Objective: To investigate the effect of matrine on the invasiveness and expression of heparanase-mRNA in human malignant melanoma cell line A375.
Methods: The A375 cells were treated by matrine in different concentration. The total RNAs were extracted from the cells 48 hours after treatment and then semi-quantitative RT-PCR were performed to evaluate the heparanase-mRNA expression levels. Effect of matrine on adhesion of treated A375 cells was tested by cell-Matrigel adhesion assay. The invasiveness of treated A375 cells was measured by Matrigel invasion assay.
Results: The hepanase-mRNA expression, adhesion and invasiveness of A375 cells treated with matrine of different final concentrations significantly decreased compared with that of the controls (p < 0.01). Besides, the inhibitory effects were signifcantly different when the cells treated with matrine of different concentrations (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: By down-regulating the expression of heparanase-mRNA, matrine has a significant inhibitory effect on the adhesion and invasiveness of human malignant melanoma cell line in a dose-dependent manner.