PMID- 33044769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210304 LR - 20210304 IS - 1522-7278 (Electronic) IS - 1520-4081 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Mar TI - Ganoderma tsugae suppresses the proliferation of endometrial carcinoma cells via Akt signaling pathway. PG - 320-327 LID - 10.1002/tox.23037 [doi] AB - Ganoderma is one of the common medicinal mushrooms in traditional Chinese medicine. Previous researches have unveiled the multifaceted biological activity of Ganoderma extract. Ganoderma tsugae has been investigated the potential on curing prostate, colon, lung, epidermoid, breast and ovarian cancers, but not including endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer is a gynecological malignant tumor with serious drug resistance problem in clinical cancer treatment. This study aimed to demonstrate the first study of Ganoderma on treating endometrial cancer. The Ganoderma tsugae ethanol extract (GTEE) could suppress the proliferation of endometrial cancer cells HEC-1-A, KLE, and AN3 CA. GTEE also induced G1/S phase arrest and mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in endometrial cancer cells. Furthermore, the Akt signaling pathway could be suppressed by GTEE. Therefore, our results suggest for the first time that GTEE has the potential to be an adjuvant therapeutic agent in the treatment of endometrial cancer. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Tsai, Yi-Ting AU - Tsai YT AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Pin-Hung AU - Kuo PH AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Han-Peng AU - Kuo HP AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. AD - Research Unit, Sinphar Group, I-Lan, Taiwan. FAU - Hsu, Chih-Yu AU - Hsu CY AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Lee, Yi-Jen AU - Lee YJ AD - Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Chao-Lin AU - Kuo CL AD - Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Liu, Jah-Yao AU - Liu JY AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Lee, Shou-Lun AU - Lee SL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8604-3068 AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Kao, Ming-Ching AU - Kao MC AD - Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. AD - Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. AD - Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201012 PL - United States TA - Environ Toxicol JT - Environmental toxicology JID - 100885357 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Endometrial Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Female MH - *Ganoderma MH - Humans MH - Medicine, Chinese Traditional MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt signaling pathway OT - Ganoderma tsugae OT - apoptosis OT - cell cycle arrest OT - endometrial cancer OT - traditional Chinese medicine EDAT- 2020/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/05 06:00 CRDT- 2020/10/12 12:14 PHST- 2020/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/12 12:14 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/tox.23037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Toxicol. 2021 Mar;36(3):320-327. doi: 10.1002/tox.23037. Epub 2020 Oct 12.