Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma
Abstract The Chinese medicine formula Pien Tze Huang (PZH) has been applied to the treatment of various diseases, the reported anti-tumor mechanisms included regulation of inflammation-associated cytokine secretion and cancer growth pathways. However, the potential influence of PZH on tumor metaboli...
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| description | Abstract The Chinese medicine formula Pien Tze Huang (PZH) has been applied to the treatment of various diseases, the reported anti-tumor mechanisms included regulation of inflammation-associated cytokine secretion and cancer growth pathways. However, the potential influence of PZH on tumor metabolism remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the global effect of PZH on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with the anti-tumor agent sorafenib based on tandem mass tag (TMT) label proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis in addition to parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) verification. It was observed that PZH could inhibit tumor weight by 59–69% in different concentrations. TMT proteomic studies indicated that fructose/mannose metabolism and glucagon signaling pathway in PZH group, and arachidonic acid metabolism and PPAR signaling pathway in sorafenib group, were significantly enriched, while glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway was found to be enriched remarkably both in PZH and sorafenib groups in TMT phosphoproteomic study. PRM verification further indicated that both PZH and sorafenib could down-regulate phosphorylations of the glycolytic enzymes phosphofructokinases 1, fructose-bisphosphate Aldolase A, phosphoglycerate mutase 2 and lactate dehydrogenase A chain, while phosphorylations of long chain fatty acid CoA ligase in fatty acid activation and acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase in glycolysis were significantly inhibited by PZH and sorafenib, respectively. This study proposed that PZH shared a similar anti-tumor mechanism of metabolic regulation to sorafenib, but differed in the regulation of some metabolic nodes. This is the first time to uncover the relationship between the anti-tumor effect of PZH and metabolic related enzymes, which distinguished from the known mechanisms of PZH. These data provided the potential molecular basis for PZH acting as a therapeutic drug for HCC, and offered cues of manipulation on Warburg effect under the treatment of PZH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37281bbe87d24e8783f9962b9730e2d22023-02-05T12:11:26ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-02-0113111610.1038/s41598-023-29116-8Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinomaJinxia Lin0Shicong Wang1Wenliang Lan2Ming Ji3Mei Li4Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityAbstract The Chinese medicine formula Pien Tze Huang (PZH) has been applied to the treatment of various diseases, the reported anti-tumor mechanisms included regulation of inflammation-associated cytokine secretion and cancer growth pathways. However, the potential influence of PZH on tumor metabolism remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the global effect of PZH on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with the anti-tumor agent sorafenib based on tandem mass tag (TMT) label proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis in addition to parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) verification. It was observed that PZH could inhibit tumor weight by 59–69% in different concentrations. TMT proteomic studies indicated that fructose/mannose metabolism and glucagon signaling pathway in PZH group, and arachidonic acid metabolism and PPAR signaling pathway in sorafenib group, were significantly enriched, while glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway was found to be enriched remarkably both in PZH and sorafenib groups in TMT phosphoproteomic study. PRM verification further indicated that both PZH and sorafenib could down-regulate phosphorylations of the glycolytic enzymes phosphofructokinases 1, fructose-bisphosphate Aldolase A, phosphoglycerate mutase 2 and lactate dehydrogenase A chain, while phosphorylations of long chain fatty acid CoA ligase in fatty acid activation and acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase in glycolysis were significantly inhibited by PZH and sorafenib, respectively. This study proposed that PZH shared a similar anti-tumor mechanism of metabolic regulation to sorafenib, but differed in the regulation of some metabolic nodes. This is the first time to uncover the relationship between the anti-tumor effect of PZH and metabolic related enzymes, which distinguished from the known mechanisms of PZH. These data provided the potential molecular basis for PZH acting as a therapeutic drug for HCC, and offered cues of manipulation on Warburg effect under the treatment of PZH.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29116-8 |
| spellingShingle | Jinxia Lin Shicong Wang Wenliang Lan Ming Ji Mei Li Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma Scientific Reports |
| title | Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| title_full | Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| title_short | Pien Tze Huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| title_sort | pien tze huang regulates phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in mice of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29116-8 |
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