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The mechanism of Tripterygium wilfordii carbon dots in inhibiting breast cancer cells and promoting osteogenic differentiation
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Dong-li HAN1, Jun-yi CUI3, Xiao LI1, Zi-chao CHEN1, Xiao-ting WANG1, Hui LIU1, Hao ZHENG2, *, Zhen ZHANG1, *
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2025, 60(11) : 3426 - 3434
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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2025, 60(11): 3426-3434
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The mechanism of Tripterygium wilfordii carbon dots in inhibiting breast cancer cells and promoting osteogenic differentiation
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Dong-li HAN1, Jun-yi CUI3, Xiao LI1, Zi-chao CHEN1, Xiao-ting WANG1, Hui LIU1, Hao ZHENG2, *, Zhen ZHANG1, *
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  • 1Innovation Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
  • 2Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi 276000, China
  • 3School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
Published: 2025-11-12 doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2025-0328
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Breast cancer bone metastasis disrupts bone metabolism, enhancing osteogenic differentiation can improve the metastatic microenvironment and treatment outcomes. Thus, developing agents that inhibit breast cancer and promote osteogenesis may offer new strategies. Tripterygium wilfordii possesses antitumor and bone-regulating properties, but its toxicity limits clinical application. Here, a carbon dot was synthesized from Tripterygium wilfordii (Tripterygium wilfordii carbon dots, T-CDs) and characterized by spectral analysis, dynamic light scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. T-CDs exhibited a near-spherical morphology with a lattice spacing of 0.20 nm, an average size of 5.38 nm, and a ζ potential of -8.46 mV. The surface was rich in -OH, C=O, and C=C groups, with ultraviolet absorption at 280 nm. T-CDs disrupted redox homeostasis in breast cancer cells, inducing ferroptosis and immunogenic cell death. Moreover, T-CDs modulated cytokine secretion and promoted osteogenic differentiation, offering potential for the treatment of breast cancer and its bone metastasis.

carbon dot  /  Tripterygium wilfordii  /  breast cancer  /  ferroptosis  /  osteogenic differentiation  /  bone metastasis
韩东立, 崔君祎, 李肖, 陈子超, 王晓婷, 刘辉, 郑昊, 张振. 雷公藤碳点抑制乳腺癌细胞并促成骨细胞分化的作用机制研究. 药学学报, 2025 , 60 (11) : 3426 -3434 . DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2025-0328
Dong-li HAN, Jun-yi CUI, Xiao LI, Zi-chao CHEN, Xiao-ting WANG, Hui LIU, Hao ZHENG, Zhen ZHANG. The mechanism of Tripterygium wilfordii carbon dots in inhibiting breast cancer cells and promoting osteogenic differentiation[J]. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2025 , 60 (11) : 3426 -3434 . DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2025-0328
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doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2025-0328
  • Receive Date:2025-03-25
  • Online Date:2026-09-20
  • Published:2025-11-12
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  • Received:2025-03-25
  • Revised:2025-07-01
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    1Innovation Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
    2Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi 276000, China
    3School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
科
Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
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Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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