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Objective To investigate the influence of arsenic trioxide (AS2 O3 )in the vasculogenic mimicry (VM ) of HepG2 cells, and to preliminary clarify the possible mechanism of inhibition of AS2 O3 on the VM. Methods Themean inhibitory concentration (IC50 )of AS2 O3 72 h after treatment of HepG2 cells was calculated by CCK-8 assay.The HepG2 cells were cultured on 3-D Matrigel and randomly divided into control group, 1/2 IC50 AS2 O3 group and IC50 AS2 O3 group.IPP software was used to calculate the number,length and area of VM,and the expression levels of VM-related proteins VE-cadherin and MMP-2, apoptotic-related protein caspase-3 and proliferation-related protein PCNA were detected by Western blotting method.Results The IC50 of AS2 O3 was 10μmol·L-1 72 h after treatment of HepG2 cells.The number,length and area of VM in 1/2 IC50 and IC50 AS2 O3 groups were significantly lower than those in control group (P0.05).Conclusion AS2 O3 can inhibit the forming of VM of HepG2 cells,which indicated that its mechanism may be related to inhibiting the expressions of VE-cadherin and MMP-2 .
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BACKGROUND:It is hopeful that skeletal muscle satellite cells(SMSCs)can be served as seed cells for hematopoietic reconstitution.Angelica polysaccharides(APS)can not only promote hematopoietic stem cells and hematopoietic progenitor cells proliferation and differentiation,but also change the growth characteristics of SMSCs.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of APS on the proliferation of mouse SMSCs in different culture environments.METHODS:SMSCs were procured by a modified method from new born mouse.The α-actin protein of the SMSCs was examined by immunohistochemistry at 5 days after culture.SMSCs were cultured and synchronized for 24 hours in the 96-well plate.After that,SMSCs were assigned into the blank control group,marrow stroma cell supernatant group,APS DMEM/F12 groups(contained 50,100,200,300,400 mg/L APS)and the marrow stroma cell conditioned medium(disposed by 50,100,200,300,400 mg/L APS in DMEM/F12).The proliferation of SMSCs was determined by MTT.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The α-actin was positive in the cultured SMSCs.MTT results demonstrated that,SMSCs showed a proliferative property in the marrow stroma cell conditioned medium groups.Additionally,the marrow stroma cell conditioned medium can effectively alter growth characteristics of SMSCs in a dose-dependent manner.