ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the influence of selective HGF/cMet inhibitor-NK-4 against colon(cancer) and reveal the potential signaling pathway mechanism of NK-4 effect on colon cancer cell.Methods LoVo colon cancer cells were treated with NK-4(a selective inhibitor of c-Met phosphorylation)at different times.MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to measure cell proliferation and apoptosis.The expression of c-Met,p-c-Met,MEK2,p-ERK and C-myc were measured by Western blot.Results In NK-4-treated group, cells proliferation were inhibited and apoptosis induced in a dose-dependent manner,and resulted in(significant) downregulation of p-c-Met and MEK2/ERK pathway-related protein.The effect of HGF/on LoVo was the opposite.The ratios of p-c-Met,MEK2,p-ERK and C-myc expression between blank group and the NK-4(1?g/mL)-treated for 24h group were 2.58,1.89,1.67 and 2.21(P