Recineckea carnea and Tupistra chinensis collected from the Guizhou province (China) were evaluated in this study. Petroleum ether fractions from the two herbs were subjected to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis; 10 species, which were fatty acids or aliphatic esters, were identified. The antimicrobial activities of a variety of extracts were evaluated against four microorganisms. The methanol extract (ME), chloroform fraction, and ethyl acetate fraction from T. chinensis exhibited antimicrobial activities comparable to standard antibiotics, whereas none of the investigated extracts from R. carnea demonstrated any antimicrobial activities. The antioxidant potential was evaluated in vitro using ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) radical method. The FRAP value of the ME from T. chinensis (4.19±0.088 mmol/g) was found to be significantly higher than the analogous extract from R. carnea (2.39±0.092 mmol/g); the EC50 of the ME from R. carnea (0.32±0.011 mg/mL) was found to be significantly higher than that of T. chinensis (0.30±0.015 mg/mL). Total phenolic content was estimated by the Folin–Ciocalteu's colorimetric method. A positive correlation was found between total phenolic content and antioxidant activities (FRAP value and the reciprocal of EC50). The results suggested that the phenolic compounds contributed significantly to the antioxidant capacity of R. carnea and T. chinensis.
Jingwen Xu,Zhe Wang,Yuying Huang,Yihai Wang,Limin Xiang,Xiangjiu He
T-17, a bioactive spirostanol saponin extracted from Tupistra chinensis Baker, was previously reported with anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities. However, the mechanism underlying of its anti-proliferation activity remains to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated the anti-gastric cancer cell growth activity of T-17 in terms of cell viability, colony formation, cell cycle, induction of apoptosis/autophagy, and JNK pathway. T-17 showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity in SGC-7901 and AGS cell lines, it induced caspase-mediated apoptosis as well as G0/G1 phase arrest and modulation of cyclinE2 and p21 expression. In addition, T-17 promoted the cancer cell autophagy as evidenced with increased expression of Beclin-1 and decreased p62 in western blot and formation of GFP-LC3 puncta. Furthermore, T-17-induced autophagy decreased gastric cancer cell apoptosis as assessed by pharmacological autophagy inhibitors and ATG5 siRNA usage. Importantly, the activation of JNK pathway was simultaneously involved in T-17-induced apoptosis and autophagy. Taken together, the results suggest that T-17 is a promising cytotoxic agent for therapeutic treatment of human gastric adenocarcinoma, which provides a good foundation for further research and development of Tupistra chinensis Baker.
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