The aim of the present study was to research the apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG 2 induced by pitavastatin. HepG 2 cells were treated with increasing doses of pitavastatin or with mevalonic acid for 48 h. The proliferation of cells was detected with WST-8. The morphology of the nucleus was observed under a microscope by Hoechst 33258 staining. The apoptosis peaks were...

The activity of alginic acid as a cytotoxic agent was improved by structure modification using 4-aminophenol (4-AP) through condensation and polymerization processes. Then, silver nanoparticles were employed doping to further enhance the modified polymer. prepared materials characterized FT-IR, 1HNMR, UV spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, thermal behavior all synthesized inte...

A new series of pyrazoline derivatives 1b-12b was designed, synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity against three cancer cell lines (HepG-2, Hela and A549). Additionally, NIH/3T3 cell cytotoxicity were tested and the structure activity relationships (SARs) were also determined. Among these new derivatives, the compounds 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxythiophenyl)-4,5-dihy...

The Chinese medicinal herb Sorbaria sorbifolia, native to Changbai Mountain, can induce apoptosis in HepG-2 cells. We studied the mechanism by which 5, 2', 4'-trihydroxy-6,7, 5'-trimethoxyflavone (TTF1) isolated from acetic ether extracts of Sorbaria sorbifolia induces apoptosis in HepG-2 cells. The results showed that TTF1 both inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis. RT-PCR and Western bl...

Several rhein-phosphonate derivatives (5a-c) were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxicity against HepG-2, CNE, Spca-2, Hela and Hct-116 cell lines. Some compounds showed relatively high cytotoxicity. Especially compounds 5b exhibited the strongest cytotoxicity against HepG-2 and Spca-2 cells (IC50 was 8.82 and 9.01 µM), respectively. All the synthesized compounds exhibited low cytot...

Cancer is a major public health concern worldwide. Adverse effects of cancer treatments still compromise patients' quality of life. To identify new potential anticancer agents, a series of novel pyrazoline derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxic effects on HepG-2 (human liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line) and primary hepatocytes. Compound structures were confirmed by ¹H-N...

Pterostilbene, a natural dimethylated analog of resveratrol, is known to have diverse pharmacologic activities including anticancer, anti-inflammation, antioxidant, apoptosis, anti-proliferation and analgesic potential. However, the effects of pterostilbene in preventing invasion of cancer cells have not been studied. Here, we report our finding that pterostilbene significantly suppressed 12-O-...

Recently, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been shown to provide a novel approach to overcome tumors, especially those of hepatocarcinoma. However, the anticancer mechanism of silver nanoparticles is unclear. Thus, the purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of AgNPs on proliferation and activation of ROS-mediated signaling pathway on human hepatocellular carcinoma HePG-2 cells. A sim...

Background. The clinical applications of hepatic phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) remain to be difficult because the changes of phosphates between normal hepatic tissues and pathological tissues are not so obvious, and furthermore, up to now there is few literature on hepatocyte-targeted 31P MRS. Materials and Methods. The ATP-loaded Gal-CSO (Gal-CSO/ATP) nanoparticles we...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG 2 induced by a new curcumin analogue, GL63. HepG 2 cells were treated with increasing doses of GL63 and curcumin for 48 h. The proliferation of cells was detected with MTT. The apoptosis were examined by flow cytometry. The caspase-3 activity was detected by western blotting. ER calciu...