• Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China;
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Objective   To observe the effects of extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 inhibitor U0126 on hepatoma carcinoma cell proliferation and apoptosis.
Methods  Hepatoma SMMC-7721 cell strain was divided into blank control group and different concentrations of U0126 groups. The proliferation inhibition was measured by MTT assay. FCM was used to analyze the cell cycle distribution and apoptosis.
Results  U0126 obviously inhibited cell proliferation, induced cell apoptosis and G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest. There were significant differences between control group and different concentrations of U0126 groups on cell proliferation and apoptosis (P<0.05, P<0.01).
Conclusion  Blocking ERK1/2 pathway may be an important treatment strategy for liver cancer.

Citation: SHENG Wei,WANG Kang,PING Gaofeng,LI Xuqi,WEI Guangbing,HUANG Chen. Effects of Inhibit Extracellular-Signal Regulated Kinase 1/2 Pathway on Apoptosis of Hepatoma Carcinoma Cell SMMC-7721. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2007, 14(6): 675-678. doi: Copy