pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒联合X线照射对乳腺癌MDA-MB-435细胞增殖的抑制作用

目的:构建pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒并转染人乳腺癌MDA-MB-435细胞，观察其抑制肿瘤细胞的辐射增敏作用。方法：转染pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒的MDA-MB-435细胞经过2 Gy X线照射不同时间（4、8、12、24 和48 h）和0.5 ~ 5.0 Gy X线照射后24 h收集细胞，采用RT-PCR和Western blotting法检测Smac mRNA及其蛋白表达。将细胞分为对照组、pshuttle质粒组、pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac 质粒组、2 Gy 组、pshuttle+2.0 Gy组 和pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac+ 2.0 Gy组，MTT法检测各组细胞增殖；克隆形成实验检测细胞存活能力；Annexin Ⅴ-FITC双染法检测细胞凋亡；PI单染法检测细胞周期。结果:对照组和pshuttle质粒组MDA-MB-435细胞中Smac mRNA无表达，而pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒组MDA-MB-435细胞Smac mRNA表达水平随时间延长逐渐升高，于24和48 h时表达水平最高；经0.5 ~ 5.0 Gy X线照射后24 h MDA-MB-435细胞Smac mRNA表达水平随照射剂量增加而逐渐增加，在2.0和5.0 Gy X线照射后Smac mRNA表达水平最高。pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒组4、8、12和24 h后Smac蛋白表达水平逐渐升高，24 h后表达水平最高。经过0、0.5、1.0、2.0和5.0 Gy X线照射后24 h Smac蛋白表达水平逐渐升高，尤其以5.0 Gy X线照射时表达水平最高。MTT法检测时程效应，2.0 Gy、pshuttle+2.0 Gy和pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac+2.0 Gy质粒组24、48和72 h细胞A490值明显低于对照组（P<0.01）；剂量效应，pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒组1.0～5.0 Gy X线照射后，MDA-MB-435细胞A490值明显低于0 Gy X线照射(P<0.05或P<0.01)。pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒组细胞存活分数明显低于对照组（P<0.01）。pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac+2.0 Gy组细胞凋亡率明显高于2.0 Gy组（P<0.01），G0/G1期和S期细胞百分率明显低于2.0 Gy照射组（P<0.01），G2/M期细胞百分率明显高于2.0 Gy组（P<0.01）。结论：X线照射能增加pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac质粒转染的MDA-MB-435细胞有效表达Smac mRNA及蛋白，能抑制细胞存活，且诱导G2/M期阻滞和凋亡增加；Smac基因联合放射治疗可明显增加乳腺癌细胞的放射敏感性。

Inhibitory effect of pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid combined with X-ray irradiation on proliferation of breast cancer MDA-MB-435 cells

Abstract:Objective
To construct the pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid and transfect human breast cancer MDA-MB-435 cells, and to observe its radiotherapy enhancing effect on tumor cells.Methods The empty vector pshuttle and pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid were transfected into MDA-MB-435 cells by liposomal.At different time（4,8,12,24 and 48 h） after irradiation with 2.0 Gy X-ray and 24 h after irradiation with 0.5―5.0 Gy,the total RNA and protein were collected and extracted from these cells to analyze the Smac mRNA and protein expression levels with RT-PCR and Western blotting methods.The cells were divided into control,pshuttle,pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac,2.0 Gy irradiation group,pshuttle + 2.0 Gy irra diation and pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac+2.0 Gy irradiation groups.MTT method was used to evalua te cell proliferation,and the cell survival ability was measured with clone formation assay;Annexin Ⅴ/PI double staining and PI single staining were used to examine the apoptosis and cell cycle of MDA-MB-435 cells.Results There was no Smac mRNA expression in MDA-MB-435 cells in control and pshuttle groups,but the Smac mRNA expression levels in MDA-MB-435 cells in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid group were gradually increased with the time prolongation,and reached the maximum at 24 and 48 h;the Smac mRNA expression levels in MDA-MB-435 cells were increased gradually 24 h after irradiation of 0.5―5.0 Gy X-ray with the increasing of irradiation doses,and reached the maximum after 2.0 and 5.0 Gy irradiation.The Smac protein expr ession levels in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid group were increased gradually with the time prolongation,and reached the maximum at 24 h.The Smac protein expression lervels were increased 24 h afer irradiation of 0,0.5,1.0,2.0 and 5.0 Gy X-ray,especially in 5.0 Gy group.The MTT results showed that the A490 values in 2.0 Gy,pshuttle+2.0 Gy and pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac groups 24,48,and 72 h after irradiation were lower than th ose in control group(P<0.01);the A490 values of MDA-MB-435 cells in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac group after 1.0-5.0 Gy X-ray irradiation were lower than those in 0 Gy group (P<0.05 or P<0.01);the survival fraction(SF) in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac group was lower than those in control group(P<0.01). The percentages of the cells at G0/G1 and S phase in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac group were lower than those in 2.0 Gy group(P<0.01)，the percentage of the cells at G2/M phase was higher than that in 2.0 Gy group (P<0.01);the apoptotic rate of the cells in pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac group was higher than that in 2.0 Gy group (P<0.01).Conclusion X-ray irradiation can significantly increase the Smac mRNA and protein expression levels in MDA-MB-435 cells transfected with pshuttle-Egr-1-hSmac plasmid,inhibit the cell survival rate,and induce G2/M arrest and apoptotic increasing;Smac gene combined with radiotherapy could significantly increase the radiosensitivity of breast cancercells.