title: Effects of Gekko sulfated polysaccharide on the proliferation and differentiation of hepatic cancer cell line.
abstract: Gekko swinhonis Gūenther has been used as an anti-cancer drug in traditional Chinese medicine. Gekko sulfated polysaccharide (Gepsin) was investigated for its activity in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatocarcinoma cell line (Bel-7402) and liver cell line (L-02) were exposed to Gepsin (100 microg/ml and 10 microg/ml). Gepsin did not suppress the proliferation and viability of normal liver L-02 cells, but strongly inhibited the proliferation of hepatocarcinoma Bel-7402 cells. Gepsin did not induce the apoptosis of Bel-7402 cells, but blocked cells in G2/M phase. Treated with Gepsin, Bel-7402 cells showed ultrastructural features of differentiation. AFP secretion decreased while ALB secretion increased markedly on Gepsin-treated cells. The data show that Gepsin suppressed the proliferation and induced differentiation of hepatocarcinoma, but the toxicity to normal liver cells was negligible.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Cancer Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin Medical University, Ti-Yuan-Bei, Huan-Hu-Xi Road, He-Xi District, Tianjin 300060, China. ilwxz@163.com
authors.forename: XiongZhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guang-Ru
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D048430:Cell Shape; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D008116:Lizards; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011134:Polysaccharides; D013431:Sulfates; D014020:Tissue Extracts; C519079:gepsin