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Chinese Journal of Cell and Stem Cell(Electronic Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 07 ›› Issue (04): 219-223. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.2095-1221.2017.04.006

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Investigation of effect of psoralen on proliferation of prostate cancer LNCap-AD cells and its underlying molecular mechanism

Shushang Chen1,(), Mingfang Weng1, Shuiliang Wang1, Jun Lu1, Jianming Tan1   

  1. 1. Department of Urology, Fuzhou General Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou 350025, China
  • Received:2017-05-04 Online:2017-08-01 Published:2017-08-01
  • Contact: Shushang Chen
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Abstract:

Objective

To explore the influence of psoralen on the proliferation of prostate cancer LNCaP-AD cells and its mechanism.

Methods

Psoralen with different concentration was added into LNCaP-AD cells cultured in vitro. The effect of psoralen on the proliferation inhibition of LNCaP-AD cells was detected by CCK-8. The expressions of AR mRNA and protein, as well as PCNA protein, were respectively determined by real time PCR and Western blot.

Results

CCK-8 test showed that psoralen significantly inhibited the proliferation of LNCaP-AD cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner (P < 0.05) . Real time PCR showed that the expression of AR mRNA in LNCaP-AD cells was up-regulated by 30 μg/ml psoralen (1.63±0.04, t = 17.72, P < 0.01) , down-regulated by 100 μg/ml psoralen (0.46±0.07, t = 15.18, P < 0.01) and had no difference by 50 μg/ml psoralen (0.98±0.04, t = 0.66, P = 0.53) when compared with the control group (1.00±0.00) . Western blot showed that the protein expression of PCNA was down-regulated by 30 μg/ml, 50 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml psoralen in a dose-dependent manner compared (11.88?± 0.21 vs 10.61±0.17 vs 6.62?±?0.13 vs 2.71±0.43, F = 68.53, P < 0.01) . The protein expression level of AR was significantly down-regulated by 100 μg/ml psoralen compared with the control group (0.43?±0.06 vs 0.87±0.04, t = 6.04, P < 0.01) .

Conclusion

Psoralen can inhibit the proliferation of LNCaP-AD cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner in vitro. The possible mechanism lays in the down-regulation of PCNA and the influence of AR expression in LNCaP-AD cells.

Key words: Psoralens, Prostatic neoplasms, Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, Receptors, androgen

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