ReferenceID 5082

Dauricine inhibits proliferation and promotes death of melanoma cells via inhibition of Src/STAT3 signaling

Phytother Res

Melanoma is the most common type of skin cancer. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling has been demonstrated to be a therapeutic target for melanoma. Dauricine (Dau), an alkaloid compound i

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Reference Id
5082
Evidence Id
21672
Core Evidence Id
21672
Source Reference Id
3450
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF004247
Subject Paper Key
HBIN022781_33792976
Pubmed Id
33792976
Doi
10.1002/ptr.7089
Paper Title
Dauricine inhibits proliferation and promotes death of melanoma cells via inhibition of Src/STAT3 signaling
Paper Abstract
Melanoma is the most common type of skin cancer. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling has been demonstrated to be a therapeutic target for melanoma. Dauricine (Dau), an alkaloid compound isolated from the root of Menispermum dauricum DC., has shown tumor-suppressing effects in multiple human cancers, but its potential in melanoma remains unexplored. In this study, we demonstrated that Dau significantly inhibited the viability and proliferation of A375 and A2058 melanoma cells. Death of melanoma cells was also markedly promoted by Dau. Moreover, Dau inhibited phosphorylation-mediated activation of STAT3 and Src in a dose-dependent manner. Notably, constitutive activation of Src partially abolished the antiproliferative and cytotoxic activities of Dau on melanoma cells. Molecular docking showed that Dau could dock on the kinase domain of Src with a binding energy of -10.42 kcal/mol. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that Src-Dau binding was stable. Surface plasmon resonance imaging analysis also showed that Dau has a strong binding affinity to Src. In addition, Dau suppressed the growth of melanoma cells and downregulated the activation of Src/STAT3 in a xenograft model in vivo. These data demonstrated that Dau inhibits proliferation and promotes cell death in melanoma cells by inhibiting the Src/STAT3 pathways.
Journal
Phytother Res
Publish Year
2021
Experiment Subject
human; a2058 melanoma cells
Experiment Type
Cell Experiment
Phenotype Related
Melanoma; Skin Cancer; Cancers
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Paper Title En
Dauricine inhibits proliferation and promotes death of melanoma cells via inhibition of Src/STAT3 signaling
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