Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of resveratrol on the growth of psoriatic cells and its mechanism.Methods Human immortal keratinocytes (HaCaT) cells were induced by different concentrations of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), and the proliferation of HaCaT cells was detected by microscopic observation and tetramethylazol salt colorimetric (MTT) assay to select the optimal concentration to stimulate HaCaT cells to establish a psoriasis cell model. HaCaT cells were stimulated by different concentrations of resveratrol, the effect of resveratrol on the proliferation of HaCaT cells was detected by MTT assay to calculate the IC50, and the subsequent experimental resveratrol stimulation concentration was selected according to the IC50. The psoriasis cell model was divided into blank, negative, positive and resveratrol low, medium, and high concentration groups, the proliferation of psoriasis cell model- HaCaT cells was detected by MTT assay, the apoptosis of psoriasis cell model- HaCaT cells was detected by flow cytometry, and the expression of caspase-3, P-ERK1/2, and P-p38 protein in HaCaT cells of each group was detected by Western blotting.Results The OD values of HaCaT cells at 0 h, 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h in different KGF concentration groups were compared by repeated measurement design analysis of variance, which showed that: (1) The OD values at different time points were different (P < 0.05); (2) The OD value of 40 ng/ml KGF group was higher than that of other concentration groups; (3) The change trend of OD value in different concentration groups was different (P < 0.05). The OD value of 40 ng/ml KGF group was significantly higher than that of other concentration groups from 24 hours. The OD values of HaCaT cells treated with 0 μmol/L, 0.5 μmol/L, 1.0 μmol/L, 2.0 μmol/L, 4.0 μmol/L resveratrol after 24h were statistically significant (P < 0.05). After 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, resveratrol can inhibit the proliferation of HaCaT cells, and the IC50 value is about 5.3 μmol/L. The OD values of blank control group, negative control group, 2.5 μmol/L, 5.0 μmol/L, 7.5 μmol/L resveratrol group, and positive control group were analysis of variance with repeated measurement design; The results were as follows: (1) The OD values at different time points were different (P < 0.05); (2) The OD value of each group was different (P < 0.05); (3) The change trend of OD value of each group was different (P < 0.05); Starting from 48 hours, 5.0 μmol/L and 7.5 μmol/L resveratrol can inhibit the proliferation of psoriatic model cells. There were significant differences in the apoptosis rate of blank control group, negative control group, 2.5 μmol/L, 5.0 μmol/L, 7.5 μmol/L resveratrol group, and positive control group (P < 0.05), which showed 5.0 μmol/L and 7.5 μmol/L resveratrol promoted the apoptosis of psoriatic model cells. Compared with the negative control group and the blank control group, the relative expression of caspase-3 protein in 5.0 μmol/L, 7.5 μmol/L resveratrol group, and positive control group increased (P < 0.05), and the relative expression of p-ERK1/2 and p-p38 protein decreased (P < 0.05).Conclusions Resveratrol may inhibit the proliferation and promote the apoptosis of psoriatic cells by inhibiting ERK/MAPK and/or p38/MAPK pathway. The specific mechanism needs to be further studied.