苦参碱及氧化苦参碱抑制肿瘤作用机制研究进展及展望

苦参在我国药用历史悠久。苦参碱及氧化苦参碱是苦参的主要成分,对各类肿瘤细胞均有较强的抑制作用。通过相关文献的筛选和分析,对苦参碱及氧化苦参碱在抑制肿瘤的作用机制方面进行总结和展望。苦参碱及氧化苦参碱抑制肿瘤的分子机制包括调节细胞周期进程、促进细胞凋亡、抑制肿瘤的侵袭转移能力、诱导肿瘤细胞发生自噬、逆转肿瘤细胞的多药耐药性及调控肿瘤细胞的代谢水平等。通过对苦参碱及氧化苦参碱作用机制的发掘,并以此为基础进行更加深入的研究,可不断揭示苦参碱及氧化苦参碱参与的信号网络及基因调控位点,从而发现更为精确的肿瘤治疗靶点,为肿瘤的新药研发与临床应用提供有益启示。

Research progress and prospect on antitumor mechanism of matrine and oxymatrine

Sophora flavescens is a traditional herb medicine in China. Matrine and oxymatrine are the primary components in S. flavescens with an outstanding anti-cancer potentials. This review aims to summarize the mechanism of tumor-inhibition of matrine and oxymatrine by screening and analyzing the recent literatures. It was found that the molecular mechanisms of tumor-inhibition of matrine and oxymatrine include the regulation of cell cycle progression, induction of cell apoptosis, anti-metastatic and anti-invasion activities, induction of autophagy of tumor cells, reversion of the multidrug resistance in cancer cells, and regulation of metabolic level in cancer cells. Further research on the molecular mechanisms of matrine and oxymatrine could reveal their cellular signaling network and gene regulation mechanism in the anticancer behaviors, so as to find more accurate tumor therapeutic targets, which have important implications not only for new drugs development in clinical application of cancers, but also for the modernizations and internationalization of Chinese medicine.