Objective To investigate effect of cyclopamine on proliferation,apoptosis of gastric carcinoma cell line BGC-823 and expression of Shh and Gli-1 genes.Methods MTT assay was applied to evaluate cell proliferation inhibition rate.Inverted and AO/EB fluorescence microscopes were used to observe the morphologic change.Flow cytometric analysis was used to determine the apoptosis rate.RT-PCR was used to measure the expression of Shh and Gli-1 mRNA.Results Cyclopamine inhibited BGC-823 cell growth significantly,which acted in dose-dependent and time-dependent manners.Different morphologic alterations were found.The cell apoptosis rates after treated with 32,64,96μmol·L-1 cyclopamine for 24h were 12.50%,31.50%,56.10%,respectively,higher than control group(P<0.01).Shh and Gli-1 mRNA all expressed in BGC-823 cells,cyclopamine could decrease the expression of Gli-1 mRNA,instead of not Shh.ConclusionCyclopamine inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of BGC-823 cells,through down-regulating the expression of Gli-1 gene. |