Inhibitory effect of genistein on invasion of human ovarian carcinoma cell line SKOV_3 in vivo and in vitro

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of genistein on the invasion of ovarian carcinoma cell line SKOV 3 in vivo and in vitro. Methods The abilities of the genistein-treated SKOV 3 cells to invade through reconstituted matrigel in transwell chambers were investigated in vitro and the invasion effect in vivo was determined using the xenograft models of SKOV 3 in nude mice. Results The ability of the 20 μmol/L genistein-treated cells to invade the reconstituted basement membrane was decreased significantly at 72 h. This inhibition was in a dose-dependent manner. Genistein at the dose of 40 μmol/L had the strongest effect. The results in vivo suggested that the grade of invasion in control SKOV 3 cells was in a time-dependent manner and genistein-treated group could apparently inhibit the progress of invasion, localizing the tumor in invasion grade 0 or grade I, and decreasing the proportion of grades Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ. Conclusion The results suggest that genistein has inhibitory effect on the invasion of human ovarian carcinoma cell lines SKOV 3 in vivo and in vitro.