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Resveratrol, a non‑flavone polyphenol compound, has a chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effect against the progression of multiple types of cancer, including lung cancer. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the effects of resveratrol on cancer remain to be elucidated. In the present study, using an MTT assay, it was demonstrated that resveratrol inhibited cell proliferation in a concentration‑ and time‑dependent manner. In addition, morphological features were observed in the A549, human lung cancer cell line, which included cell shrinkage, cells became distorted, certain cells became rounded and there was a concentration‑dependent increase in the number of sloughed cells. Cell cycle analysis revealed that resveratrol may induce cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase by downregulating the expression levels of cyclin D1, cyclin‑dependent kinase (CDK)4 and CDK6, and upregulating the expression levels of the CDK inhibitors, p21 and p27. The immunofluorescence and western blot analysis results revealed that resveratrol upregulated the nuclear expression of p53 in A549 cells. Further studies have demonstrated that p53 downregulation did not contribute to the G0/G1 cell cycle arrest induced by resveratrol. In addition, resveratrol had no effect on the expression of p21, through use of the p53 inhibitor, pifithrin‑α. The present study may offer a scientific basis for the further in‑depth evaluation of resveratrol in the association of p53 and cell cycle arrest.

Resveratrol induces cell cycle arrest via a p53-independent pathway in A549 cells