Xanthorrhizol, a natural sesquiterpenoid from Curcuma xanthorrhiza, has an anti-metastatic potential in experimental mouse lung metastasis model.

Abstract

Xanthorrhizol is a sesquiterpenoid compound isolated from the rhizome of Curcuma xanthorrhiza. In this study, the anti-metastatic activity of xanthorrhizol was evaluated by using an in vivo mouse lung metastasis model and a tumor mass formation assay. Interestingly, xanthorrhizol dramatically inhibited the formation of tumor nodules in the lung tissue and the intra-abdominal tumor mass formation. Next, to examine the mechanism of the anti-metastatic action of xanthorrhizol in the mouse lung metastasis, expression patterns of the several intracellular signaling molecules were evaluated using the lung tissues with tumor nodules. Higher expression levels of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were observed in the metastatic group compared with control, but these were attenuated by the treatment of xanthorrhizol. In conclusion, xanthorrhizol exerts anti-metastatic activity in vivo and this effect could be highly linked to the metastasis-related multiplex signal pathway including ERK, COX-2, and MMP-9.

• Authors: Min-Ah Choi, Seong Hwan Kim, Won-Yoon Chung, Jae-Kwan Hwang, Kwang-Kyun Park
• Journal: Biochemical and biophysical research communications (Biochem Biophys Res Commun) Vol. 326 Issue 1 Pg. 210-7 (Jan 07 2005) ISSN: 0006-291X [Print] United States
• PMID: 15567173 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Biomarkers, Tumor
• Phenols
• Plant Extracts
• xanthorrhizol

Topics

• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents (administration & dosage)
• Biomarkers, Tumor (metabolism)
• Curcuma (metabolism)
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Lung Neoplasms (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology, secondary)
• Male
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Neoplasms, Experimental (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology, secondary)
• Phenols (administration & dosage)
• Phytotherapy (methods)
• Plant Extracts (administration & dosage)
• Treatment Outcome