ZHU Jiangchuan,CAO Nida,MA Fangqi,et al.Mechanism of Weichang'an in inhibiting malignant progression of gastric cancer cells through alternative splicing of inhibitor of differentiation 1[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(12):70-75.
ZHU Jiangchuan,CAO Nida,MA Fangqi,et al.Mechanism of Weichang'an in inhibiting malignant progression of gastric cancer cells through alternative splicing of inhibitor of differentiation 1[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(12):70-75. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20250312003.
Mechanism of Weichang'an in inhibiting malignant progression of gastric cancer cells through alternative splicing of inhibitor of differentiation 1
To explore the mechanism of strengthening spleen traditional Chinese medicine compound Weichang'an (WCA) in inhibiting malignant progression of gastric cancer cells through polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 3 (PTBP3) regulating alternative splicing of inhibitor of differentiation 1 (
Id1
) mRNA.
Methods
2
Using the human gastric cell line MKN45 that has been stably silenced for the
PTBP3
gene, a corresponding nude mouse subcutaneous tumor transplantation model was established. The model nude mice were randomly divided into the MKN45 cell 0.9% sodium chloride solution group (NC group, as control), the MKN45 cell WCA group (NC-WCA group), the
PTBP3
silenced MKN45 cell 0.9% sodium chloride solution group (shPTBP3 group), and the
PTBP3
silenced MKN45 cell WCA group (shPTBP3-WCA group), with 6 mice in each group. The corresponding interventions were administered by intragastric administration daily for a total of 28 d. The effects of WCA on the growth of transplanted tumors, expressions of PTBP3 and
Id1
isomers were investigated. The morphology of the tumor tissue and the proportion of tumor cells were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and Ki67 staining, respectively. Fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blot were used to detect the protein and mRNA expression of PTBP3, Id1a and Id1b in transplanted tumor cells.
Results
2
Compared with the NC group, the tumor weights of mice in the NC-WCA group, the shPTBP3 group, and the shPTBP3-WCA group all decreased, and the differences were statistically significant (
P
<
0.05). The HE and Ki67 staining results indicated that both silencing
PTBP3
and WCA intervention could inhibit the proliferation ability of mouse MKN45 tumor cells. The results of RT-qPCR and Western blot showed that compared with the NC group, both silencing
PTBP3
and WCA intervention could reduce the expression of
Id1a
mRNA and increase the expression of
Id1b
mRNA, and the differences were statistically significant (
P
<
0.05); in the model nude mice with silenced
PTBP3
, after WCA intervention, the expression of
Id1a
mRNA decreased and the expression of
Id1b
mRNA increased, and the differences were statistically significant (
P
<
0.001); compared with the NC group, both silencing
PTBP3
and WCA intervention could down-regulate the expression of Id1a (
P
<
0.05) and up-regulate the expression of Id1b ((
P
<
0.001), and the protein expression changes were consistent with the mRNA expression changes.
Conclusions
2
PTBP3 can regulate the alternative splicing of
Id1
isomers, and the traditional Chinese medicine compound WCA could regulate the alternative splicing of
Id1
through PTBP3, which could down-regulate the e
xpression of Id1a and up-regulate the expression of Id1b, thereby inhibit the malignant progression of gastric cancer cells.
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