Dong Biwen,Duan Fengyin,Duan Xunhuang.Effect of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A on proliferation and apoptosis of lung epithelial carcinoma A549 cells[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(17):1857-1860.
Dong Biwen,Duan Fengyin,Duan Xunhuang.Effect of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A on proliferation and apoptosis of lung epithelial carcinoma A549 cells[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(17):1857-1860.DOI:
Effect of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A on proliferation and apoptosis of lung epithelial carcinoma A549 cells
Objective To study the effect of methyltransferase inhibitor 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC) and histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) on proliferation and apoptosis of lung epithelial carcinoma A549 cells. Methods Human epithelial carcinoma A549 cells cultured in DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum were divided into control group
5-aza-dC group
TSA group
and 5-aza-dC +TSA group. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was added into DMEM for control group. A549 cells were treated with 5 μmol/L 5-aza-dC and 300 nmol/L TSA 20 h after inoculation in 5-aza-dC group and TSA group
while A549 cells were treated with 5 μmol/L 5-Aza-CdR 20 h after inoculation and 300 nmol/L TSA after 24 h after inoculation in 5-aza-dC +TSA group. Effects of various processing factors on growth and apoptosis of A549 cells were detected by MTT assay with Annexin V/PI double staining 72 h after inoculation. Expression of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-a (C/EBPα) mRNA in different groups was detected by RT-PCR 72 h after inoculation. Results 5-aza-dC and TSA inhibited the growth of A549 cells in a time-dependent manner. The cell growth inhibitory rate was significantly higher in combination group than in single drug group (P0.05). 5-aza-dC and TSA induced the apoptosis of A549 cells. The apoptotic rate of A549 cells was significantly higher in the combined treatment group than in single drug treatment group (P0.05). The expression level of C/EBPα mRNA was significantly higher in combination group (0.581±0.024) than in 5-Aza-CdR group (0.402±0.016) and TSA group (0.394±0.031) after treatment with 5-aza-dC and TSA (P0.05). No significant difference was found in growth and apoptosis of A549 cells
and in expression of C/EBPα mRNA between 5-aza-dC group and TSA group. Conclusion Combined 5-aza-CdR and TSA can more significantly inhibit the proliferation and induce the apoptosis of A549 cells
and increase the expression of C/EBPα mRNA than 5-aza-CdR or TSA alone
thus laying a theoretical basis for the demethylation of multi-drug combination therapy for tumors.