摘要
目的研究miR-21下调对食管癌TE-1细胞的放射敏感性的影响。方法采用慢病毒介导的方法将含有反义miR21表达基因的载体转染至食管癌TE-1细胞系,嘌呤霉素筛选稳定下调miR21的食管癌细胞亚系,命名为TE-1-miR21^-;荧光定量PCR检测TE-1-miR21^-中miR21的相对表达量;细胞克隆形成实验测定TE-1和TE-1-miR21^-细胞的放射敏感性;RT-PCR和Western-blot法测定TE-1和TE-1-miR21^-细胞中β-catenin的变化;流式细胞术检测TE-1和TE-1-miR21^-细胞中p75NTR^+细胞的比例。结果成功构建稳定下调miR21的食管癌细胞亚系TE-1-miR21^-,荧光定量PCR结果显示miR21表达量明显下调;细胞克隆形成实验提示TE-1-miR21^-细胞较TE-1细胞的放射敏感性明显增强;RT-PCR结果分析显示,TE-1-miR21^-细胞与TE-1细胞的β-catenin mRNA的表达量无明显差异;Western blot的结果分析显示,TE-1-miR21^-细胞在接受高剂量照射(8Gy,10Gy)时,β-catenin蛋白量明显下降;流式细胞仪分析结果显示,TE-1-miR21^-细胞中p75NTR^+细胞的比例较TE-1细胞明显降低。结论下调miR21可以增强食管癌TE-1细胞的放射敏感性;下调-miR21增强放射敏感性的机制可能与wnt/β-catenin信号通路的活化程度降低以及食管癌TE-1细胞中p75NTR^+细胞比例减少有关。
Objective To study the effect of miR-21 down-regulation on the radiosensitivity of TE-1 ceils in vitro. Methods TE-1 cells were transfected via lentivirus with a vector containing the antisense oligonucleotides of miR21, and the subclones with stable down-regulation of miR21 expression were selected with puromycin and designated as TE-l-miR21-, whose expression level of miR21 was determined using real-time quantitative PCR. The radiosensitivity of TE-1 and TE-1-miR21^- cells were evaluated with colony formation assay, and the expressions of β-catenin was determined using Western blotting and RT-PCR. Flow cytometry was used to analyze the proportion of p75NTR^+ cells in TE-1 and TE-1-miR21 cells. Results A cell subclone stably expressing a low level of miR21 was obtained and verified by real-time quantitative PCR. Colony formation assay showed an enhanced the radiosensitivity of TE-1-miR21^- cells compared to parental TE-1 ceils. RT-PCR revealed no significant changes in β-catenin mRNA expression in TE-1-miR21^- ceils, whereas its β-catenin protein expression was markedly suppressed by high-dose (8 and 10 Gy) irradiation. Flow cytometry assay showed a decreased proportion of p75NTR^+ cells in TE-1-miR21 cells compared to that in TE-1 cells. Conclusion Down-regulation of miR21 can enhance the radiosensitivity of TE-1 cells, which might result from the inactivation of wnt/β-catenin signal pathway and a decreased p75NTR^+ cell proportion.
出处
《南方医科大学学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2012年第11期1559-1563,共5页
Journal of Southern Medical University
基金
国家自然科学基金(30972962)~~