NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸促进肺癌细胞A549凋亡的作用

目的:观察NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸对NF-κB活性的影响,研究其在肺癌细胞A549凋亡中的作用机制。方法: 用转染技术将FITC标记的NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸转入人肺癌细胞A549中,通过荧光倒置显微镜和共聚焦显微镜进行核内定位的观察,凝胶迁移率实验(EMSA)检测转染前后NF-κB活性的变化。生长曲线观察低活性NF-κB对细胞增殖的影响。流式细胞仪、TUNEL检测细胞凋亡率。Western blot检测NF-κB低活性引起的凋亡相关蛋白Bcl-2和Fas的改变。结果: NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸转染后定位于细胞核内,EMSA显示转染后NF-κB活性明显下降。A549细胞对NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸敏感,细胞生长速度减缓。转染NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸的A549细胞凋亡率增加。NF-κB 的低活性可以引起凋亡抑制蛋白Bcl-2表达水平下调和凋亡蛋白Fas表达增加。结论: NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸具有促进肺癌细胞A549凋亡的作用,其机制可能与NF-κB圈套寡核苷酸通过下调NF-κB的活性使凋亡蛋白Fas表达增加和凋亡抑制蛋白Bcl-2表达降低有关。

Effects of NF-κB decoy oligonucleotides on apoptosis in lung cancer cell A549

AIM: To investigate the effects of NF-κB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) on apoptosis in lung cancer cell A549. METHODS: The treatments of lung cancer cells (A549) were divided into three groups: group A (control group); group B (decoy ODN group) and group C (scramble decoy ODN group). FITC-labeled NF-κB decoy ODNs was transfected into A549 with LipofectAMINE^TM2000. The activation was observed by electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA). The proliferation was observed by growth curve. The apoptosis of cells were observed by flow cytometry and TdT mediated dUTP-biotin Nick End Labeling (TUNEL). The expression of Bcl-2 and Fas were observed by Western blot. RESULTS: After FITC-labeled decoy ODNs was transfected for 1 hour, the decoy ODNs was detected in the nuclei of A549 cells. EMSA performed the depression of the NF-κB binding to the nucleus. The growth curve showed the inhibition of the A549 cell growth and the percentage of apoptosis was increased compare with control group by flow cytometry and TUNEL. The amount of apoptosis inhibitor (Bcl-2) in group A and group C were 2.0 times and 2.1 times more than that in group B, respectively. The level of apoptosis accelerator (Fas) in group B were 2.6 times and 2.3 times more than that in group A and group C, respectively via Western blot. CONCLUSION: The NF-κB decoy ODNs accelerate the apoptosis of lung cancer cell A549 and the mechanism may be due to its inhibiting the expression of Bcl-2 and increasing the level of Fas.