Chunlai Liu1, Yongwen Li2, Yunlong Dong1, Hongbing Zhang1, Ying Li2, Hongyu Liu2, Jun Chen3. 1. Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China. 2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China. 3. Department of Lung Cancer Surgery;Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The EML4-ALK fusion gene is a newly discovered driver gene of non-small cell lung cancer and exhibits special clinical and pathological features. The JAK-STAT signaling pathway, an important downstream signaling pathway of EML4-ALK, is aberrantly sustained and activated in EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer cells fusion gene, but the underlying reason remains unknown. The suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) is a negative regulatory factor that mainly inhibits the proliferation, differentiation, and induction of apoptotic cells by inhibiting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. The aberrant methylation of the SOCS gene leads to inactivation of tumors and abnormal activation of the JAK2-STAT signaling pathway. The aim of this study is to investigate the methylation status of the SOCS3 promoter in EML4-ALK-positive H2228 cells and lung cancer tissues. METHODS: The methylation status of the SOCS3 promoter in EML4-ALK-positive H2228 lung cancer cells and lung cancer tissues was detected by methylation-specific PCR (MSP) analysis and verified by DNA sequencing. The expression levels of SOCS3 in H2228 cells were detected by Western blot and Real-time PCR analyses after treatment with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5'-Aza-dC. RESULTS: MSP and DNA sequencing assay results indicated the presence of SOCS3 promoter methylation in H2228 cells as well as in three cases of seven EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer tissues. The expression level of SOCS3 significantly increased in H2228 cells after 5'-Aza-dC treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The aerrant methylation of the SOCS3 promoter region in EML4-ALK (+) H2228 cells and lung cancer tissues may be significantly involved in the pathogenesis of EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer.
BACKGROUND: The EML4-ALK fusion gene is a newly discovered driver gene of non-small cell lung cancer and exhibits special clinical and pathological features. The JAK-STAT signaling pathway, an important downstream signaling pathway of EML4-ALK, is aberrantly sustained and activated in EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer cells fusion gene, but the underlying reason remains unknown. The suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) is a negative regulatory factor that mainly inhibits the proliferation, differentiation, and induction of apoptotic cells by inhibiting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. The aberrant methylation of the SOCS gene leads to inactivation of tumors and abnormal activation of the JAK2-STAT signaling pathway. The aim of this study is to investigate the methylation status of the SOCS3 promoter in EML4-ALK-positive H2228 cells and lung cancer tissues. METHODS: The methylation status of the SOCS3 promoter in EML4-ALK-positive H2228 lung cancer cells and lung cancer tissues was detected by methylation-specific PCR (MSP) analysis and verified by DNA sequencing. The expression levels of SOCS3 in H2228 cells were detected by Western blot and Real-time PCR analyses after treatment with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5'-Aza-dC. RESULTS:MSP and DNA sequencing assay results indicated the presence of SOCS3 promoter methylation in H2228 cells as well as in three cases of seven EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer tissues. The expression level of SOCS3 significantly increased in H2228 cells after 5'-Aza-dC treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The aerrant methylation of the SOCS3 promoter region in EML4-ALK (+) H2228 cells and lung cancer tissues may be significantly involved in the pathogenesis of EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer.
MSP assay for SOCS3 promoter in different lung cancer cell lines and EML4-ALK (+) lung cancer tissues. M:methylated-specific; U: unmethylated-specific.
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H2228细胞SOCS3启动子MSP分析后测序验证
The MSP result of SOCS3 promotor were verified by DNA sequencing in H2228 cells
MSP方法检测肺癌细胞株及EML4-ALK阳性肺癌样品中SOCS3基因启动子甲基化状态。M:甲基化特异;U:非甲基化特异MSP assay for SOCS3 promoter in different lung cancer cell lines and EML4-ALK (+) lung cancer tissues. M:methylated-specific; U: unmethylated-specific.H2228细胞SOCS3启动子MSP分析后测序验证The MSP result of SOCS3 promotor were verified by DNA sequencing in H2228 cells
The analysis of SOCS3 expression by Real-time PCR in human lung cancer cell lines after 5'-Aza-dC treatment. *P < 0.05
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Western blot检测肺癌细胞株经5'-Aza-dC处理后SOCS3表达水平的变化
The analysis of SOCS3 expression by Western blot in human lung cancer cell lines after 5'-Aza-dC treatment
Real-time PCR检测5'-Aza-dC处理不同肺癌细胞后,SOCS3表达水平的变化情况。*P < 0.05The analysis of SOCS3 expression by Real-time PCR in humanlung cancer cell lines after 5'-Aza-dC treatment. *P < 0.05Western blot检测肺癌细胞株经5'-Aza-dC处理后SOCS3表达水平的变化The analysis of SOCS3 expression by Western blot in humanlung cancer cell lines after 5'-Aza-dC treatment
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