Inhibition of survivin expression and mechanisms of reversing drug-resistance of human lung adenocarcinoma cells by siRNA |
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Authors: | Liu Jing-lei Wang Yan Jiang Ji Kong Rui Yang Yan-mei Ji Hong-fei Shi Yu-zhi |
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Institution: | Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. |
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Abstract: | Background Survivin, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family, overexpresses in tumor cells and not expresses in terminally differentiated adult tissues. This study aimed to investigate the effects of survivin-specific siRNA on cell proliferation, apoptosis and chemosensitivity to cisplatin in vitro and in vivo and explore the mechanisms about decreasing expression of survivin in reversing cancer cells resistance to chemotherapeutic drug.Methods Survivin-specific siRNA was transfected into A549/DDP cells. The expression of survivin and lung resistance-related protein (LRP) mRNA levels were determined by RT-PCR, chemosensitivity of A549/DDP (cisplatin)cells to cisplatin was determined by MTT assay, and apoptosis and cell cycle were determined by flow cytometry (FCM).The protein expression levels of survivin, LRP, cyclin-D1, caspase-3 and bcl-2 were determined by Western blotting analyses. The effect of survivin siRNA inhibition on tumor growth was studied in athymic nude mice in vivo.Results Survivin-specific siRNA efficiently down-regulated survivin expression. The cell cycle was arrested at G2/M phase, and apoptosis was obviously found. Inhibition of survivin expression could make the IC50 and drug-resistant index of cisplatin decrease, and enhance the cancer cells sensitivity to cisplatin. After transfection by survivin-specific siRNA, expression of LRP and cyclin-D1 were downregulated, caspase-3 expression was upregulated, bcl-2 expression had no obvious change. The animal experiment confirmed knockdown of survivin could inhibit the tumor growth.Conclusions Survivin-specific siRNA can efficiently suppress the expression of survivin, increase apoptosis, inhibit cells proliferation and enhance the chemosensitivity to cisplatin in vitro and in vivo. Suppression of survivin expression helping to reverse drug-resistance may have relationship with downregulation of LRP and upregulation of caspase-3.Anti-tumor strategies based on the inhibition of survivin may be useful in targeting lung adenocarcinomas. |
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Keywords: | human lung adenocarcinoma survivin chemosensitivity siRNA apoptosis |
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