Variation of reactive oxygen species induced by arsenic trioxide in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of arsenic trioxide(As_2O_3) on reactive oxygen species(ROS) of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell(HCC) line.Methods The MTT method was used to evaluate the influence of As_2O_3 on proliferation of HCC.ROS was detected by flow cytometry.Results As_2O_3 could obviously decrease the proliferation rate of HCC cell line in dose-dependent and time-dependent manner.The analysis of flow cytometry showed As_2O_3 could obviously increase ROS in dose-dependent and time-dependent manner as well.Conclusion As_2O_3 can inhibit the proliferation of hepatic cell carcinoma SMMC-7721 cell line significantly,and the anti-tumours mechanism of arsenic trioxide may be that it could induce SMMC-7721 cell apoptosis by increasing ROS level.