左旋咪唑抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF-7生长的作用机制

左旋咪唑可作为乳腺癌治疗的辅助药物,然其抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF-7生长的作用机制仍未清楚。为探究左旋咪唑抑制乳腺癌细胞生长的分子机制,该研究通过CCK-8法检测左旋咪唑对MCF-7细胞活力的影响,细胞划痕检测细胞迁移变化,显微镜下观察细胞形态学变化,吖啶橙/溴化乙啶双荧光染色法(AO-EB)检测细胞凋亡,免疫印迹法(Western blot,WB)检测PI3K/Akt、Bcl-2/Bax、Caspase-9/3相对表达变化。结果显示,与对照组相比,加药组细胞增殖受到显著抑制,其效应与药物浓度和作用时间均呈正相关;与对照组相比,加药组细胞形态发生皱缩,趋于圆形,胞内出现大量空泡;细胞划痕结果显示,加药组细胞迁移能力受到显著抑制;AO-EB结果表明,加药组细胞凋亡小体增加,细胞凋亡率显著上升;免疫印迹法结果表明,与对照组相比,加药组PI3K/Akt、Bcl-2相对表达量显著下降(P0.01),Bax、Caspase-9、Caspase-3蛋白表达显著上升(P0.001)。结果表明,左旋咪唑可通过抑制PI3K/Akt、Bcl-2/Bax信号途径来抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF-7的增殖、迁移,从而促进细胞凋亡,抑制细胞的生长。     

硫酸化茯苓多糖对人乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7凋亡的影响

为了探讨硫酸化茯苓多糖(SP)对人乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7凋亡的影响,采用MTT法检测不同浓度、作用时间SP对乳腺癌MCF-7细胞的抑制作用,倒置显微镜观察MCF-7细胞的形态学变化,RT-PCR检测SP处理MCF-7细胞凋亡相关基因(Bcl-2,Bax)的表达;Western blotting技术检测SP对乳腺癌细胞凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bax表达变化。结果表明,SP对MCF-7细胞增殖有抑制作用,且在一定范围内呈剂量效应;细胞贴壁能力减弱,细胞间隙增大,胞膜褶皱;Bcl-2基因表达水平和蛋白表达水平明显降低(p0.05),Bax基因表达水平和蛋白表达水平明显升高(p0.05)。基于以上研究,SP通过促凋亡基因Bax的表达,抑制抗凋亡基因Bcl-2的表达来下调Bcl-2/Bax比值,激活凋亡途径,诱导MCF-7细胞的凋亡。     

软骨多糖诱导MCF-7乳腺癌细胞凋亡的实验研究

研究软骨多糖诱导MCF-7乳腺癌细胞凋亡及其作用机理。方法:选用MCF-7人类乳腺癌细胞系体外培养,应用MTT法检测细胞生长抑制率,TUNEL法检测细胞凋亡率,HE染色法观察细胞形态学改变,流式细胞仪检测细胞周期的变化,免疫荧光方法检测BCL-2BAD及波形蛋白Vimentin的表达率。结果:软骨多糖对MCF-7细胞体外生长具有明显的抑制作用,且呈时间和浓度依赖性;软骨多糖可诱导MCF-7细胞发生凋亡并伴随有凋亡小体出现等形态学变化;软骨多糖促进BCL-2蛋白的表达水平下降,BAD表达水平上升,及Vimentin的降解。结论:软骨多糖能够在体外诱导MCF-7细胞凋亡,是一种新型的抗乳腺癌活性物质。     

GnRH激动剂曲普瑞林对人乳腺癌细胞caspase-3基因表达的影响

为了研究GnRH激动剂曲普瑞林对人乳腺癌细胞生长的影响,探讨caspase-3基因在药物处理后细胞中的表达及其与细胞生长的关系,采用了形态学显微镜观察、MTT检测和Real-time PCR技术,研究曲普瑞林处理后乳腺癌细胞的生长增殖情况以及capase-3基因表达的变化。结果显示,曲普瑞林可抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF-7的生长并表现出剂量依赖性,药物浓度越大对肿瘤细胞的抑制作用越强。曲普瑞林促进了乳腺癌细胞中caspase-3的表达,药物浓度越大、抑制作用越强的细胞中,caspase-3的表达量越高。推测曲普瑞林可能通过诱导caspase-3所参与的Fas介导的细胞凋亡途径,抑制肿瘤细胞的生长。     

Caveolin-1对乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7增殖和存活的影响

该文研究窖蛋白(Caveolin-1)对乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7细胞增殖与存活的影响。运用蛋白质印迹方法(Western blot)检测发现,caveolin-1在5株不同细胞系均只有低表达。运用电穿孔转染方法在乳腺癌细胞系中高表达Caveolin-1,运用Western blot检测转染后Caveolin-1表达情况发现,转染后细胞内Caveolin-1表达上升,并具有生物活性。运用单核细胞直接细胞毒性测定法(MTT)检测发现,转染后乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7增殖速度降低。运用Western blot方法和免疫荧光(immunofluorescence)方法检测转染后细胞凋亡途径的变化,磷酸化的P38蛋白含量上升,Bax表达量明显上升。据此推测Caveolin-1抑制MCF-7细胞的增殖和存活,并诱导基于Bax途径的细胞凋亡。     

bFGF对乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7细胞增殖与凋亡的影响

目的观察碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（bFGF）对体外培养人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞增殖和凋亡的影响,初步探讨bFGF作用机制。方法在饥饿培养的MCF-7细胞中加入bFGF和PD98059处理,以MTT法、吖啶橙染色及流式细胞术观察细胞生长与凋亡情况;并用Western blot检测caspase-3蛋白含量。结果对照组细胞形态发生改变：核质固缩、有凋亡小体形成;细胞凋亡率较高;Western blot分析表明,caspase-3蛋白明显表达。bFGF处理后,细胞变饱满,凋亡现象减少;细胞增殖比明显增加;与对照组相比凋亡细胞比例下降,并诱导细胞进入S期;随着bFGF浓度增加,caspase-3蛋白表达水平降低,在一定范围内呈剂量依赖性。加入PD98059可抑制bFGF的这些作用。结论bFGF可以促进细胞增殖,加速人乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7细胞的细胞周期进程,抵抗无血清饥饿诱导的凋亡,其作用部分可能是通过Ras-Raf-ERK1/2途径介导的。     

抑制PI3K信号通路促进TRAIL诱导人乳腺癌细胞MCF-7凋亡

肿瘤坏死因子相关凋亡诱导配体（tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, TRAIL）对癌细胞有独特的细胞毒性作用,而对正常细胞没有影响. 但乳腺癌细胞耐受TRAIL诱导凋亡.本研究探索磷脂酰肌醇-3激酶（phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase,PI3K）信号通路对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞耐受TRAIL的影响. 采用MTT法、显微照相以及DAPI染色观察TRAIL对MCF-7细胞生长的抑制作用以及诱导细胞凋亡状况;流式细胞分析细胞凋亡的情况;激光共聚焦显微镜观察多聚ADP核糖多聚酶-1（poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase -1,PARP-1）的迁移和定位;Western印迹分析死亡受体、caspase-3/8、磷酸化的AKT［pAKT(Ser473)］、Src和PARP-1等蛋白质表达. 结果显示,小剂量TRAIL（< 80 nmol/L）和Ly294002（< 40μmol/L）对MCF-7细胞生长没有显著的抑制作用,但是大剂量TRAIL（160 nmol/L）和Ly294002（80 μmol/L）则能抑制MCF-7细胞生长;低剂量Ly294002协同TRAIL抑制MCF-7细胞生长,并诱导细胞凋亡;Ly294002和TRAIL共同作用能促进PARP-1从胞浆进入细胞核;蛋白质表达分析显示,MCF-7细胞均表达死亡受体DR4、DR5、诱骗受体DcR1和DcR2、以及caspase-8,但是不表达caspase-3;Ly294002和TRAIL共同作用也能抑制pAKT(Ser473)和Src的表达,并且导致PARP-1断裂. 本研究结果提示,抑制PI3K信号可增加MCF-7细胞对TRAIL诱导的敏感性;MCF-7细胞通过PI3K/AKT途径促进Src的表达耐受TRAIL的细胞毒性作用Ly294002联合TRAIL是一种新的药物组合方式治疗乳腺癌.     

抑制PI3K信号通路促进TRAIL诱导人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞凋亡

肿瘤坏死因子相关凋亡诱导配体(tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand,TRAIL)对癌细胞有独特的细胞毒性作用,而对正常细胞没有影响.但乳腺癌细胞耐受TRAIL诱导凋亡.本研究探索磷脂酰肌醇-3激酶(phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase,PI3K)信号通路对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞耐受TRAIL的影响.采用MTT法、显微照相以及DAPI染色观察TRAIL对MCF-7细胞生长的抑制作用以及诱导细胞凋亡状况;流式细胞分析细胞凋亡的情况;激光共聚焦显微镜观察多聚ADP核糖多聚酶-1(poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1,PARP-1)的迁移和定位;Western印迹分析死亡受体、caspase-3/8、磷酸化的AKT[pAKT(Ser473)]、Src和PARP-1等蛋白质表达.结果显示,小剂量TRAIL(80 nmol/L)和Ly294002(40μmol/L)对MCF-7细胞生长没有显著的抑制作用,但是大剂量TRAIL(160 nmol/L)和Ly294002(80μmol/L)则能抑制MCF-7细胞生长;低剂量Ly294002协同TRAIL抑制MCF-7细胞生长,并诱导细胞凋亡;Ly294002和TRAIL共同作用能促进PARP-1从胞浆进入细胞核;蛋白质表达分析显示,MCF-7细胞均表达死亡受体DR4、DR5、诱骗受体DcR1和DcR2、以及caspase-8,但是不表达caspase-3;Ly294002和TRAIL共同作用也能抑制pAKT(Ser473)和Src的表达,并且导致PARP-1断裂.本研究结果提示,抑制PI3K信号可增加MCF-7细胞对TRAIL诱导的敏感性;MCF-7细胞通过PI3K/AKT途径促进Src的表达耐受TRAIL的细胞毒性作用;Ly294002联合TRAIL是一种新的药物组合方式治疗乳腺癌.     

沉默AEG-1基因逆转乳腺癌MCF-7/ADM细胞耐药性

本研究旨在分析星形细胞上调基因1(astrocyte elevated gene-1,AEG-1)对乳腺癌MCF-7/ADM细胞化疗药物耐药性的影响,并探讨其作用机制。将MCF-7/ADM细胞在含1.0 mg/L阿霉素(adriamycin,ADM)的培养液中培养以维持细胞的耐药性;应用shRNA技术沉默乳腺癌MCF-7/ADM细胞中AEG-1基因表达;采用MTT比色法检测ADM对MCF-7/ADM的细胞耐毒作用,据以计算ADM的半数抑制浓度(IC50);流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡;Western blot方法检测AEG-1、p53和多药耐药基因1(multidrug resistance gene 1,MDR1)蛋白的表达水平以及Akt、MDM2和Bad的磷酸化水平。结果显示,乳腺癌MCF-7/ADM细胞的AEG-1蛋白水平显著高于MCF-7细胞(P0.05),经shRNA干扰后AEG-1蛋白水平显著降低(P0.05);沉默AEG-1基因能显著降低ADM对MCF-7/ADM细胞的IC50(P0.05),促进MCF-7/ADM细胞凋亡(P0.05),并增强ADM对MCF-7/ADM细胞的促凋亡作用,抑制Akt、MDM2和Bad的磷酸化(P0.05),促进p53蛋白表达(P0.05),降低MDR1蛋白表达水平(P0.05)。结果表明,沉默AEG-1基因可通过促进MCF-7/ADM细胞凋亡和下调MDR1蛋白表达,以逆转MCF-7/ADM细胞对ADM的耐药性。     

二烯丙基二硫诱导人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞凋亡及机制的研究

目的:研究二烯丙基二硫(DADS)诱导人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞凋亡及其分子机制。方法:AO／EB荧光染色法、流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡率;Western blot法检测DADS对caspase-3剪切片断的影响,及对MAPKs通路相关蛋白,包括p-JNK、JNK表达的影响。结果:DADS对乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7生长具有明显的抑制作用,经AO／EB形态变化分析,可见明显的细胞凋亡特征;DADS处理MCF-7细胞6、12、24、48 h,流式细胞仪检测细胞的凋亡率分别为3．74％、9．22％、20.2％、42％,而对照组细胞的凋亡率仅为3．03％(P<0．05);不同浓度的DADS作用于MCF-7细胞24 h后,Western blot法检测发现caspase-3出现断裂片断,并随着浓度的增加断裂更明显。进一步研究发现,DADS处理MCF-7细胞后,JNK磷酸化水平明显升高。结论:DADS能诱导乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7细胞凋亡,JNK信号通路抑制可能是DADS诱导其调亡的分子机制之一。     

槟榔碱对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞增殖和凋亡的影响

目的：观察槟榔碱对人乳腺癌细胞（MCF-7）增殖和凋亡的影响,并探讨其机制。方法：采用四甲基偶氮唑盐（MTT）法检测不同浓度（0、10、30、50、100、300、500μmol/L）槟榔碱对MCF-7细胞增殖的影响,Hoechst 33342染色和流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡,Western blot法检测Bax,Bcl-2和P53蛋白表达。结果：低浓度（0、10、30、50μmol/L）槟榔碱不影响细胞的增殖和凋亡;而高浓度（100、300、500 μmol/L）槟榔碱呈浓度依赖性抑制MCF-7细胞增殖、诱导MCF-7细胞凋亡、提高P53和Bax蛋白表达、降低Bcl-2蛋白表达。结论：高浓度槟榔碱抑制MCF-7细胞增殖、诱导凋亡,其机制可能与提高P53和Bax蛋白表达,降低Bcl-2蛋白表达有关。     

HAX-1抑制过氧化氢诱发的乳腺癌细胞MCF-7凋亡

目的：应用RNA干扰（RNAi）技术特异地干扰HAX-1在乳腺癌细胞MCF-7中的表达,研究其在过氧化氢诱导的细胞凋亡中的作用。方法：应用载体pSR-GFP／Neo构建针对HAX-1基因的小干扰RNA（siRNA）表达质粒;转染MCF-7细胞,G418筛选稳定细胞系,Western blot鉴定筛选的细胞克隆;用流式细胞仪检测筛选的细胞系在过氧化氢条件下的凋亡率。结果：电泳和测序证实合成的siRNA序列正确并准确克隆到pSR-GFP／Neo载体中;Western blot证实获得MCF-7／HAX-1 siRNA稳定细胞株,其HAX-1蛋白水平降低95％左右;用1mmol／L过氧化氢处理获得的稳定细胞株8h,细胞凋亡率明显高于对照组。结论：HAX-1能够保护乳腺癌细胞MCF-7免于过氧化氢诱导的细胞凋亡。     

Connective tissue growth factor induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a member of an emerging CCN gene family that is implicated in various diseases associated with fibro-proliferative disorder including scleroderma and atherosclerosis. The function of CTGF in human cancer is largely unknown. We now show that CTGF induces apoptosis in the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. CTGF mRNA was completely absent in MCF-7 but strongly induced by treatment with transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). TGF-beta by itself induced apoptosis in MCF-7, and this effect was reversed by co-treatment with CTGF antisense oligonucleotide. Overexpression of CTGF gene in transiently transfected MCF-7 cells significantly augmented apoptosis. Moreover, recombinant CTGF protein significantly enhanced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells as evaluated by DNA fragmentation, Tdt-mediated dUTP biotin nick end-labeling staining, flow cytometry analysis, and nuclear staining using Hoechst 33258. Finally, recombinant CTGF showed no effect on Bax protein expression but significantly reduced Bcl2 protein expression. Taken together, these results suggest that CTGF is a major inducer of apoptosis in the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and that TGF-beta-induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells is mediated, in part, by CTGF.     

Different anticancer effects of Saxifragifolin A on estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer cells

BackgroundBreast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women worldwide. For treating breast cancer, numerous natural products have been considered as chemotherapeutic drugs.Hypothesis/purposeThe present study aims to investigate the apoptotic effect of Saxifragifolin A (Saxi A) isolated from Androsace umbellata in two different human breast cancer cells which are ER-positive MCF-7 cells and ER-negative MDA-MB-231 cells, and examine the molecular basis for its anticancer actions.Study designThe inhibitory effects of Saxi A on cell survival were examined in MCF-7 cells and MDA-MB-231 cells in vitro.MethodsMTT assays, Annexin V/PI staining analysis, ROS production assay, Hoechst33342 staining and Western blot analysis were performed.ResultsOur results showed that MDA-MB-231 cells were more sensitive to Saxi A-induced apoptosis than MCF-7 cells. Saxi A induced apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells through ROS-mediated and caspase-dependent pathways, whereas treatment with Saxi A induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells in a caspase-independent manner. In spite of Saxi A-induced activation of MAPKs in both breast cancer cell lines, only p38 MAPK and JNK mediated Saxi A-induced apoptosis. In addition, cell survival of shERα-transfected MCF-7 cells was decreased, while MDA-MB-231 cells that overexpress ERα remained viable.ConclusionSaxi A inhibits cell survival in MCF-7 cells and MDA-MB-231 cells through different regulatory pathway, and ERα status appears to be important for regulating Saxi A-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Thus, Saxi A may have a potential therapeutic use for treating breast cancer.     

shRNA下调MTDH基因抑制人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞HIF-1α及VEGF表达

目的：探讨转移粘附基因（metadherin,MTDH）的表达对人乳腺癌细胞中肿瘤血管生成相关分子标志物缺氧诱导因子-1α（HIF-1α）及血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）表达的影响。方法：将针对MTDH基因的干扰质粒MTDH-shRNA转染乳腺癌MCF-7细胞,RT-PCR及Western blot验证其对MTDH基因的沉默效果;应用Western blot检测转染前后MCF-7细胞中缺氧诱导因子-1α（HIF-1α）及血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）在蛋白水平上的表达变化;MTT实验检测下调MTDH对MCF-7细胞增殖情况的影响。结果：MCF-7细胞转染48小时后,MTDH-shRNA转染组和MTDH-shRNA-neg转染组转染效率约70%。MTDH-shRNA转染组中MTDH在mRNA及蛋白水平上表达明显下调,此外HIF-1α及VEGF蛋白表达明显降低,与对照组比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。MTDH-shRNA转染组MCF-7细胞增殖明显受到抑制,与对照组比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论：在乳腺癌MCF-7细胞中下调MTDH基因可以抑制HIF-1α、VEGF表达及细胞增殖,提示MTDH基因可能对乳腺癌肿瘤血管生成有促进作用。     

Dryofragin, a phloroglucinol derivative, induces apoptosis in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells through ROS-mediated mitochondrial pathway

Dryofragin is a phloroglucinol derivative extracted from Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott. In this study, the anticancer activity of dryofragin on human breast cancer MCF-7 cells was investigated. Dryofragin inhibited the growth of MCF-7 cells in a time and concentration-dependent manner. The cell viability was measured using MTT assay. After treatment with dryofragin for 72, 48 and 24h, the IC(50) values were 27.26, 37.51 and 76.10μM, respectively. Further analyses of DNA fragmentation and Annexin V-PI double-labeling indicated an induction of apoptosis. Dryofragin-treatment MCF-7 cells had a significantly accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as an increased percentage of cells with mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) disruption. These phenomena were blocked by pretreatment for 2h of MCF-7 cells with the antioxidant compound N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC, 5mM). These results speak for the involvement of a ROS-mediated mitochondria-dependent pathway in dryofragin-induced apoptosis. Western blot results showed that dryofragin inhibited Bcl-2 and induced Bax expression which led to an activation of caspases-9 and -3 in the cytosol, and further cleavage of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) in the nucleus, then induced cell apoptosis. In conclusion, the present study provides evidence that dryofragin induces apoptosis in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells through a ROS-mediated mitochondrial pathway.