Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 1106-1116.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2026.05.005
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WANG Yizheng1,2, ZHANG Jiayu1,2, LI Yuxia1,2, FU Juanli1,2, PING Chunjia1,2, LI Yuxuan1,2, WANG He1,2, GAO Dong1,2, LIN Fan1,2(
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Received:2025-08-12
Accepted:2025-12-23
Online:2026-10-15
Published:2026-10-09
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LIN Fan, College of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China; Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, China. 2009037@fjtcm.edu.cn,Telephone: +86-591-22861151
About author:WANG Yizheng and ZHANG Jiayu are co-first authors and contributed equally to this work
Supported by:WANG Yizheng, ZHANG Jiayu, LI Yuxia, FU Juanli, PING Chunjia, LI Yuxuan, WANG He, GAO Dong, LIN Fan. Xuefu Zhuyu capsule (血府逐瘀胶囊) modulates angiogenesis in association with the Jagged1/Notch pathway in lung cancer and chemotherapy contexts[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2026, 46(5): 1106-1116.
Figure 1 XFZYC combined with DDP inhibits angiogenesis of Lewis lung cancer xenografts A: laser speckle contrast imaging of tumor blood flow, red indicates blood flow signals; B: microvessel density was assessed by CD34 immunohistochemical staining in tumor tissues (× 400). Red arrows indicate microvessel locations. Scale bar, 50 μm; C: histogram of quantified blood perfusion values; D: graphical representation of tumor microvascular density measurements; A1, B1: Model group; A2, B2: DDP group; A3, B3: XFZYC group; A4, B4: XFZYC + DDP group. LLC tumor-bearing mice with successful tumor engraftment were randomly assigned into four groups. Model group: received normal saline by gavage twice daily; XFZYC group: administered XFZYC by gavage at a dose of 0.36 g/kg (converted from the adult human equivalent dose based on body surface area) twice daily. DDP group: received intraperitoneal injection of DDP at 2 mg/kg once every two days. XFZYC + DDP group: received both XFZYC by gavage at the same dose as the XFZYC group (twice daily) and intraperitoneal injection of DDP at 2 mg/kg once every two days. All treatments were continued for two consecutive weeks. XFZYC: Xuefu Zhuyu capsule; DDP: cisplatin; LLC: Lewis lung carcinoma. Differences were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 5 in A and n = 10 in B). aP < 0.01, bP < 0.05 vs Model group; cP < 0.05 vs DDP group.
Figure 2 Effect of XFZYC combined with DDP on the expression of Notch signaling pathway and angiogenesis-related proteins in tumor tissues A: representative Western blot bands; B: relative protein expression of Jagged1; C: relative protein expression of Dll4; D: relative protein expression of Notch1 (NICD); E: relative protein expression of Hey1; F: relative protein expression of VEGFA; G: relative protein expression of VEGFR2. LLC tumor-bearing mice with successful tumor engraftment were randomly assigned into four groups. Model group: received normal saline by gavage twice daily; XFZYC group: administered XFZYC by gavage at a dose of 0.36 g/kg (converted from the adult human equivalent dose based on body surface area) twice daily. DDP group: received intraperitoneal injection of DDP at 2 mg/kg once every two days. XFZYC + DDP group: received both XFZYC by gavage at the same dose as the XFZYC group (twice daily) and intraperitoneal injection of DDP at 2 mg/kg once every two days. All treatments were continued for two consecutive weeks. XFZYC: Xuefu Zhuyu capsule; DDP: cisplatin; LLC: Lewis lung carcinoma; Dll4: delta-like protein 4; NICD: Notch 1 intracellular cytoplasmic domain; VEGFA: vascular endothelial growth factor A; VEGFR2: Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2. Differences were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). aP < 0.01, dP < 0.05 vs Model group; bP < 0.05, cP < 0.05 vs DDP group.
Figure 3 XFZY-CS inhibits angiogenesis of C166 cells in a tumor chemotherapy environment A: representative images of in vitro Matrigel tube formation assay (× 200). Scale bar, 200μm; B: quantification of junctions; C: quantification of tubular length; D: VEGFA concentration in cell culture supernatant; E: bFGF concentration in cell culture supernatant; F: EGF concentration in cell culture supernatant; G: TGF-β concentration in cell culture supernatant. A1, A5: Control group; A2, A6: DDP group; A3, A7: Coculture group; A4, A8: Coculture + DDP group. Control group: C166 cells cultured alone without DDP treatment.; DDP group: C166 cells cultured alone and treated with DDP for 24 h; Coculture group: C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells without DDP treatment; Coculture + DDP group: C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells and treated with DDP for 24 h. Control-S: Control serum-treated C166 cell group; XFZY-CS: XFZYC-containing serum-treated C166 cell group. LLC: Lewis lung cancer cells; DDP: cisplatin; VEGFA: vascular endothelial growth factor A; bFGF: basic fibroblast growth factor; EGF: epidermal growth factor; TGF-β: transforming growth factor-beta. Comparisons between two groups were conducted using Student's t-test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 5 for B and C; n = 6 for D, E, F and G). Compare with the model group, aP < 0.01, bP < 0.05 vs Control-S.
Figure 4 XFZYC suppresses angiogenesis by inhibiting Jagged1 in the lung cancer chemotherapy microenvironment A: representative western blot bands showing Jagged1 protein expression in C166 cells treated with different drugs; B: relative expression levels of Jagged1 in C166 cells among various treatment groups; C: representative western blot bands of Jagged1 protein expression in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells; D: relative expression levels of Jagged1 in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells; E: tube formation capacity of C166 cells transfected with Jagged1-overexpressing vector (× 200); F: quantification of junction numbers in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells; G: quantification of total tube length in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells; H: effect of XFZY-CS on tube formation ability of Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells in the tumor chemotherapy microenvironment (× 200); I: quantification of junction numbers in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells treated with XFZY-CS in a chemotherapeutic environment; J: quantification of total tube length in Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells treated with XFZY-CS in a chemotherapeutic environment; E1: Control; E2: NC; E3: OE-Jagged1; H1, H5: negative control C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells without DDP treatment; H2, H6: negative control C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells and treated with DDP for 24 h; H3, H7: Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells without DDP treatment; H4, H8: Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells cocultured with LLC cells and treated with DDP for 24 h. Control-S: Control serum-treated C166 cell group; XFZY-CS: XFZYC-containing serum-treated C166 cell group. LLC: Lewis lung cancer cells; DDP: cisplatin; Control: non-lentivirus-transfected C166 cells; NC: negative control lentivirus-transfected C166 cells; OE-Jagged1: Jagged1-overexpressing C166 cells. Scale bar, 200 μm. Comparisons between two groups were conducted using Student's t-test (in B, I, and J), while one-way analysis of variance was employed for multiple group comparisons (in D, F, and G). Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3 for B and D; n = 5 for F, G, I, and J). aP < 0.05, eP < 0.01 vs Control-S; bP < 0.01 vs control group; cP < 0.01, dP < 0.05 vs NC group.
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