目的:分析中药香加皮醇提物杠柳苷(periplocin from cortex periplocae,CPP)对食管癌细胞株TE-13的生长抑制作用,探讨其诱导细胞周期阻滞的机制。方法:应用MTr法检测CPP对TE-13细胞的抑制作用;Gimsa染色法分析TE-13细胞的形态学变化;FCM法检测细胞周期分布和凋亡率;Western印迹法检测TE-13细胞经药物处理前后细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶CDK4、CDK2蛋白表达的变化。结果:CPP对TE-13细胞增殖具有明显的抑制作用(P〈0.01),并呈时间和浓度依赖性,药物浓度越大,作用时间越长,抑制效应越强,CPP作用48h时,对TE-13细胞的半数抑制浓度(IC50)为0.61μg/mL。经2μg/mL的CPP作用48h后,TE-13细胞发生明显的凋亡形态学变化;G0/G1期细胞明显增多(P〈0.01),S期细胞明显减少(P〈0.01),G2/M期细胞没有明显变化(P〉0.05)。不同浓度CPP作用48h后能降低TE-13细胞中CDK4蛋白的表达(P〈0.01),对CDK2蛋白的表达则没有明显影响(P〉0.05)。结论:CPP能显著抑制,TE-13细胞的增殖,其作用机制可能与CPP诱导细胞周期阻滞和细胞凋亡有关。
Objective: To study the inhibitory effects of periplocin from cortex periplocae (CPP) on proliferation of human esophageal carcinoma TE-13 cells and the related mechanism for cell cycle arrest. Methods: The inhibitory effects of CPP on the growth of TE-13 cells were measured by MTT assay. The morphological changes of TE-13 cells were analyzed by Gimsa staining. Detection of cell apoptosis and cell cycles were performed by flow cytometry. Protein expressions of cyclin-dependent kinase CDK2 and CDK4 were analyzed by Western blotting assay. Results: CPP significantly inhibited the proliferation of TE-13 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner ( P 〈 0.01 ). After treatment with CPP for 48 h, the ICs0 was 0.61 la, g/mL. TE-13 cells showed morphologic changes of apoptosis after treatment with CPP 2 μg/mL for 48 h. The proportion of cells in G0/G1 phase significantly increased (P 〈 0.01 ) and the number of cells in S phase decreased ( P 〈0.01 ). The proportion of cells in G2/M phase had no significant difference before and after CPP treatment ( P 〉 0.05 ). CDK4 expression was inhibites by CPP at different concentrations, but the expression of CDK2 had no marked changes (P 〉 0.05 ). Conclusion: CPP significantly inhibites the growth of TE-13 cells. The action mechanism may be related with induction of cell cycle blocking and apoptosis.