LUO Cenxin,DING Ling,RU Dan,et al.Mechanism of Buyi Xiaozheng Formula in inhibiting proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells based on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(7):80-87.
LUO Cenxin,DING Ling,RU Dan,et al.Mechanism of Buyi Xiaozheng Formula in inhibiting proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells based on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(7):80-87. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20241107006.
Mechanism of Buyi Xiaozheng Formula in inhibiting proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells based on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
To explore the effect and mechanism of Buyi Xiaozheng Formula (BYXZ) on the proliferation and migration of human ovarian cancer cells.
Methods
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Ovarian cancer cell lines SKOV3, A2780, and OVCAR8 were treated with different concentrations of BYXZ. Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) was used to detect the cell proliferation ability, colony formation assay was conducted to assess clonal proliferation capacity, scratch wound healing assay and Transwell migration assay were performed to evaluate cell migration ability. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B(Akt), phosphorylated protein kinase B(p-Akt).
Results
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CCK-8 results showed that, BYXZ could inhibit the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells SKOV3, A2780, and OVCAR8, with IC
50
of 4.099 g/L, 6.202 g/L, and 6.421 g/L, respectively. The results of colony formation assay showed that 0.25 g/L, 0.5 g/L and 1 g/L BYXZ inhibited the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells A2780 and OVCAR8 in a concentration-dependent manner (
P
<
0.01,
P
<
0.001), and 0.5 g/L and 1 g/L BYXZ significantly inhibited the proliferation of SKOV3 cells in a concentration-dependent manner (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.001). Wound healing assay results revealed that 5 g/L BYXZ significantly inhibited the migration of SKOV3 and A2780 cells (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and 10 g/L BYXZ significantly inhibited the migration of SKOV3、A2780 and OVCAR8 cells(
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01). Transwell assay results showed that BYXZ at concentrations of 2 g/L, 5 g/L, and 10 g/L significantly inhibited the migration of A2780 and OVCAR8 cells (
P
<
0.001), while 5 g/L and 10 g/L BYXZ exerted significantly inhibited the migration of SKOV3 cells (
P
<
0.001). Western blot results indicated that BYXZ could down-regulate the expression of PI3K, Akt, and p-Akt proteins in A2780 and OVCAR8 cells (
P
<
0.001), and inhibit PI3K and p-Akt expression in SKOV3 cells (
P
<
0.001); BYXZ could inhibit the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway by reducing the phosphorylation level of Akt (p-Akt/Akt) in SKOV3 cells (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusions
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BYXZ inhibits the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway by reducing the phosphorylation level of Akt, so as to inhibit the proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells.
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