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【Objective】 To explore the therapeutic mechanismof arsenic trioxide(AS2O3),the active component of arsenolitumininhibitingtumor.【Methods】Humanlung adenocarcinoma cells(LAC) at logarithmic growth phase were culturedin vitro for 24 hours,and then were cocultured with arsenic trioxide(AS2O3) in the dosages of 0.75,1.0,1.5 and 2.0 mg/Lrespectively.Meanwhile,model control group was set up.The morphological features of LAC in different groups were observed under reverse microscope,growth-inhibitory rate of LAC was examined by methylthiazolyltetrazolium(MTT) assay,andthe expression of p53 gene was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) method.【Results】AS2O3in different dosages obviously inhibited the proliferation of LACin a time-effect manner,and markedly increased the expression of p53 gene(P
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Objective To observe the effects of arsenic trioxide(As2O3)on the expressions of TNF-?,Fas and bcl-2 in lung adenocarcinoma cells(LAC)and to explore the mechanism of arsenic trioxide inducing apoptosis.Methods The expressions of TNF-?,Fas and bcl-2 in lung adenocarcinoma cells pretreated by arsenious acid were determined by the double antibody sandwich ABC-ELISA method.Results Compared with the control group,As2O3 showed no effects on the contents of bcl-2 in lung adenocarcinoma cells after 72 hours treatment,but increased the contents of TNF-? and Fas significantly,and the effects in different concentration groups had significant differences.The protein expressions of TNF-? and Fas showed a tendency of concentration-dependent increasing.Conclusions The results suggest that As2O3 induces the apoptosis of LAC cells possibly by up-regulating the expression of TNF-? and Fas.
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Objective To explore the molecular mechanism of Qingjin Desheng Tablets on inhibiting the growth of lung cancer cells and to supply experimental evidences for Chinese herbal medicine preventing and curing lung cancer in clinical application .Methods Immunohistochemistry staining was used to detect the activity of telomerase and the expression of bcl-2 and bax in human lung adenocarcinoma cells after treated with serum containing Qingjin Desheng Tablets.Results The activity of telomerase was inhibited significantly and the positive rate of bcl-2 protein reduced,and the positive rate of bax2 increased in human lung adenocarcinoma cells after 72 hour-treatment with the serum containing Qingjin Desheng Tablets.Conlusion Qingjin Desheng Tablets exert the anti-tumor action through inhibiting the activity of telomerace and modulating the expression of bcl-2 and bax protein.