• Department of Surgery, Dalian Friendship Hospital, Dalian 116001, China;
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ObjectiveTo study the effects and mechanism of Octreotide to inhibit the proliferation of human gastric cancer cells in vitro. MethodsHuman gastric cancer cell line SGC7901 was treated with Octreotide. Human fibroblast cell line HF and 5FU were used as control. MTT assay and fluorescent microscopy as well as flow cytometry were performed in this study. ResultsOctreotide inhibited the growth of SGC7901 in vitro within certain concentrations. The suppression was quantity dependent but did not occur when up to a certain concentration. There was no difference between Octreotide and 5FU in their inhibition on SGC7901. Octreotide had no effects on normal human fibroblast cell line HF. When SGC7901 was treated with Octreotide, the typical apoptotic bodies were identified by flow cytometry and fluorescent microscopy. ConclusionOctreotide can inhibit the proliferation of human gastric cancer cell line SGC7901 in vitro. The induction of apoptosis by Octreotide might be the primary mechanism.

Citation: L Wencai,GENG Xiaoping,MENG Xiangling,TAN Wenxiang. ApoptosisInduction Effects of Octreotide on Human Gastric Cancer Cells. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2004, 11(3): 238-241. doi: Copy