Molecular mcchanism of deguelin-induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in lung cancer cells in vitro / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To explore whether deguelin can block cell cycle and cell migration, inhibit the proliferation of non-small cell lung cancer cells.Methods H1299 cells were treated with 1.562 5, 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 μmol·L-1 deguelin for different time(24, 48, 72 h); cell viability was detected by CCK-8 assay, and cell migration ability was tested by scratch assay.H1299 cells were treated with 1.5, 3, 6 μmol·L-1 deguelin for 24 h.Flow cytometry with PI single staining and Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining experiment were used to evaluate cell cycle and apoptosis.qPCR was used to detect the regulatory effects of deguelin and its carbamate derivative on the Cyclin D-CDK4/6 complex at the gene level.Results Deguelin inhibited cell growth and the IC50 value of deguelin was(5.47±0.97),(4.01±0.45),(2.86±0.19)μmol·L-1 when treated with 24, 48, 72 h respectively.Deguelin also inhibited the healing ability of H1299 cells and the migration of H1299 cells significantly(P<0.05).Deguelin could block H1299 cell cycle in G1 phase.Flow cytometry combined with Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining showed that deguelin could induce apoptosis of H1299 cells.qPCR experiments showed that deguelin could down-regulate the expression of CDK4, CDK6 and Cyclin D1 genes significantly(P<0.05).Conclusions Deguelin may regulate cell cycle by down-regulating CDK4, CDK6 and Cyclin D1 genes in the cell cycle regulation system, and reduce the migration ability of tumor cells to induce apoptosis.