Effect of tumor-associated macrophages on malignant biological behaviors of gastric cancer MGC-803 cells
10.3872/j.issn.1007-385x.2019.01.007
- VernacularTitle:肿瘤相关巨噬细胞对胃癌MGC-803细胞恶性生物学行为的影响
- Author:
ZHANG Shengrui
;
ZENG Xiandong
;
SUI Chunyang
;
ZHAO Lianhe
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gastric cancer;
tumor-associated macrophage;
proliferation;
invasion;
migration;
apoptosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy
2019;26(1):36-41
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the effects of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) on proliferation, migration, invation and apoptosis of gastric cancer MGC-803 cells and the possible mechanisms. Methods: Human monocyte THP-1 was cultured in vitro. After being added with PMA and IL-4, the levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in cell supernatant were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). MGC-803 cells at logarithmic phase and M2-type TAM cells were divided into single cell culture group, non-contact co-culture group and contact co-culture group according to different culture methods. MTT assay was used to detect the proliferation of MGC-803 cells, Transwell assay was used to detect cell migration and invasion, andAnnexin V-FITC/ PI staining flow cytometry was used to examine the apoptosis and cell cycle changes of MGC-803 cells; In addition, the mRNAand protein expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and MMP-2 were detected by Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR) and Western blotting. Results: Compared with PMA group, the level of IL-12 in cell supernatant of PMA+IL-4 group decreased significantly while the level of IL-10 increased significantly (all P<0.05), indicating THP-1 cells were successfully induced to differentiate into M2-type TAM. Compared with the single cell culture group, the non-contact co-culture group and the contact co-culture group exhibited: (1) significantly increased proliferation rate of MGC-803 cells (P<0.05); (2) increased number of migrated and invaded cells (all P < 0.05); (3) significantly decreased apoptotic rate (P<0.05); (4) increased proportion of S, G2 phase cells and decreased proportion of G1 phase cells (all P<0.05);and (5) significantly increased mRNA and protein expressions of MMP-9 and MMP-2 (all P<0.05). Conclusion: TAM can promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer MGC-803 cells, relieve G1 phase arrest and reduce cell apoptosis, which may be related to the up-regulation of MMP-9 and MMP-2 expression in gastric cancer cells.
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