Objective： To examinie the synergistic effects of Banxia Xiexin Decoction （半夏泻心汤, Known as Banhasasim-tang in Korean） extract （BXDE） on cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in the A549 human lung cancer ceil lines...Objective： To examinie the synergistic effects of Banxia Xiexin Decoction （半夏泻心汤, Known as Banhasasim-tang in Korean） extract （BXDE） on cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in the A549 human lung cancer ceil lines. Methods： A549 cells were treated with varying concentrations （50-200μg/mL） of cisplatin and BXDE alone or in combination for 96 h. We used 1-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-3,5-diphenylformazan assay and flow cytometry to analyze cell viability and apoptosis, respectively. Results： The exposure of cells to cispiatin and BXDE alone or in combination decreased ceil viability dose- and time-dependently （P〈0.05）, which was found to be mediated by the apoptotic pathway as confirmed by the increase in the annexin V^＋/propidium iodide stained cell population and a ladder pattern of discontinuous DNA fragments. Furthermore, the apoptosis was inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyI-Val-Ala-Asp （OMe） fluoromethylketone （z-VAD-FMK）. Conclusions： BXDE significantly potentiated apoptotic effects of cisplatin in A549 cells. Moreover, apoptosis induced by BXDE might be the pivotal mechanism mediating its chemopreventative action against cancer.展开更多
基金Supported by a Grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute(KHIDI)funded by the Ministry of Health&Welfare,Republic of Korea(No.HI14C0750)
文摘Objective： To examinie the synergistic effects of Banxia Xiexin Decoction （半夏泻心汤, Known as Banhasasim-tang in Korean） extract （BXDE） on cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in the A549 human lung cancer ceil lines. Methods： A549 cells were treated with varying concentrations （50-200μg/mL） of cisplatin and BXDE alone or in combination for 96 h. We used 1-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-3,5-diphenylformazan assay and flow cytometry to analyze cell viability and apoptosis, respectively. Results： The exposure of cells to cispiatin and BXDE alone or in combination decreased ceil viability dose- and time-dependently （P〈0.05）, which was found to be mediated by the apoptotic pathway as confirmed by the increase in the annexin V^＋/propidium iodide stained cell population and a ladder pattern of discontinuous DNA fragments. Furthermore, the apoptosis was inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyI-Val-Ala-Asp （OMe） fluoromethylketone （z-VAD-FMK）. Conclusions： BXDE significantly potentiated apoptotic effects of cisplatin in A549 cells. Moreover, apoptosis induced by BXDE might be the pivotal mechanism mediating its chemopreventative action against cancer.
