Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 19 pp 8347—8361
Gomisin M2 from Baizuan suppresses breast cancer stem cell proliferation in a zebrafish xenograft model
- 1 School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- 2 Guangxi Key Laboratory of Efficacy Study on Chinese Materia Medica, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530200, China
- 3 Sino-Canada Joint Zebrafish Lab for Chinese Herbal Drug Screening, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530200, China
- 4 Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Research on Functional Ingredients of Agricultural Residues, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530200, China
Received: May 30, 2019 Accepted: September 22, 2019 Published: October 14, 2019
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102323How to Cite
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Abstract
Gomisin M2 isolated from Schisandra viridis A. C. Smith has potential anti-tumor effects on certain cancers, including breast cancer. However, only a few investigations have been conducted on the effects of Gomisin M2 on breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), which have the ability to self-renew and differentiate, as a possible strategy to resolve cancer cell resistance to apoptosis and to improve treatments. It is essential to investigate the effects of Gomisin M2 on breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs). In this study, we enriched breast cancer stem cells with CD44+/CD24- from MDA-MB-231 and HCC1806 cells through magnetic-activated cell sorting and cultured these in serum-free medium. The ability of Gomisin M2 to kill breast cancer stem cells was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Gomisin M2 significantly inhibited the proliferation of the triple-negative breast cancer cell lines and mammosphere formation in breast CSCs and downregulated the Wnt/β-catenin self-renewal pathway. Moreover, Gomisin M2 induced apoptosis and blocked the mitochondrial membrane potential of BCSCs. Gomisin M2 suppressed the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 and HCC1806 xenografts in zebrafish. Together, these findings suggest that the anti-BCSC activity of Gomisin M2 could become a promising starting point for the discovery of novel BCSC-targeting drugs.