%0 Journal Article %A Rafighdoust, Hooshang %A Mohammadi Roushandeh, Amaneh %A Darabi, Shirin %A Mortazavi, Motahareh %A Rafighdoust, Amir %T Cytotoxic Effects of Digoxin on Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An in Vitro Study %J Anatomical Sciences Journal %V 11 %N 4 %U http://anatomyjournal.ir/article-1-105-en.html %R %D 2014 %K Mesenchymal stem cell, Digoxin, MTT, Cell proliferation, %X Introduction: Cardiac glycosides such as digoxin or digitoxin are the natural products that are traditionally used to increase cardiac contractile force in patients with heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. It has been shown that digoxin can directly inhibit the cell proliferation and lead to cell apoptosis. Present study was conducted to analyze the effect of digoxin in the cohorts of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) -based therapy. Methods: MSCs were cultured and treated with different concentrations (0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 μM) of digoxin for 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours. MTT assay was performed to study cell viability and proliferation. Results: After 24 and 48 hours, cell viability was significantly decreased in 20, 30 and 40 μM concentrations (P %> http://anatomyjournal.ir/article-1-105-en.pdf %P 183-188 %& 183 %! %9 Original %L A-10-85-2 %+ Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Zahehan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. %G eng %@ 17286158 %[ 2014