title: [Effect of Apigenin on proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis of mouse T cells in vitro].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Apigenin (AP) on the proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis of mouse T cells in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  The lymphocytes were prepared from lymph nodes and thymus of mice. The effect of AP on the proliferation of T in response to ConA at different concentrations (25, 50, 100, 150, 200 micromol/L) was detected by MTT. Cell cycle was measured by PI staining and FCM. The effect of Apigenin and Apigenin with DEX on T cell apoptosis was measured by Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining and FCM. The effect of different concentrations of AP cytotoxicity to T cells was measured by MTT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  25-200 micromol/L of AP didn't have cytotoxicity to T cells, but it had some inhibitory effect on T cells in response to ConA(P<0.01), arresting cell cycle at G0/G1 in a dose-dependent manner. Different concentrations of AP inhibited the apoptosis of T cells, especially those induced by DEX(P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AP can inhibit the proliferation of mouse T cells in response to ConA, arrest cell cycle at G0/G1 and inhibit the apoptosis of T cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tissue Transplantation and Immunology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. 2001zhaoduan@163.com
authors.forename: Zhao-duan
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yao-ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xiu-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D047310:Apigenin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003208:Concanavalin A; D047310:Apigenin