The invention discloses application of
pinoresinol in treatment of rectal
cancer, it is found for the first time that the
pinoresinol can inhibit expression of CaLM1, then CaLM1 / CaMKII /
CREB signaling pathways can be inhibited by reducing expression levels of CAMKII and p-
CREB, and on the basis of the inhibition of the expression levels of CAMKII and p-
CREB, the application of the
pinoresinol in treatment of rectal
cancer is achieved. The pinoresinol is used as an inhibitor of a CaLM1 / CaMKII / CREB
signal channel for the first time, in-vitro and in-vivo effects on rectal
cancer cells and
solid tumors thereof are experimented, and it is found that in-vitro pinoresinol
dose dependence reduces expression of CaLM1, CaMKII and p-CREB, proliferation of cancer cells is remarkably inhibited,
apoptosis of the cancer cells is promoted, and the tumor
cell cycle is retarded in the G0 / G1 phase. In-vivo experiments show that the volume and weight of tumors are reduced by dosages of the pinoresinol, and the experiments find that the rectal cancer inhibition effect of the high-concentration pinoresinol (20.0 mg / kg) is close to that of a known chemotherapeutic
drug cis-
platinum (8.0 mg / kg) with a
curative effect; in addition, the TUNEL experiment and the immunohistochemical analysis further support the
apoptosis promoting and anti-proliferation effects of the pinoresinol by inhibiting the CaLM1 / CaMKII / CREB
signal channel.