三氧化二砷诱导人宫颈癌HeLa细胞凋亡及Bcl-2保护作用的机制研究

探讨三氧化二砷 (As₂ O₃)对人宫颈癌HeLa细胞的生物学效应和Bcl -2的高表达对这一效应的影响 .通过MTT ,克隆形成实验 ,形态观察 ,流式细胞仪 ,DNA凝胶电泳 ,细胞凋亡原位检测 (TUNEL) ,RT PCR ,Northernblot,Westernblot等方法发现As₂ O₃明显降低HeLa细胞存活率 ,并诱导其凋亡和细胞周期G2 /M期阻滞 ,分析显示As2 O3可能主要通过抑制c -myc基因和病毒致瘤基因的表达来诱导HeLa细胞凋亡 .Bcl -2的高表达也可能正是通过降低As₂ O₃对G2 /M期阻滞 ,逆转As₂ O₃对c -myc基因的降调节 ,减轻As₂ O₃对病毒致瘤基因的表达抑制作用 ,来部分阻止这种凋亡的发生 .我们还发现As₂ O₃能引起Bc1-2高表达HeLa细胞G2 /M期的弱阻滞 ,降调Bcl -2的表达以及略微抑制病毒致瘤基因的表达 ,这可能是As₂ O₃仍能诱导Bcl -2高表达HeLa细胞凋亡的原因 .     

维甲酸激活基因cDNA RA538诱发人食管癌细胞终末分化与凋亡

将含有RA538的真核表达载体pCDV1与含neo基因的表达载体pDOR-neo经Lipofectin法共转染到人食管癌细胞系EC8712,EC109细胞,结果表明:RA538的表达对两细胞系均有很强的生长抑制作用,引起细胞形态的明显改变,诱发细胞终末分化与死亡。RT-PCR分析发现,RA538的表达激活了谷氨酰胺转移酶(transglutaminase,TGase)基因的表达,引起c-myc基因表达下降,被膜素(involu-crin)基因表达增加.而对TGF-β基因的表达没有明显的影响.应用凋亡细胞原位检测法证实,RA538表达诱发的细胞死亡是通过细胞凋亡而实现的.以上结果与直接用维甲酸处理人食管癌细胞后所得结果相似 因此认为:RA538是维甲酸诱导人食管癌细胞发生终末分化和凋亡过程中一系列被激活基因中的1个关键基因.     

Mechanisms of arsenic trioxide induced apoptosis of human cervical cancer HeLa cells and protection by Bcl-2

It was recently reported that arsenic trioxide (As_2O_3) can induce complete remission in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In this present article, the biological effect of As_2O_3 on human cervical cancer HeLa cells and HeLa cells overexpressing Bcl-2 is studied. By MTT and colony forming ability assays, morphology alteration, flow cytometric analysis, DNA gel electrephoresis and in situ cell death detection (TUNEL), it was found that As_2O_3 inhibited the growth of HeLa cells and induced G2/M arrest and apoptosis of the cells. RT-PCR, Northern blot, Western blot analysis revealed that As_2O_3 induced HeLa cell apoptosis possibly via decreasing the expression of c-myc and viral genes. HeLa cells overexpressing Bcl-2 partly resist As_2O_3 induced apoptosis, which might be relative to preventing the cells from As_2O_3 caused G2/M block, downregulation of c-myc gene expression and inhibition of viral gene expression was also noted, However, it was found that As_2O_3 at a high concentratio