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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2012, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (10): 1118-1123.

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Effects of Dexamethasoneon apoptosis of HepG2 cells induced by Cisplatin and expression of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3

TAN Jun1, 2, RUAN Bing1, ZHOU Mi3, GAO Guo-sheng2   

  1. 1Department of Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases in China, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, China;
    2Department of Liver Diseases, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo 315016, Zhejiang, China;
    3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2012-02-24 Revised:2012-06-12 Published:2012-10-19

Abstract: AIM: To investigate the mechanism of Dexamethasone (DEX) on apoptosis of HepG2 cells induced by Cisplatin (DDP) and the expression of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3. METHODS: HepG2 and DDP were co-cultured, a serials of concentrations DEX were added into it, the expression of mRNA and protein of Bcl-2 and Capase-3 were analyzed separately by RT-PCR and Western blot,and the percentage of cell apoptosis was analyzed by FACS. RESULTS: With DEX increases in concentration, the expression of Bcl-2 was increased and expression of Caspase-3 was decreased correspondently, the rate of apoptosis of HepG2 descends clearly.CONCLUSION: DEX restrains apoptosis of HepG2 cells induced by Cisplatin (DDP) partly through Bcl-2 anti-apoptosis pathways, and Caspase-3 plays an important role in regulating the cell apoptosis.

Key words: Dexamethasone, Cisplatin, HepG2 cells, Apoptosis

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