DNA依赖性蛋白激酶在石英诱导的细胞周期蛋白E和细胞周期蛋白依赖激酶2蛋白表达及细胞周期改变中的作用

Objective To study the roles of DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK)in silicainduced cell cycle changes and expressions of CyclinE and CDK2 in human embryo lung fibroblasts (HELF).Methods The expressions of Ku80 and DNA-PKcs proteins were inhibited by siRNA plasmids, respectively.Flow cytometry was used to detect the distributions of cell cycle and western blot assay was used to determine the expression levels of CyclinE and CDK2 after cells were exposed to 200 μg/ml silica for 0,3,6,12,24 h.Results The proportion of G1 phases in negative control cells decreased from 83.53%±2.24% to 69.11%±3.12%after exposure to silica; the proportion of G1 phases in H-Ku80 and H-PKcs cells exposed to silica decreased from 85.16%±3.73% to 59.92%±3.31% and from 75.06%±2.23% to 58.32%±1.35%, respectively (P＜0.05).The exposure to silica resulted in the increasing protein expression levels of CyclinE and CDK2 in negative control cells, and the expression levels of CyclinE were obviously suppressed in H-Ku80 and H-PKcs as compared with control cells. However, the expression level of CDK2 protein did not change significantly.Conclusion DNA-PK might play a role in silica-induced alternations of cell cycle and regulate silica-induced overexpression of CyclinE in human embryo lung fibroblasts.

Roles of DNA dependent protein kinase in silica-induced Cyclin E and CDK2 expressions and cell cycle changes in human embryo lung fibroblasts