Title:Ginsenoside Rh2 Improves the Cisplatin Anti-tumor Effect in Lung Adenocarcinoma A549 Cells via Superoxide and PD-L1
Volume: 20
Issue: 4
Author(s): Yingying Chen, Yuqiang Zhang, Wei Song, Ying Zhang, Xiu Dong and Mingqi Tan*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110042, Liaoning Province,China
Keywords:
Cisplatin, ginsenoside Rh2, lung adenocarcinoma, PD-L1, superoxide, anti-tumor.
Abstract:
Background: Ginsenoside Rh2 (Rh2) is a major biological component of ginseng that exerts antitumor
activities in multiple cancers including Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLCs). Rh2 also enhances the
anti-tumor effects of various chemotherapy drugs including cisplatin at relatively low concentrations. Here, the
mechanistic role of Rh2 in chemotherapy-treated NSCLCs will be investigated.
Methods: In this study, FACS, western blot and siRNA addition were used to analyze the role of Rh2 in cisplatin-
treated lung adenocarcinoma A549 and H1299 cells.
Results: Subsequent observations indicated that Rh2 enhanced cisplatin-induced NSCLCs A549 and H1299
cells apoptosis. Cisplatin-induced productive autophagy was repressed by Rh2 in A549 cells. Rh2 also enhanced
cisplatin cytotoxicity by elevating superoxide dismutase activity and repressing cisplatin-induced superoxide
generation. Conversely, Rh2 was found to repress cisplatin-induced phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor
receptor, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, protein kinase B, and autophagy. Cisplatin-induced Programmed Death-
Ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression was repressed by Rh2 via the superoxide.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that Rh2 enhanced the function of cisplatin by repressing superoxide generation,
PD-L1 expression, and autophagy in lung adenocarcinoma cells.