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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adenine, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Autophagy, Beclin-1, Caspase 3, Cell Death, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Membrane Proteins, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Sirolimus.
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Does autophagic inhibitor attenuate rapamycin-induced inhibition of proliferation in cultured A549 lung cancer cells? Context: Increasing studies have suggested that rapamycin has inhibitory effect for cancer cell proliferation. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of rapamycin on the proliferation of A549 lung cancer cells and try to elucidate its probable mechanism. A549 cells were randomly divided into the following 3 groups (n=6): the Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) culture solution administered alone group (C group), the 10 nmol/l rapamycin administered alone group (R group) and the 5 mmol/l 3-methyladenine (3-MA) plus 10 nmol/l rapamycin administered group (MR group). Death percentage of A549 cells was observed and the levels of caspase-3, Beclin-1, and microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (LC3-II) were determined. Compared with C group, percentage of cell death, caspase-3, Beclin-1 and LC3-II both showed a significant increase in R group (p < 0.05). On the contrary, as compared with R group, percentage of cell death, caspase-3, Beclin-1 and LC3-II both showed a significant decrease in MR group (p < 0.05).
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Rapamycin has an inhibitory effect for the proliferation of A549 cells, and its mechanism is likely related to the activation of autophagic pathway. Final Decision: yes