Figure 4.
DAPT inhibited cell proliferation, growth hormone secretion, and invasion in vitro. (A) DAPT reduced the viability of GH3 cells and primary GHoma cells. The cell viability was reduced to 83.4 ± 7.6, 63.5 ± 5.3, and 59.4 ± 4.7% after 24, 48, and 72 h of 100 nM DAPT in GH3 cells, and 78 ± 7.1, 67 ± 6.3, 53 ± 4.7% in primary GHoma cell. (B) DAPT decreased growth hormone secretion in GH3 cell and primary GHoma cells. The levels of Growth hormone in GH3 cell culture were reduced to 84.3 ± 15 (20 nM) and 68.4 ± 14.5 (100 nM) mIU/ml after 24 h treatment, and 94.6 ± 18 (20 nM) and 58.9 ± 13 (100 nM) mIU/ml after 48 h treatment. The levels of Growth hormone in primary GHoma were 48.7 ± 5.3 (20 nM) and 48.9 ± 7.3 (100 nM) mIU/m after 24 h treatment, and 37.5 ± 4.2 (20 nM) and 34.7 ± 6.5 (100 nM) mIU/m after 48 h treatment. (C) DAPT inhibited the migration of GH3 cells and primary GHoma cells. (D) The average positive cells were reduced to 142 ± 35 and 94 ± 27 from 323 ± 64 after DAPT treatment in GH3 cell line, and 84 ± 23 and 42 ± 19 from 167 ± 35 in primary GHoma cells. Blue: positive cells. Assays were performed in triplicate. P-values indicated by * and ** (<0.05, <0.01).