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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 30, Pages 4810-4815Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4810
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BGC-823; SGC-7901; trichostatin A; apoptosis; acetylated histone H3; gastric cancer
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AIM: To explore the effect of trichostatin A (TSA) on apoptosis and acetylated histone H3 levels in gastric cancer cell lines BGC-823 and SGC-7901. METHODS: The effect of TSA on growth inhibition and apoptosis was examined by MTT, fluorescence microscopy and PI single-labeled flow cytometry. The acetylated histone H3 level was detected by Western blot. RESULTS: TSA induced apoptosis in gastric cancer cell lines BGC-823 and SGC-7901 was in a dose and time-dependent manner. Apoptotic cells varied significantly between TSA treated groups (37.5 ng/mL 72 h for BGC-823 cell line and 75 ng/mL 72 h for SGC-7901 cell line) and control group (0.85 +/- 0.14 vs 1.14 +/- 0.07, P = 0.02; 0.94 +/- 0.07 vs 1.15 +/- 0.06, P = 0.02). Morphologic changes of apoptosis, including nuclear chromatin condensation and fluorescence strength, were observed under fluorescence microscopy. TSA treatment in BGC-823 and SGC-7901 cell lines obviously induced cell apoptosis, which was demonstrated by the increased percentage of sub-G1 phase cells, the reduction of G1-phase cells and the increase of apoptosis rates in flow cytometric analysis. The result of Western blot showed that the expression of acetylated histone H3 increased in BGC-823 and SGC-7901 TSA treatment groups as compared with the control group. CONCLUSION: TSA can induce cell apoptosis in BGC-823 and SGC-7901 cell lines. The expression of acetylated histone H3 might be correlated with apoptosis. (C) 2008 The WJG Press. All rights reserved.
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