Mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial⁃mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells via regulation of TGF⁃β/Smads signaling pathway
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Mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial⁃mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells via regulation of TGF⁃β/Smads signaling pathway
Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 59, Issue 11, Pages: 69-75(2025)
GENG Hui,WANG Yisheng,ZHAO Zhe,et al.Mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial⁃mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells via regulation of TGF⁃β/Smads signaling pathway[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(11):69-75.
GENG Hui,WANG Yisheng,ZHAO Zhe,et al.Mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial⁃mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells via regulation of TGF⁃β/Smads signaling pathway[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(11):69-75. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20250225007.
Mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial⁃mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells via regulation of TGF⁃β/Smads signaling pathway
To explore the mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in colorectal cancer cells via regulating the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)/Sma and MAD-related proteins (Smads) signaling pathway.
Methods
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Human colorectal cancer HCT-116 cells were cultured
in vitro
. The inhibitory effect of quercetin on the proliferation of HCT-116 cells was detected by Cell Counting Kit-8(CCK-8) assay, and the inhibitory effect of quercetin on the migration of HCT-116 cells were detected by Transwell assay and scratch assay. The effects of quercetin, TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway activator SRI-
011381 and the combination of quercetin and SRI-011381 on the expressions of EMT, transfer-related proteins and TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway proteins in HCT-116 cells were detected by Western blot.
Results
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CCK-8 assay results revealed that quercetin could inhibit the proliferation activity of HCT-116 cells (
P<
0.05
, P<
0.01,
P<
0.001). The results of Transwell assay and scratch assay results indicated that quercetin could inhibit the migration ability of HCT-116 cells (
P
<
0.001). Western blot experiments results indicated that quercetin could inhibit the promoting effects of SRI-011381 on the expression of EMT-related proteins zinc finger transcription factor (Snail) and twisted helix transcription factor (Twist) (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and inhibit the promoting effect of SRI-011381 on the expression of transfer-related protein matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and block the promoting effect of SRI-011381 on the expression of TGF-β1, Smad2, and Smad3 in the TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway (
P
<
0.05,
P
<
0.01), and up-regulate the expression of Smad7 protein (
P<
0.05).
Conclusions
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Quercetin can block the activation of TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway in colorectal caner cells, inhibit colorectal cancer cell migration and EMT, and thus inhibit colorectal cancer metastasis.
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