The invention provides application of
xanthophyll in preparation of drugs for inhibiting
breast cancer cell proliferation and a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting
breast cancer. The pharmaceutical composition comprises
xanthophyll and cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum. The
xanthophyll and cis-
platinum combined use has the effect of synergistically inhibiting
breast cancer cell proliferation, and the action mechanism is as follows: the xanthophyll and cis-
platinum act on GSK-3beta in a targeting manner, the
phosphorylation level of GSK3beta-Ser9 site is reduced, the
biological activity of GSK-3beta is activated, then
phosphorylation of beta-
catenin is promoted, the phosphorylated beta-
catenin is degraded by proteasomes, and the proliferation of
breast cancer cells is inhibited. Finally, abnormal activation of a Wnt
signal channel is inhibited, and the effect of inhibiting growth of
breast cancer cells is achieved. The new mechanism that xanthophyll plays an anti-tumor role by regulating and controlling a GSK-3beta
signal channel provides an important theoretical basis for developing breast
cancer targeted therapy drugs based on natural products, provides a new
drug combination scheme for treating breast
cancer, is high in safety and small in
side effect, and has important clinical application value and development prospects.