Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (8): 841-846.doi: 10.11958/20221840

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Effects of Fufang Tengli Decoction drug-containing serum on proliferation, apoptosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human glioma U251 cells

WU Haibo(), LIANG Yan, SHEN Lei, FAN Zhan, FU Guohui()   

  1. Department of Neurology, Nanyang Central Hospital, Nanyang 473000, China
  • Received:2022-11-09 Revised:2023-02-05 Published:2023-08-15 Online:2023-08-10
  • Contact: E-mail: fgh377818@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore effects of Fufang Tengli Decoction drug-containing serum on the proliferation, apoptosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of human glioma U251 cells. Methods A total of 24 male SD rats were divided into the control group, the low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose Fufang Tengli Decoction groups [6, 12, 24 g/(kg·d)], 6 rats in each group. After 10 d of continuous intragastric administration, blood samples was collected to prepare drug-containing serum, and human glioma U251 cells were treated for 24 h. The cells activity was detected by Cell Counting Kit-8. The cell cloning was detected by colony formation assay. The distribution of cells cycles and apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry. The expressions of proto-oncogene C-myc and cyclin D1 (CyclinD1) genes were detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The expressions of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax), cysteine aspartase-3 (caspase-3), caspase-8, β-catenin, epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) and vimentin (Vimentin) were detected by Western blot assay. Results The drug-containing serum with 10% volume fraction was selected as the final dose. Compared with the control group, cells activity, number of clone formation and expression levels of C-myc, CyclinD1 mRNA and Vimentin were decreased, while numbers of cells in S phase and expression levels of Bax/Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 were increased in the low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose Fufang Tengli Decoction groups (P<0.05). The proportion of cells in G2 phase and expression level of β-catenin were decreased, while expression levels of Caspase-8 and E-cadherin were increased in the medium-dose and high-dose Fufang Tengli Decoction groups (P<0.05). Cell apoptosis rate was increased in the high-dose Fufang Tengli Decoction group (P<0.05). Conclusion Fufang Tengli Decoction drug-containing serum can block human glioma U251 cells in S phase, inhibit cell proliferation, induce apoptosis, regulate expressions of β-catenin, E-cadherin and Vimentin, and inhibit EMT.

Key words: glioma, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell proliferation inhibitors (TCD), Fufang Tengli Decoction, human glioma U251 cells

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