Abstract:Objective: To explore the effects and mechanism of the effective parts of total biflavones (TBF) from selaginella pulvinata on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Methods: CCK-8 method was used to detect the effect of the effect parts of TBF on the proliferation of DLBCL cells. The apoptosis and cell cycle of cells were detected by flow cytometry. The mechanism of the effect parts of TBF in DLBCL was analyzed by transcriptome sequencing. Western blot was used to verify the results of transcriptome sequencing. Results: The effective parts of TBF significantly inhibited the proliferation of various types of DLBCL cell lines and could induce an increase in the proportion of apoptosis of DLBCL cells and block the cell cycle in G2 phase. By analyzing the differential genes obtained by transcriptome sequencing, the effect parts of TBF mainly affected the intracellular PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. Compared with the control group, the expression of PI3K and AKT, as well as their phosphorylated forms (p-PI3K and p-AKT), were significantly decreased in a TBF effective parts concentration dependent manner. Conclusion: The effective parts of TBF from selaginella pulvinata can inhibit DLBCL by down-regulating the activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, and the effective parts of TBF may serve as a new option for the treatment of DLBCL.