title: Enhancement of recombinant myricetin on the radiosensitivity of lung cancer A549 and H1299 cells.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Myricetin, a common dietary flavonoid is widely distributed in fruits and vegetables, and is used as a health food supplement based on its immune function, anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, and anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of myricetin on combination with radiotherapy enhance radiosensitivity of lung cancer A549 and H1299 cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  A549 cells and H1299 cells were exposed to X-ray with or without myricetin treatment. Colony formation assays, CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry and Caspase-3 level detection were used to evaluate the radiosensitization activity of myricetin on cell proliferation and apoptosis in vitro. Nude mouse tumor xenograft model was built to assessed radiosensitization effect of myricetin in vivo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the exposed group without myricetin treatment, the groups treated with myricetin showed significantly suppressed cell surviving fraction and proliferation, increased the cell apoptosis and increased Caspase-3 protein expression after X-ray exposure in vitro. And in vivo assay, growth speed of tumor xenografts was significantly decreased in irradiated mice treated with myricetin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo evidence that combination of myricetin with radiotherapy can enhance tumor radiosensitivity of pulmonary carcinoma A549 and H1299 cells, and myricetin could be a potential radiosensitizer for lung cancer therapy.
  The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/5791518001210633.
authors.forename: Shijie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongchun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No,1, Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou 450052, PR China. zhaogq@zzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guoqiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ming
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; C040015:myricetin