Effect of recombinant trichosanthin on proliferation of human cevical cancer Caski cells / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effects of high expression of recombinant trichosanthin (rTCS) on the cell proliferation and cell cycle of human cervical cancer Caski cells.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(-)/6His-TCS was constracted and stably transfected into Caski cells. RT-PCR,Western-blot were used to select the clones with rTCS high-expressing. Using pcDNA3.1(-)-transfected cells as the control, MTT assay and flowcytometry were used to elucidate the effects of rTCS high expression on cell growth and cycle regulation in Caski cells.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The Caski cells with stable high expression of rTCS was successfully established, which could inhibit the cell growth (P<0.01) and arrest Caski cells in G1 and G2 phases (P<0.05) obviously.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>High expression of rTCS can inhibit the growth of Caski cervical cancer cells, which might provide a new pathway for the therapy of cervical cancer.</p>