Objective To investigate the effect of cyanidin-3-glucoside extracted from Chinese bayberry on the proliferation. migration and invasion ability of the gastric cancer cell lines MGC803 and SGC7901 in vitro, and explore the possible mechanism of the preventive effects of C3G on tumor metastasis.Methods After treatment by C3G, the growth inhibiting of C3G on MGC803 and SGC7901 was determined by MTF assay, cell migration and invasion ability was evaluated with transwell chamber. Expression of Matrix metalloproteinase 2( MMP-2 )mRNA and protion on cells were analyzed by RT-PCR and Western blot.Results C3G significantly inhibited the proliferation of MGC803 and SGC7901 cells in a concentration and time-dependent manner as measured by MTT method ( P ＜0. 01 ), and the IC50 were: MGC803:24 h IC50 =6. 27 μg/ml;SGC7901:24 h IC50 = 5.42 μg/ml. After the cells were treated with C3G, the migration and invasion ability of MGC803 and SGC7901 cells decreased significantly ( P ＜ 0. 01 ) the number of invasive cells in 24 hours of the negative control MGC803, SGC7901 group was ( 207 ± 9 ) and ( 115 ± 9 ),respectively, while in C3G 10 μg/ml group the number of invasive cells decreased to( 24 ± 5 ) , ( 14 ± 6). In addition, the expression of MMP-2 mRNA and protion decreased abviously ( P ＜ 0. 01 ), all that was in a concentration-dependent manner. Conclusions In vitro, C3G has a concentration- and time-dependent growth inhibiting effect on MGC803 and SGC7901 cells, and may prevent metastasis by affecting migration and invasion ability of tumor cells. This action may be mediated by down-regulation of MMP-2mRNA and protein.

Objective To investigate the effect of cyanidin-3-glucopyranoside extracted from Chinese bayberry on proliferation and apoptosis of human gastric cell line SGC7901.Methods After cocultured with C3G on different concentrations,cell proliferation was determined by MTT assay; morphology of apoptosis were observed by laser confocal microscopy; TUNEL assay was applied to measure the apoptoic rate; The expression of Bcl-2,Bax,Caspase-3,ICAD protein were observed by Western blot assay.Results C3G significantly inhibited the proliferation of SGC7901 cells in a concentration-and timedependent manner as measured by MTT method(P ＜ 0.01).After cells were treated with C3G,the presence of typical morphological changes of apoptosis was confirmed with laser confocal microscopy after Hoechst 33258 fluorescence staining.TUNEL assay indicated that the number of apoptotic cells in C3G-treated group was greater than that in the gastric cancer cells group(P ＜ 0.01).The expression level of Bcl-2 was down-regulated while the expression level of Bax was up-regulated by C3G,the ratio of Bcl-2 protein and Bax protein decreased.C3G may accelerate the activation of procaspase-3 and down-regulate the expression of ICAD(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions C3G inhibits SGC7901 cell growth and induces apoptosis in a concentraion-and time-dependent manner.This action may be mediated by down-regulating Bcl-2/Bax,resulting in Caspase-3 activition and decreased ICAD protein expression.