Objective：To study the inhibitory effect of Fuzheng Yiliu Granule（扶正抑瘤颗粒,FYG） on hepatocellular cancer（HCC） and investigate the mechanism mediating its bioactivity.Methods：H22 tumor-bearing ICR mice were t...Objective：To study the inhibitory effect of Fuzheng Yiliu Granule（扶正抑瘤颗粒,FYG） on hepatocellular cancer（HCC） and investigate the mechanism mediating its bioactivity.Methods：H22 tumor-bearing ICR mice were treated with FYG[3.6 g/（kg·d）]for 5 days.Tumor volume and tumor weight,percentages of CD3~＋,CD4~＋,CD8~＋,and natural killer（NK） cells in peripheral blood,tumor apoptosis and serum levels of interleukin-2（IL-2）,and tumor necrosis factor-α（TNF-α） were evaluated.FYG-containing serum was prepared from SD rats treated for 7 days[high dose 3.6 g/（kg·d）;middle dose 1.8 g/（kg·d）;low dose 0.9 g/（kg·d）].Cell cycle,cell viability,and apoptosis were evaluated after HepG2 cell line was cultured in FYG-containing serum for 48 h.The levels of IL-2 and TNF-αin FYG-containing serum were also determined.Results：FYG produced a potent antitumor effect（P0.01） and induced marked apoptosis of the tumor tissue（P0.05）.Mice treated with FYG had higher percentages of CD3~＋ and CD4~＋（P0.05）,and more NK cells（P0.01） in the peripheral blood than those in the animals treated with normal saline.Mice receiving FYG had the highest serum levels of IL-2 and TNF-α（P0.01）.High-dose FYG-containing serum significantly decreased HepG2 cell viability,inhibited cell proliferation（P0.05）,and induced apoptosis（P0.01）.In addition,the levels of IL-2 and TNF-αof highdose -containing serum were higher than the blank serum（P0.01）.Conclusion：FYG could inhibit HCC growth by regulating immune function and inducing apoptosis of tumor cells in vivo and in vitro.展开更多
基金Supported by CHEN Ke-ji Integrative Medicine Development Fund(No.CKJ2010020)International Science Joint Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(No.2008DFA32200)Project of Department of Education of Fujian Province(No.JA09136)
文摘Objective：To study the inhibitory effect of Fuzheng Yiliu Granule（扶正抑瘤颗粒,FYG） on hepatocellular cancer（HCC） and investigate the mechanism mediating its bioactivity.Methods：H22 tumor-bearing ICR mice were treated with FYG[3.6 g/（kg·d）]for 5 days.Tumor volume and tumor weight,percentages of CD3~＋,CD4~＋,CD8~＋,and natural killer（NK） cells in peripheral blood,tumor apoptosis and serum levels of interleukin-2（IL-2）,and tumor necrosis factor-α（TNF-α） were evaluated.FYG-containing serum was prepared from SD rats treated for 7 days[high dose 3.6 g/（kg·d）;middle dose 1.8 g/（kg·d）;low dose 0.9 g/（kg·d）].Cell cycle,cell viability,and apoptosis were evaluated after HepG2 cell line was cultured in FYG-containing serum for 48 h.The levels of IL-2 and TNF-αin FYG-containing serum were also determined.Results：FYG produced a potent antitumor effect（P0.01） and induced marked apoptosis of the tumor tissue（P0.05）.Mice treated with FYG had higher percentages of CD3~＋ and CD4~＋（P0.05）,and more NK cells（P0.01） in the peripheral blood than those in the animals treated with normal saline.Mice receiving FYG had the highest serum levels of IL-2 and TNF-α（P0.01）.High-dose FYG-containing serum significantly decreased HepG2 cell viability,inhibited cell proliferation（P0.05）,and induced apoptosis（P0.01）.In addition,the levels of IL-2 and TNF-αof highdose -containing serum were higher than the blank serum（P0.01）.Conclusion：FYG could inhibit HCC growth by regulating immune function and inducing apoptosis of tumor cells in vivo and in vitro.
