Effects and Mechanism of Baicalin on Apoptosis of Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells In-vitro
Effects and Mechanism of Baicalin on Apoptosis of Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells In-vitro
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10.22037/ijpr.2015.1624
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2015
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Yong Peng;Z. Fu;Cong-Shan Guo;Yanxia Zhang;Ya Di;Bin Jiang;Qing-wang Li
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Yong Peng;Z. Fu;Cong-Shan Guo;Yanxia Zhang;Ya Di;Bin Jiang;Qing-wang Li
The objective of this study was to observe the apoptosis-inducing effect and mechanism of baicalin on human cervical cancer HeLa cells. The inhibitory effect of baicalin on the growth of HeLa cells was measured by MTT assay, and cell proliferation and migration was analyzed by cell scratch assay. Morphological changes of apoptotic cells were viewed by the light microscope and electron microscope, and cell growth arrest was confirmed by flow cytometry. Moreover, Western blot was used for investigating the expression of apoptosis related proteins; spectrophotometry was used to examine Caspase-3 activation. Our results showed that baicalin could inhibit the proliferation of HeLa Cells via induction of apoptosis in a time and dose-dependent manner (P<0.01). Apoptotic signaling induced by baicalin was characterized by up-regulating Bax, Fas, FasL and Caspase-8 protein expression, and down-regulating of Bcl-2 protein expression. These results indicated that baicalin-induced apoptosis involved activation Caspase-3 in HeLa cells through the intracellular mitochondrial pathway and the surface death receptor pathway.