Protective effect of liquiritin on oxidative stress injury of SH-EP1 cell lines caused by hydrogen peroxide

Objective:To study the protective effect of liquiritin on the oxidative stress injury of SH-EP1 cell lines caused by hydrogen peroxide.Methods: SH-EP1 cell lines were cultured and randomly divided into control group, H2O2 group and liquiritin group that were treated with the culture medium without serum, 200 μmol/L H2O2 as well as 100 μmol/L, 200 μmol/L and 400 μmol/L liquiritin combined with 200 μmol/L H2O2 respectively. After treatment, cell viability values as well as the content of mitochondrial apoptosis molecules and antioxidant molecules in cells were determined.Results:After 12 h, 24 h, 36 h and 48 h of treatment, the cell viability values of H2O2 group were significantly lower than those of control group, the cell viability values of 100 μmol/L, 200 μmol/L and 400 μmol/L liquiritin group were significantly higher than those of H2O2 group and the larger the liquiritin dosage, the higher the cell viability value;after 24 h of treatment, Bax, Caspase-3, Nrf2 and ARE content of H2O2 group were significantly higher than those of control group while Bcl-2, XIAP, SOD, GHS-Px and HO-1 content were significantly lower than those of control group;Bax and Caspase-3 content of 100 μmol/L, 200 μmol/L and 400 μmol/L liquiritin group were significantly lower than those of H2O2 group while Bcl-2, XIAP, Nrf2, ARE, SOD, GHS-Px and HO-1 content were significantly higher than those of H2O2group, and the larger the liquiritin dosage, the lower the Bax and Caspase-3 content while the higher the Bcl-2, XIAP, Nrf2, ARE, SOD, GHS-Px and HO-1 content.Conclusions:Liquiritin can inhibit the mitochondrial apoptosis and enhance the antioxidant system function to relieve the oxidative stress injury of SH-EP1 cell lines caused by hydrogen peroxide.

Cordycepin regulates the malignant biological behaviors of lung cancer cell lines A549

Objective:To study the effect of cordycepin on proliferation, apoptosis and invasion-related molecule expression in lung cancer cell lines A549. Methods:Lung cancer cell lines A549 were cultured and treated with different doses of cordycepin (0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 ng/mL) for 24 h, and then the proliferation, apoptosis and invasion-related molecule mRNA expression in cells were detected. Results:After 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 ng/mL cordycepin treatment, Caspase-3, Caspase-8, NOX1 and LATS1 mRNA expression were significantly higher than those after 0 ng/mL cordycepin treatment (P<0.05) while CyclinD1, Bcl-2, c-Myc, c-FLIP, TRAF6, N-cadherin and Vimentin mRNA expression were significantly lower than those after 0 ng/mL cordycepin treatment (P<0.05). The greater the cordycepin dosage, the higher the Caspase-3, Caspase-8, NOX1 and LATS1 mRNA expression, and the lower the CyclinD1, Bcl-2, c-Myc, c-FLIP, TRAF6, N-cadherin and Vimentin mRNA expression. Conclusions: Cordycepin can promote pro-apoptosis gene expression and inhibit pro-proliferation and pro-invasion gene expression in lung cancer cell lines A549.