Apoptosis induction and cell cycle perturbation in human hepatoma hep G2 cells by 10-hydroxycamptothecin
Abstract:
10-Hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT), a DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor, is an antitumor alkaloid isolated from a Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata, and exhibits a remarkable antihepatoma effect. We studied HCPT to determine whether or not its anti-hepatoma activity occurs through apoptosis induction and cell cycle disturbance using the MTT method, DAPI staining, agarose gel electrophoresis and flow cytometric analysis. The results showed that HCPT inhibited proliferation of human hepatoma Hep G2, Bel-7402 and Bel-7404 cells at an optimal concentration of 0.1 microg/ml. This growth inhibition was dose and time dependent, and was accompanied by evidence of apoptotic changes and cell cycle perturbation in Hep G2 cells. Chromatin condensation and nuclear fragmentation were observed in Hep G2 cells by fluorescence microscopy. Agarose gel electrophoresis showed internucleosomal DNA fragmentation ('ladder pattern') of Hep G2 cells following treatment with HCPT, in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Flow cytometry showed that HCPT induced a massive hypodiploid cell population and arrested cells in G2/M phase (at low dose) or in S phase (at high dose) in Hep G2 cells. The results of this study suggest that the anti-hepatoma effect of HCPT may result from apoptosis induction and cell cycle disturbance.
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