Chloroquine induces apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro by miR-26b-mediated regulation of Mcl-1 / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
; (12): 409-413, 2018.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of chloroquine in inducing apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and explore the possible mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to evaluate chloroquine-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells, respectively. The ATP levels in chloroquine-treated cells were detected using an ATP assay kit. PCR and Western blotting were used to detect the expression levels of miR-26b and Mcl-1 in the cells, respectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Chloroquine inhibited the proliferation of HepG2 cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Treatments with 80 µmol/L chloroquine for 24, 48, and 72 h induced survival rates of (71.59∓0.2)%, (45.40∓0.5)%, and (26.34∓1.4)% in the cells. Treatments with chloroquine at 40, 80, and 160 µmol/L for 5 h resulted in obviously lowered intracellular ATP levels in the cells to 87.80%, 71.29%, and 38.02% of the control level, respectively. At 80 µmol/L, chloroquine significantly increased the expression of miR-26b and down-regulated the expression of Mcl-1 in HepG2 cells, and the application of the miR-26b inhibitor increased the cellular expression of Mcl-1.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>s Chloroquine can inhibit the cell proliferation, reduce ATP level and induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells possibly through miR-26b-mediated regulation of Mcl-1.</p>
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