PMID- 29614624 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181001 LR - 20181001 IS - 1875-8592 (Electronic) IS - 1574-0153 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 1 DP - 2018 TI - Baicalein suppresses non small cell lung cancer cell proliferation, invasion and Notch signaling pathway. PG - 13-18 LID - 10.3233/CBM-170673 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Baicalein is an important Chinese herbal medicine and has multiple pharmacological activities. However, the biological mechanisms of the anti-tumor effects of Baicalein on non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) still need to be understood. METHODS: Human NSCLC A549 and H1299 cells were pretreated with Baicalein or DMSO. Cells viability and transwell cell invasion assays were performed to assess cell proliferation and invasion. QRT-PCR assay was used to analyze mRNA expression levels of Twist1, E-cadhertin, Vimentin, Notch1 and hes-1. Western blot analysis was also performed to determine protein expression. RESULTS: In the study, we found that Baicalein had a significantly inhibited effect on proliferation ability of A549 and H1299 cells. Cells treated with Baicalein showed a down-regulated expression of CyclinD1 and CDK1 in A549 and H1299 cells. Furthermore, we found that Baicalein significantly inhibited cell invasion and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) by up-regulating the mRNA and protein expression of E-cadherin and down-regulated the Twist1 and Vimentin expression, Moreover, Treatment of Baicalein down-regulated Notch1 and hes-1 expression in A549 and H1299 cells, which indicated that Baicalein could suppress the Notch signaling pathway. CONCLUSION: Our studies suggest that Baicalein may be a potential phytochemical flavonoid for therapeutics of NSCLC and serve as a molecular target for NSCLC. FAU - Su, Guangfeng AU - Su G AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China. AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China. FAU - Chen, Hao AU - Chen H AD - Department of Pharmacy, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China. AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China. FAU - Sun, Xinhua AU - Sun X AD - Department of Surgery, Boshan District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zibo 255200, Shandong, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Cancer Biomark JT - Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers JID - 101256509 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Flavanones) RN - 0 (Receptor, Notch1) RN - 49QAH60606 (baicalein) SB - IM MH - Antioxidants/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/*genetics MH - Flavanones/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Receptor, Notch1/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Baicalein OT - cell proliferation OT - epithelial-mesenchymal transition OT - non small cell lung cancer EDAT- 2018/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/03 06:00 CRDT- 2018/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - CBM170673 [pii] AID - 10.3233/CBM-170673 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Biomark. 2018;22(1):13-18. doi: 10.3233/CBM-170673.