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Objective: To investigate the antitumor effect of volatile oil from Sinapis Albae Semen (VOSAS) on H22-bearing mice and to determine the mechanism. Methods: To establish the H22 implanted hepatocellular carcinoma animal model which was used to analyze the effect of VOSAS on the growth of transplanted tumor. Mice were divided into five groups 24 h after modeling: model, cytoxan (CTX, 25 mg/kg) positive control, low-, mid-, and high-dose (20, 40, and 80 mg/kg) VOSAS groups. The mice were ip administered once daily for 10 d. Morphological changes in H22 solid tumor cells were observed by both Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and acridine orange (AO) staining. The expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in the tumor tissue was determined using immunohistochemistry. Results: VOSAS could inhibit the tumor growth and extend the life span of H22-bearing mice (P < 0.01); and it could also raise the expression of Bax while suppress the expression of Bcl-2; the antitumor effect of VOSAS on H22-bearing mice demonstrated a good dose-effect relationship, but the high-dose group of the volatile oil has obvious toxicity and side effects on the mice. Conclusion: VOSAS could inhibit the growth of H22 tumor cells and the mechanism may be related to up-regulating the expression of Bax and down-regulating the expression of Bcl-2, and the induction of apoptosis.
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[Objective]To study the inhibitory effect of the extract of Rhizoma Amorphophallus,we set up the Kunming mices which were vaccinated with H22 tumor as experimental model,and explore the possibility mechanism of them.[Method]We adopted the mices vaccinated with H22 tumor as experimental model to observe the influence of different extracts on the antitumor ratio,and the cooperating antitumor effect together with 5-Fu.Using flow cytometry to detect the effect of petroleum ether extract on apoptotic cells.Using immunohistochemical method to observe the influence of this extract to the expression of Survivin and Bax(Bcl-2 associated protein x).[Result]The extract of petroleum ether of Rhizoma Amorphophalli had inhibitory effect of the growth on mice vaccinated with H22 tumor,and the possible mechanism was the downregulation of Survivin expression and upregulation of Bax expression to induce apoptosis of tumor cell.