目的:研究莱菔硫烷(SFN)在体外对人肝癌HepG-2细胞G2/M期的阻滞作用,并探讨其分子作用机制。方法:10、20、40μmol·L-1的SFN处理体外培养的HepG-2细胞株48h后,采用流式细胞仪检测SFN对HepG2细胞周期的影响;WesternBlot法检测SFN对HepG2细胞内Cdk1、p-Cdk1(Thr14)和CyclinB1蛋白表达的影响。结果:SFN作用于HepG-2细胞48h后,随着SFN浓度的增大,G2/M期细胞比例逐渐升高,当SFN浓度达到40μmol·L-1时,G2/M期细胞比例达到31.95%,且出现凋亡峰;随SFN浓度的增大,细胞内Cdk1和CyclinB1蛋白的表达量显著降低(P〈0.01或P〈0.05),同时p-Cdk1(Thr14)的表达显著升高(P〈0.01或P〈0.05)。结论:SFN可诱导人肝癌HepG-2细胞发生G2/M期阻滞;SFN可通过下调HepG-2细胞内Cdk1和CyclinB1蛋白的表达、上调p-Cdk1(Thr14)的蛋白表达水平,进而抑制Cdk1-CyclinB1复合物的形成和活化使人肝癌HepG-2细胞阻滞在G2/M期。
Objective:To investigate the effect of Sulforaphane (SFN) on G2 /M phase arrest of human liver cancer HepG-2 cells in vitro and its molecular mechanism. Methods HepG-2 cells were treated with 10,20 and 40 μmol/L of SFN for 48h. Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to analyze the phase distribution of cell cycle. The expression of Cdk1,pCdk1(Thr14) and CyclinB1 was determined by Western Blotting. Results:After treated with different concentration of SFN for 48 h,HepG-2 cells presented with increasing percentages of cells in the G2 /M phase as the concentration of SFN increased. At the dosage of 40 μmol/L,the proportion of HepG-2 cells in G2 /M phase was 31. 95% and the apoptotic sub-G1 peak appeared. With the increase of SFN dose,the expresstion of Cdk1 and CyclinB1 protein was remarkably decreased(P 0. 05 or P 0. 01) and the expresstion of p-Cdk1(Thr14) protein was increased markedly(P 0. 05 or P 0. 01). Conclusion: SFN can induce G2 /M phase arrest in HepG-2 cells in vitro. SFN can down-regulate the expression of Cdk1 and CyclinB1 and up-regulating the expression of p-Cdk1 (Thr14) protein,which may be one of the main mechanism of SFN inducing G2 /M phase arrest in human liver cancer HepG-2 cells.