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《Medical Journal of Wuhan University》 2011-01 | Effects of Daurinoline on Microcirculation of Cerebral Pia Mater in Mice[Reference: WebLink] | To investigate the effect of Daurinoline on cerebral pia mater microcirculation in mice. METHODS AND RESULTS: An open cranial window was performed and microcirculation disturbance state was established by means of administering noradrenaline on the cerebral pia mater. The effect of Daurinoline was observed from the changes of the diameters and numbers of the arterioles and venules. Daurinoline could significantly reverse noradrenaline induced constriction of pial arterioles and venules, and increase the number of blood vessels which were decreased by noradrenaline. CONCLUSIONS: It suggests that Daurinoline would have a protective function on microcirculation of cerebral pia mater, which may be beneficial to relieve cerebral ischemic injury. | Environ Toxicol Pharmacol . 2019 Feb;66:109-115. | Daurinoline suppressed the migration and invasion of chemo-resistant human non-small cell lung cancer cells by reversing EMT and Notch-1 and sensitized the cells to Taxol[Pubmed: 30641414] | Abstract
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most common malignancies, and Taxol is a cornerstone in the treatment. However, taxol-resistance eventually limits the clinical effects and applications. Daurinoline could restore the sensitivity of resistant MCF-7/adr and KBv200 cells. Whereas, the effect of daurinoline on the chemo-resistant NSCLC cells and the mechanism has not been elucidated. In this study, daurinoline was firstly demonstrated that inhibited the proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT phenotype of chemo-resistant NSCLC cells. And these effects were associated with EMT and Notch-1 reversal. Moreover, daurinoline could significantly enhance the anti-tumor effect of Taxol rather than epirubicin, adriamycin and cisplatin. And the reverse fold (RF) value of daurinoline was greater than terfenadine reported before. There are little cytotoxic effects of daurinoline and its derivatives reported by L.W. Fu, et al. (2001). Therefore, daurinoline may be a potential anti-tumor agent or chemosensitizer for chemo-resistant NSCLC patients.
Keywords: Chemosensitization; Daurinoline; EMT; Non-small cell lung cancer. |
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