Sulforaphane derived from broccoli inhibit proliferation and invasion of lung cancer A549 cells in vitro
Sulforaphane was a multifunction compound derived from brassicaceous vegetable such as broccoli, reports showed that Sulforaphane provided with effection of antitumor and antioxidant. Lung cancer is an aggressive malignancy with a tendency of early distant metastases, the antitumor function of sulforaphane was corroborated by numerous lines of evidence, but the anticancer mechanism of this compound has not been wel obsvered. In this work, we analyzed vitality and invasion of A549 cels treated with sulforaphane by cellcounting kit (CCK8) and transwel, then measure the half maximal (50%) inhibitory concentration (IC50) of sulforaphane for A549 cels. The cels cycle, apoptosis and DNA fragment were analyzed using Flow Cytometry Analysis and agarose electrophoresis, TGF-βand NF-κB were analyzed by western blot after treatment with 3μg/mL sulforaphane. Results showed that A549 cels proliferate and invade were inhibited by sulforaphane with a dose-dependent manner, IC50 of sulforaphane was 3μg/mL, and the cellcycle were arrested at G2/M phase. 3μg/mL sulforaphane induced apoptosis , DNA fragment, decreased the expression of TGF-βand NF-κB in A549 cels. Our results pointed out that sulforaphane inhibited proliferation and invasion of lung cancer A549 cels in vitro, decreased the expression of inflammation proteins, maybe a novel chemotherapy for lung cancer.
Sulforaphanelung cancerinhibition of proliferationapoptosis