Anticancer effect of Polyphyllin Ι in colorectal cancer cells through ROS-dependent autophagy and G2/M arrest mechanisms

Polyphyllin Ι is a steroidal saponin isolated from the rhizoma of Paris polyphylla. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the anticancer effects of polyphyllin Ι in colorectal cancer and to elucidate the potential underlying molecular mechanisms. Using, CCK8 assay, flow cytometry, laser confocal microscope analysis and western blot, the anticancer effects of the polyphyllin Ι were analysed in colorectal cells. Our results indicate that polyphyllin Ι significantly decreased cell viability of HCT 116 cells and induced autophagy. Furthermore, we found that polyphyllin Ι induced autophagy in an ROS-dependent cell death and not related with PI3 K/AKT/mTOR pathway. We also provide evidence that excessive ROS triggered by polyphyllin Ι could induce G2/M phase arrest via regulating cycle proteins expression of cell cycle regulators, such as p21 and cyclinB1. In conclusion, polyphyllin Ι exhibit anticancer effect through ROS-dependent autophagy and induces G2/M arrest in colorectal cancer.     

The microbiological transformation of steroidal saponins by Curvularia lunata

The microbiological transformation of polyphyllin I (compound I), polyphyllin III (compound II), polyphyllin V (compound III) and polyphyllin VI (compound IV) by Curvularia lunata into their corresponding subsaponins, for example, diosgenin-3-O-α-l-arabinofuranosyl (1→4)-β-d-glucopyranoside (compound V), diosgenin-3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl (1→4)-β-d-glucopyranoside (compound VI), diosgenin-3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (compound VII) and pennogenin-3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (compound VIII), were studied in this paper. Curvularia lunata is able to hydrolyze terminal rhamnosyls that are linked by 1→2 C- bond to sugar residues of steroidal saponins at C-3 position with high activity and regioselectivity.     

红外光谱结合化学计量学对不同采收期滇重楼的定性定量分析

傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)结合偏最小二乘判别分析(PLS-DA)和偏最小二乘回归(PLSR)对不同采收期滇重楼(Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis)分别进行定性鉴别与定量分析,以期为滇重楼合理采收和鉴别评价提供科学依据。采集46份不同采收期滇重楼样品的红外光谱,对光谱数据进行自动基线校正+纵坐标归一化+自动平滑+小波去噪(WD)预处理后进行PLS-DA分析;采用超高效液相色谱测定样品中重楼皂苷Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅵ,Ⅶ的含量,将液相测定数据与红外光谱数据进行拟合,经自动基线校正+纵坐标归一化+自动平滑+一阶求导+正交信号校正(OSC)优化处理后,建立滇重楼中重楼皂苷Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅵ,Ⅶ的快速预测模型。结果显示,(1)原始红外光谱中主要吸收区域在950~700,1 200~950,1 800~1 500和2 800~3 500 cm-1附近。(2)PLS-DA得分图可准确区分不同采收期滇重楼样品。(3)液相数据显示重楼总皂苷含量随着年限的增加先成倍增加,再逐渐减少,最后呈现缓慢增加的趋势。(4)重楼总皂苷含量定量模型的预测值与真实值间无显著性差异,表明模型预测效果好。FTIR结合化学计量学可准确区分不同采收期滇重楼并快速预测其皂苷含量,为不同采收期滇重楼的鉴别和皂苷含量预测提供一种新方法,同时为确定滇重楼的最佳采收期提供参考依据。