Publications by authors named "Lixue Tu"

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the most prevalent malignant tumors of the digestive system, yet the availability of safe and effective chemotherapeutic agents for clinical use remains limited. Camptothecin (CPT) and its derivatives, though approved for cancer treatment, have encountered significant challenges in clinical application due to their low bioavailability and high systemic toxicity. Strategic modification at the 7-position of CPT enables the development of novel CPT derivatives with high activity.

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Developing novel drugs from natural products has proven to be a very effective strategy. Neocryptolepine was isolated from , a traditional endemic African herb, which exerts a wide range of biological activities such as antimalaria, antibacterial, and antitumor. 2-Chloro-8-methoxy-5-methyl-5-indolo [2,3-] quinoline (compound ) was synthesized, and its cytotoxicity was assessed on pancreatic cancer PANC-1 cells, colorectal cancer HCT116 cells, liver cancer SMMC-7721 cells, and gastric cancer AGS cells .

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Article Synopsis
  • Chemotherapy is a standard treatment for colorectal cancer but often faces issues with drug resistance, prompting the need for new drug developments.
  • Recent studies show that neocryptolepine derivatives, particularly MMNC, have significant cytotoxic effects on colorectal cancer cells such as HCT116 and Caco-2.
  • MMNC inhibits cell proliferation, induces apoptosis, and affects the cell cycle while targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, marking it as a promising candidate for colorectal cancer treatment.
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Gastric cancer is highly heterogeneous and there is still a lack of efficient, low-toxicity small molecule compounds for the treatment of gastric cancer. Natural products are important sources for the development of antitumor compounds. Therefore, it is promising strategy to find the lead compound of anti-gastric cancer agents by structural modification of natural products.

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Natural products play an important role in drug development and lead compound synthesis. Neocryptolepine is a polycyclic quinoline compound isolated from . The cytotoxicity of neocryptolepine to gastric cancer cells AGS, MKN45, HGC27, and SGC7901 was not very strong, and it also had certain toxicity to gastric mucosa cells GES-1.

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Cancer is second only to heart disease as a cause of death, despite improvements in its early diagnosis and precision medicine. Due to the limitations of commonly used anticancer methods such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, biological therapy, especially probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria, has received widespread attention. has been proven to inhibit the proliferation of a variety of cancer cells.

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