an Herb with Anti-stress, Anti-aging, and Immunostimulating Properties for Cancer Chemoprevention

Overview

Journal Curr Pharmacol Rep

Date 2018 Nov 6

PMID 30393593

Citations 31

Authors

Yonghong Li

Victor Pham

Michelle Bui

Liankun Song

Chunli Wu

Arman Walia

Edward Uchio

Feng Smith-Liu

Xiaolin Zi

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Abstract

Purpose Of Review: extracts have been used as a dietary supplement in healthy populations, including athletes, to non-specifically enhance the natural resistance of the body to both physical and behavior stresses for fighting fatigue and depression. We summarize the information with respect to the new pharmacological activities of extracts and its underlying molecular mechanisms in this review article.

Recent Findings: In addition to its multiplex stress-protective activity, extracts have recently demonstrated its anti-aging, anti-inflammation, immunostimulating, DNA repair and anti-cancer effects in different model systems. Molecular mechanisms of extracts's action have been studied mainly along with one of its bioactive compounds, salidroside. Both extracts and salidroside have contrast molecular mechanisms on cancer and normal physiological functions. For cancer, extracts and salidroside inhibit the mTOR pathway and reduce angiogenesis through down-regulation of the expression of HIF-1α/HIF-2α. For normal physiological functions, extracts and salidroside activate the mTOR pathway, stimulate paracrine function and promote neovascularization by inhibiting PHD3 and stabilizing HIF-1α proteins in skeletal muscles. In contrast to many natural compounds, salidroside is water-soluble and highly bioavailable via oral administration and concentrated in urine by kidney excretion.

Summary: extracts and salidroside can impose cellular and systemic benefits similar to the effect of positive lifestyle interventions to normal physiological functions and for anti-cancer. The unique pharmacological properties of extracts or salidroside deserve further investigation for cancer chemoprevention, in particular for human urinary bladder cancer.

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