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Oroxylin A, a Natural Compound, Mitigates the Negative Effects of TNFα-treated Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Cells

Oroxylin A, a Natural Compound, Mitigates the Negative Effects of TNFα-treated Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Cells

Hui Li, Na Lu, Xiaoxuan Yu, Xiao Liu, Po Hu, Yu Zhu, Le Shen, Jingyan Xu, Zhiyu Li, Qinglong Guo, Hui Hui

Carcinogenesis. 2018 Oct 8;39(10):1292-1303.

PMID: 29346508

Abstract:

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is a complicated cytokine which is involved in proliferation and differentiation of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) cells through a poorly understood mechanism. Mechanistic studies indicate that TNFα induced binding of PI3K subunit p85α to N-terminal truncated nuclear receptor RXRα (tRXRα) proteins, and activated AKT. The activated PI3K/AKT pathway negatively regulated differentiation of AML cells through the upregulation of c-Myc. In addition, TNFα also induced activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), a nuclear transcription factor which was shown to promote cell proliferation. The present study demonstrates that oroxylin A, a natural compound isolated from Scutellariae radix, sensitizes leukemia cells to TNFα and markedly enhances TNFα-induced growth inhibition and differentiation of AML cell including human leukemia cell lines and primary AML cells. Activation of PI3K/AKT pathway could be inhibited by oroxylin A through inhibiting expression of tRXRα in NB4 and HL-60-resistant cells. Furthermore, we found that oroxylin A inhibited the activation of NF-κB and the DNA binding activity by TNFα proved by EMSA in these two AML cell lines. Moreover, in vivo studies showed that treatment with oroxylin A in combination with TNFα decreased AML cell population and prolonged survival in NOD/SCID mice with xenografts of primary AML cells. Overall, our results indicate that oroxylin A is able to inhibit the negative effects of TNFα for AML therapy, suggesting that combination of oroxylin A and TNFα have the potential to delay growth or eliminate the abnormal leukemic cells, thus representing a promising strategy for AML treatment.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP480115	Oroxylin A		480-11-5	Price

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