Xue-lian Du1, Tao Jiang, Ze-qing Wen, Rong Gao, Min Cui, Fei Wang. 1. Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Shandong Tumor Hospital, Shandong University, No. 440, Jiyan Road, Jinan, China 250117. melody23800@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract
AIM: To investigate the role of heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70) in radiosensitivity and invasiveness of endometrial cancer in vitro. METHODS: HSP70 expression was silenced in relatively radioresistant, well-differentiated human endometrial cancer cell line ISK, using small interference RNA method, or by HSP70 overexpression after transfecting a HSP70-expressing vector. The effect of HSP70 on ISK cell line response to irradiation was evaluated. The surviving fraction was measured using colony-formation assay. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry and HSP70 expression was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, western-blot, and/or immunocytochemistry. Cell invasiveness was measured using transwell invasion assay. RESULTS: HSP70 silencing caused a significant increase in irradiation-induced cell killing in comparison with control cells, with an enhancement factor of 1.27, and in the percentage of apoptotic cells (14.22% vs 6.74%, P = 0.021). After 4 Gy irradiation, mean +/- standard deviation survival fraction in ISK cells was reduced to 0.32 +/- 0.04 in comparison with control values but in ISK/siRNA-HSP70 cells the survival fraction was higher and amounted to 0.51 +/- 0.08 (P = 0.026). Silencing HSP70 significantly inhibited cell invasion before and after irradiation (106 +/- 19 vs 219 +/- 18 and 119 +/- 16 vs 256 +/- 31, P = 0.007). On the contrary, ectopic overexpression of HSP70 attenuated irradiation-induced apoptosis (7.15% vs 4.08%, P = 0.043) and induced more ISK/HSP70 cells invaded through the filters than mock-infected cells before and after irradiation (274 +/- 21 vs 194 +/- 16 before irradiation, and 298 +/- 24 vs 227 +/- 19 after irradiation, respectively, P = 0.032). CONCLUSION: Disruption of HSP70-induced cytoprotection during irradiation enhances therapeutic effect of irradiation, which makes HSP70 a promising target in the research of endometrial cancer.
AIM: To investigate the role of heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70) in radiosensitivity and invasiveness of endometrial cancer in vitro. METHODS:HSP70 expression was silenced in relatively radioresistant, well-differentiated humanendometrial cancer cell line ISK, using small interference RNA method, or by HSP70 overexpression after transfecting a HSP70-expressing vector. The effect of HSP70 on ISK cell line response to irradiation was evaluated. The surviving fraction was measured using colony-formation assay. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry and HSP70 expression was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, western-blot, and/or immunocytochemistry. Cell invasiveness was measured using transwell invasion assay. RESULTS:HSP70 silencing caused a significant increase in irradiation-induced cell killing in comparison with control cells, with an enhancement factor of 1.27, and in the percentage of apoptotic cells (14.22% vs 6.74%, P = 0.021). After 4 Gy irradiation, mean +/- standard deviation survival fraction in ISK cells was reduced to 0.32 +/- 0.04 in comparison with control values but in ISK/siRNA-HSP70 cells the survival fraction was higher and amounted to 0.51 +/- 0.08 (P = 0.026). Silencing HSP70 significantly inhibited cell invasion before and after irradiation (106 +/- 19 vs 219 +/- 18 and 119 +/- 16 vs 256 +/- 31, P = 0.007). On the contrary, ectopic overexpression of HSP70 attenuated irradiation-induced apoptosis (7.15% vs 4.08%, P = 0.043) and induced more ISK/HSP70 cells invaded through the filters than mock-infected cells before and after irradiation (274 +/- 21 vs 194 +/- 16 before irradiation, and 298 +/- 24 vs 227 +/- 19 after irradiation, respectively, P = 0.032). CONCLUSION: Disruption of HSP70-induced cytoprotection during irradiation enhances therapeutic effect of irradiation, which makes HSP70 a promising target in the research of endometrial cancer.
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