Apoptosis induced by Octamer 4 gene silencing and its potential mechanism in colorectal cancer
- Author:
Kun-ming WEN
1
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Apoptosis;
Colorectal neoplasms;
RNA interference
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2012;37(10):777-780
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of Oct4 gene silencing on apoptosis in human colorectal cancer SW480 cell lines and its possible mechanism. Methods SW480480 cells at the late logarithmic phase were divided into 3 groups. (1) control group (Con): no virus transfection; (2) negative control group (NC): transfected with negative control viruses; (3) RNA interference group (RNAi): transfected with Oct4-shRNA lentiviral vector plasmids. In the above three groups, the Oct4 mRNA level was detected by real-time quantitative PCR, the protein levels of Oct4 and p-Akt were detected by Western blotting, and the proportion of Oct4+ and CD44+ cells and apoptosis of the tumor were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results Compared with those in the NC group, the Oct4 mRNA levels (1.00 vs 0.19±0.02), the Oct4 protein levels (0.032±0.004 vs 0.007±0.001), the p-Akt protein levels (0.11±0.03 vs 0.03±0.01), the proportion of Oct4+ cells (91.53% vs 10.70%) and the proportion of CD44+ cells (59.69% vs 23.58%) in the RNAi group significantly reduced, while cells apoptosis in the RNAi group significantly increased (43.2%±4.5% vs 12.1%±1.8%, P<0.01). Conclusion Oct4 gene silencing could significantly reduce the proportion of Oct4+ and CD44+ cells, and obviously increase apoptosis in SW480 cells, which may be related to the PI3K/Akt pathway.
