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To explore the effects of Tanshinone II A on the proliferation, apoptosis and gene expression of p53 and bcl-2 in human gastric carcinoma MKN-45 cells. Cell count and MTT assay were used to study the proliferation-inhibiting effect of Tanshinone II A on MKN-45 cells. The effect of Tanshinone II A on the cell cycle and apoptosis of MKN-45 cells were examined by propidium iodide (PI) staining and flow cytometry. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was used to further verify the expression of p53 and bcl-2 gene after exposure to Tanshinone A in MKN-45 cells. The results showed that Tanshinone A significantly inhibited the growth and proliferation of MKN-45 cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner (P<0.05). Tanshinone A arrested MKN-45 cells in G2/M phase which led to an obvious accumulation of G2/M phase cells while decreased number of G0/G1 phase cells. This resulted in apoptosis of MKN-45 cells and the apoptosis rate was as high as 43.91% after treatment with 2.0 μg/mL Tanshinone II A for 96 h. It was also found that Tanshinone II A up-regulated expression of p53 gene and down-regulated expression of bcl-2 gene. The cytostatic and antiproliferative effect of Tanshinone II A makes it a promising anticancer agent for the treatment of gastric carcinoma.
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Dong, X., Dong, J., Peng, G. et al. Growth-inhibiting and apoptosis-inducing effects of Tanshinone II A on human gastric carcinoma cells. J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. [Med. Sci.] 27, 706–709 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-007-0623-y
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