Determine MAO gene expression in both starved and non-starved glioblastoma cancer cell line

The relationship between cancer cell aggression induced by serum starvation and cell metastasis has been studied. Serum starvation is a typical way of inducing tumor cell apoptosis and stress may affecting on cell growth. Deprivation of serum from glioblastoma cancer cell line (AMGM) cultured media was tested after three different duration, the comparison of MAO gene expression between starved and non-starved glioblastoma cell line were measured using real-time PCR. The results indicated an increase in MAO gene expression in serum deprivation from cultured cells compared to non-starved cancer cell lines.