX3.1 in prostate cancer cell line LNCaP.Methods:Flow cytometry,reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were performed to evaluate the effects of 9-cis RA on NKX3.1 expression and cell cycle of LNCaP cells.To identify a regulatory region within the NKX3.1 promoter contributing to the regulation induced by 9-cis RA, we have constructed an NKX3.1 promoter-reporter plasmid,pGL_3-1040bp,and its 5′-deletion mutants,which were transfected into LNCaP cells with treatment of 9-cis RA in indicated concentrations.Results:With the treatment of 9-cis RA,the NKX3.1 promoter activity was increased in reporter gene assay and NKX3.1 expression was enhanced at both mRNA and protein levels in LNCaP cells.We found that the region between -936 and -921 in the upstream of NKX3.1 gene involved the inducible regulation by 9-cis RA treatment.In flow cytometry,9-cis RA treatment caused accumulation of cells in the G_1 phase of the cell cycle and a fewer cells pass through to G_2/M.Conclusion:Our results demonstrated that 9-cis RA as a differentiating agent can arrest prostate cancer cells in G_1 phase and reduce cell mitosis,and upregulate the expression of human homeobox gene NKX3.1,which is thought to play an important role in prostate differentiation and to act as a tumor suppressor gene in the prostate.(Asian J Androl 2006 Jul;8:435-441)展开更多
基金the Foundation of Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070392 and 32070393)the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0502-0303).
文摘Saldigones A-C(1,3,4),three new isoprenylated flavonoids with diverse flavanone,pterocarpan,and isoflavanone architec-tures,were characterized from the roots of Salvia digitaloides,together with a known isoprenylated flavanone(2).Notably,it’s the first report of isoprenylated flavonoids from Salvia species.The structures of these isolates were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis.All of the compounds were evaluated for their activities on Cav3.1 low voltage-gated Ca^(2+)channel(LVGCC),of which 2 strongly and dose-dependently inhibited Cav3.1 peak current.
文摘Aim:To study the regulatory effects of 9-cis retinoic acid(RA)on the expression of human homeobox gene NKX3.1 in prostate cancer cell line LNCaP.Methods:Flow cytometry,reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were performed to evaluate the effects of 9-cis RA on NKX3.1 expression and cell cycle of LNCaP cells.To identify a regulatory region within the NKX3.1 promoter contributing to the regulation induced by 9-cis RA, we have constructed an NKX3.1 promoter-reporter plasmid,pGL_3-1040bp,and its 5′-deletion mutants,which were transfected into LNCaP cells with treatment of 9-cis RA in indicated concentrations.Results:With the treatment of 9-cis RA,the NKX3.1 promoter activity was increased in reporter gene assay and NKX3.1 expression was enhanced at both mRNA and protein levels in LNCaP cells.We found that the region between -936 and -921 in the upstream of NKX3.1 gene involved the inducible regulation by 9-cis RA treatment.In flow cytometry,9-cis RA treatment caused accumulation of cells in the G_1 phase of the cell cycle and a fewer cells pass through to G_2/M.Conclusion:Our results demonstrated that 9-cis RA as a differentiating agent can arrest prostate cancer cells in G_1 phase and reduce cell mitosis,and upregulate the expression of human homeobox gene NKX3.1,which is thought to play an important role in prostate differentiation and to act as a tumor suppressor gene in the prostate.(Asian J Androl 2006 Jul;8:435-441)
基金supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China(31371974,31071714)The Open Fund of Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance~~
