Jiang Ying,Song Hanbing,Jiang Ling,Qiao Yu,Yang Dan,Wang Donghua,Li Ji
Background: Silybin was known to exert inhibition in prostate cancer, but the underlying mechanism remained largely unknown. This study was designed to find out the potential target of Silybin on prostate cancer and explore the relative mechanisms.Methods: Firstly, we screened the possible targets of Silybin through the PubChem database and Subpathway – GM. Then DU145 cells were transferred to investigate the correction about related targets, magnetic bead sorting and flow cytometry were used to sort and identify the cells. Proliferation, migration and invasion ability of DU145 cells were detected by MTT assay, Transwell assay, plate clonality and sphere formation assay. BALB/c nude mice were constructed models with implanted sarcoma and measured the tumor volume every 5 days as wells tumor weight. The levels of proteins were detected by Western blot and immunocytochemistry. RT-PCR was selected to test the expression of protein’s mRNA.Results: It was screened out the ALDH1A1 was highly correlated with subpathways of the Silybin risk metabolic pathway. And ALDH1A1 expression was positively correlated RARα with Ets1 by interfering with the ALDH1A1 gene. Importantly, ALDH1A1(+) cells showed proliferation, migration and invasion ability. In addition, it showed that Silybin exerted the inhibition on prostate cells by suppressed the proliferation, migration and invasion ability of cells in vitro experiment. Silybin also reduced the tumor volume and weight. And Silybin displayed obviously reduced the proteins and mRNA of ALDH1A1, RARα, Ets1 and MMP9 expressions.Conclusion: Our results indicated that Silybin showed inhibition of prostate cancer and the mechanism was involving with downregulating ALDH1A1 expression, thereby inhibiting the activation of RARα and preventing the activation of Ets1 to inhibit the growth and invasion of prostate cancer.
Children exposed to common aeroallergens may develop asthma that progresses into adulthood. Inflammation regulated by T helper 2 (Th2) cells, a specific subpopulation of CD4+ T lymphocytes, is involved in asthmatic injury. Herein, our microarray data indicated that microRNA-451a-5p (miRNA-451a) expression decreased by 4.6-fold and ETS proto-oncogene 1 (ETS1) increased by 2.2-fold in the peripheral blood lymphocytes isolated from asthmatic children (n = 4) as compared to control individuals (n = 4). The negative correlation between miRNA-451a and ETS1 was further validated in 40 CD4+ T cell samples (10 healthy vs. 30 asthmatic samples). In vitro, naïve CD4+ T cells isolated from control individuals were cultured under Th2 cell polarizing condition. miRNA-451a expression decreased while ETS1 increased in CD4+ T cells in the setting of Th2 cell polarization. Moreover, miRNA-451a knockdown enhanced Th2 cell polarization – cells positive for both GATA3 (GATA binding protein 3, a Th2-transcription factor) and CD4 increased, and the generation of Th2 cell cytokines, interleukin (IL)5 and IL13, increased. In contrast, miRNA-451a overexpression inhibited Th2 cell differentiation. Interestingly, dual-Luciferase assay proved ETS1 as a novel target of miRNA-451a. Moreover, enforced expression of ETS1 partially restored miRNA-451a-induced inhibition of IL5 and IL13, and increased the GATA3+CD4+ cell population. Collectively, our work demonstrates that downregulation of miRNA-451a upregulates ETS1 expression in CD4+ T cells, which may contribute to Th2 cell differentiation in pediatric asthma