WNT5B过表达对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞活力及凋亡的影响

目的:检测WNT5B在人正常乳腺上皮细胞和乳腺癌细胞株中的表达,及过表达WNT5B后对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞活力及凋亡的影响,探讨WNT5B在乳腺癌发生发展中的作用。方法:采用RT-PCR法检测正常乳腺上皮细胞和乳腺癌细胞中WNT5B的mRNA表达水平,将WNT5B的表达载体pc DNA3.1/WNT5B和空白对照载体pc DNA3.1分别瞬时转染人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞,通过real-time PCR和Western blotting法分别在mRNA和蛋白水平验证WNT5B的表达效率;并通过CCK-8的方法检测WNT5B过表达对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞活力的影响,通过流式细胞术分别检测过表达WNT5B对MCF-7细胞周期分布及凋亡比例的影响。结果:与正常乳腺上皮细胞相比,WNT5B在乳腺癌细胞中低表达;在乳腺癌细胞MCF-7中转染WNT5B表达质粒后,WNT5B表达上调,差异有统计学显著性(P0.05);与对照组相比,过表达WNT5B后,MCF7细胞的活力明显降低,处于S期细胞的量明显增加,G1和G2/M期细胞明显减少,且细胞凋亡比例明显增加,差异均有统计学显著性(P0.05)。结论:WNT5B在乳腺癌细胞中低表达,过表达WNT5B可使人乳腺癌细胞MCF-7阻滞在S期,抑制细胞增殖,促进细胞凋亡。

Effects of WNT5B over-expression on viability and apoptosis of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

AIM: To detect the expression of WNT5B in normal breast epithelial cells and different breast cancer cell lines, and to investigate the effects of WNT5B over-expression on the viability and apoptosis of human breast cell line MCF-7.METHODS: The mRNA expression of WNT5B was detected by RT-PCR in different breast cancer cells. MCF-7 cells were transfected with plasmid pcDNA3.1/WNT5B or pcDNA3.1, and the expression of WNT5B at mRNA and protein levels was examined in the 2 groups by real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Subsequently, the changes of cell viability and cell apoptosis were analyzed by CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. RESULTS: The expression of WNT5B in the breast cancer cell lines was lower than that in MCF10A cells. The WNT5B expression in the MCF-7 cells in experimental group was significantly higher than that in vector group (P<0.05). However, the cell viability in experimental group decreased significantly as compared with vector group (P<0.05). The number of the cells in S-phase obviously increased, while the percentage of the cells in G₁-phase and G₂/M-phase decreased compared with vector group. The number of apoptotic cells in WNT5B group was significantly higher than that in vector group.CONCLUSION: The expression of WNT5B is decreased in breast cancer cells. WNT5B over-expression significantly inhibits the cell growth and promotes the cell apoptosis in breast cancer MCF7 cells.