Background and Aims: Normal cells become tumorigenic owing to mutations in
oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes modulating cell division. Cancer cells break
down extracellular matrix to metastasize other tissues. Therefore, the
development of natural and synthetic substances that suppress metastatic enzymes
such as matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 is useful to inhibit metastasis. Silibinin is the main
ingredient of silymarin extracted from the seeds of milk thistle plants having
lung cancer-suppressing effects and liver protection. The purpose
of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of silibinin on the
invasion of human fibrosarcoma cells. Methods: The effect of silibinin
on cell viability was measured in HT1080 cells using an MTT assay. The MMP-9 and
MMP-2 activities were analyzed using a zymography assay. The expression of
proteins in cytoplasm related to metastasis was examined by western blot analysis
and immunofluorescence assay. Results: In this study, silibinin above 20
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Silibinin Inhibits Cell Invasion through the Inhibition of MMPs, p-p38, and IL-1β in Human Fibrosarcoma Cells
Ah In Jo1, Moon-Moo Kim1,*
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Dong-Eui University, 614-714 Busan, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: mmkim@deu.ac.kr (Moon-Moo Kim)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(4), 64;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2804064
Submitted: 11 November 2022 | Revised: 14 February 2023 | Accepted: 27 February 2023 | Published: 6 April 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract
Keywords
silibinin
invasion
IL-1β
p-p38
MMPs
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