ABSTRACT
Objective To study the inhibitory effect of methylmercury chloride(MMC) on rat C6 glioma cells in vitro.Methods The rat C6 glioma cells were cultivated in vitro and divided into control group and MMC-treated group(0.08-10.00 ?mol?L-1 MMC were divided into 8 groups with concentration gradient).MTT assay was performed to evaluate the proliferation inhibitory effect and cytotoxicity effect of MMC with different concentrations on cultured rat C6 glioma cells,and flow cytometry was used to assess the effects of MMC treatment on cell apoptosis and cell cycle in rat C6 glioma cells.Results 1.25,2.50,5.00 and 10.00 ?mol?L-1 MMC could inhibit the proliferation of cultured rat C6 glioma cells in vitro,the viabilities of MMC treated C6 glioma cells were significantly lower than those in control group(P