Wenjia Guo1, Hailong Tian2, Xiaogang Dong3, Jinping Bai4, Xinling Yang5. 1. Department of Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830000, P. R. China. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong University Qingdao 266000, P. R. China. 3. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830000, P. R. China. 4. Department of Orthopedics, Cancer Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830000, P. R. China. 5. Department of General Medicine, Cancer Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830000, P. R. China.
Abstract
AIMS: The present study is to investigate the effect of the combination of small-interfering RNA (siRNA) treatment with bis-chloroethylnitrosourea (BCNU) on the proliferation and apoptosis of glioma cells. METHODS: According to different treatments, glioma U251 cells were randomly divided into blank group, Lipofectamine group, siRNA-Gli1 group, BCNU group and combination group. After treatments, the morphology of U251 cells was visualized under the microscope. Afterwards, semi-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used to determine Gli1, Bcl-2, Bax and cyclin D1 mRNA levels and protein expression, respectively. MTT assay was used detect the proliferation of U251 cells, while flow cytometry was performed to determine cell apoptosis and cell cycle. RESULTS: The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU caused more severe damages to U251 cell shapes compared with siRNA-Gli1 or BCNU alone. The combination of BCNU and siRNA-Gli1 altered mRNA level and protein expression of Bcl-2 and Bax, but not those of Gli1 and cyclin D1. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU promoted U251 cell apoptosis. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU enhanced the arrestment of U251 cells in G0/G1 phase. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU significantly inhibited U251 cell proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrates that combined treatment with siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU significantly inhibits the proliferation and promotes the apoptosis of glioma U251 cells, possibly by the up-regulation of Bax and the down-regulation of Bcl-2. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU enhances the inhibition of cell cycles, but does not down-regulate the expression of cell cycle protein cyclin D1.
AIMS: The present study is to investigate the effect of the combination of small-interfering RNA (siRNA) treatment with bis-chloroethylnitrosourea (BCNU) on the proliferation and apoptosis of glioma cells. METHODS: According to different treatments, glioma U251 cells were randomly divided into blank group, Lipofectamine group, siRNA-Gli1 group, BCNU group and combination group. After treatments, the morphology of U251 cells was visualized under the microscope. Afterwards, semi-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used to determine Gli1, Bcl-2, Bax and cyclin D1 mRNA levels and protein expression, respectively. MTT assay was used detect the proliferation of U251 cells, while flow cytometry was performed to determine cell apoptosis and cell cycle. RESULTS: The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU caused more severe damages to U251 cell shapes compared with siRNA-Gli1 or BCNU alone. The combination of BCNU and siRNA-Gli1 altered mRNA level and protein expression of Bcl-2 and Bax, but not those of Gli1 and cyclin D1. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU promoted U251 cell apoptosis. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU enhanced the arrestment of U251 cells in G0/G1 phase. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU significantly inhibited U251 cell proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrates that combined treatment with siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU significantly inhibits the proliferation and promotes the apoptosis of glioma U251 cells, possibly by the up-regulation of Bax and the down-regulation of Bcl-2. The combination of siRNA-Gli1 and BCNU enhances the inhibition of cell cycles, but does not down-regulate the expression of cell cycle protein cyclin D1.
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Gli family zinc finger 1 gene; Gliomas; Hedgehog signaling pathway; RNA interference; bis-chloroethylnitrosourea
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