Mechanism by which dihydroartemisinin inhibits invasion and migration of glioma stem cells / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Dihydroartmisinin can promote apoptosis of glioma cels GL261, but its effect on glioma stem cels is stil unknown. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the preliminary mechanism that dihydroartemisinin inhibits migration and invasion of glioma stem cels. METHODS: Glioma stem cels were isolated from mouse malignant glioma cel lines GL261. Immunofluorescence analysis was conducted to identify the characteristics of glioma stem cels. Migration and invasion abilities of glioma stem cels were analyzed by Transwel assay. The mRNA expressions of Tol-like receptor 2, matrix metaloproteinase-2 and matrix metaloproteinase-9 were examined by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The characteristics of glioma stem cels were identified by CD133 and Nestin staining. The migration and invasion of glioma stem cels were attenuated by dihydroartemisinin dose-dependently. Moreover, the mRNA expression of Tol-like receptor 2, matrix metaloproteinase-2 and matrix metaloproteinase-9 was also decreased by dihydroartemisinin in a dose dependent manner. These results suggest that dihydroartemisinin inhibits the migration and invasion of glioma stem cels probably through attenuation of Tol-like receptor signaling pathway.