Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (02): 266-273.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20200210

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Effects of LincRNA-p21 knockdown on growth and metastasis of gastric cancer cells and their mechanisms

XU Jianguo1, CAO Hongtao1, ZHANG Zilong1, JI Baoyan2, WANG Chunqiu3, LI Shengdong1, LIU Guoqing1   

  1. 1. Department of Oncology Surgery, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xi-ning 810001, China;
    2. Department of Oncology, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xi-ning 810001, China;
    3. Department of Gastroenterology, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xi-ning 810001, China
  • Received:2019-04-08 Published:2020-04-07

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the effects of LincRNA-p21 knockdown on the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells, and to elucidate their mechanisms. Methods: The expression levels of LincRNA-p21 mRNA in the gastric cancer tissue, adjacent tissue, three types of gastric cancer cells (MGC-803, MKN-45 and SGC-790 cells) and normal gastric mucosal epithelial cells GES-1 were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The MGC-803 cells were used as the subjects and were divided into sh-NC group, sh-LincRNA-p21 group and AG490+sh-LincRNA-p21 group. The MGC-803 cells in sh-NC group were infected with sh-NC by lentivirus; the MGC-803 cells in sh-LincRNA-p21 group were infected with sh-LincRNA-p21 by lentivirus; the MGC-803 cells in AG490+sh-LincRNA-p21 group were infected with sh-LincRNA-p21 by lentivirus, and then treated with 10 μg·L-1 AG490. The percentages of 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) incorporation of the MGC-803 cells in various groups were detected by EdU incorporation assay. The viabilities of MGC-803 cells in various groups were measured by CCK-8 assay. The number of invasion and migration of MGC-803 cells in various groups was detected by Transwell assay. The expression levels of p-JAK1, p-STAT3 and p-STAT5 proeteins in the MGC-803 cells in sh-NC group and sh-LincRNA-p21 group were detected by Western blotting method. The MGC-803 cells from sh-NC group and sh-LincRNA-p21 group were subcutaneouly transplanted into the neck of the BALB/c nude mice, then the volumes and weights of the tumors of the mice were measured. Results: Compared with adjacent tissue, the expression level of LincRNA-p21 mRNA in gastric cancer tissue was significantly decreased (P<0.01); compared with the GES-1 cells, the expression levels of LincRNA-p21 mRNA in the MGC-803, MKN-45 and SGC-790 cells were significantly decreased (P<0.01).Compared with sh-NC group, the percentage of EdU incorporation, the cell viability, the number of migration and invasion cells, the expression levels of p-JAK1, p-STAT3 and p-STAT5 proteins in the MGC-803 cells in sh-LincRNA-p21 group were significantly increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with sh-LincRNA-p21 group, the cell viability and the number of migration and invasion of the MGC-803 cells in AG490+sh-LincRNA-p21 group were significantly decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01).The results of the tumorigenesis of nude mice showed that compared with sh-NC group, the volume and weight of the tumor of the mice in sh-LincRNA-p21 group were significantly increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion: LincRNA-p21 knockdown can significantly promote the growth and metastasis of gastric cancer cells, and this promotion may be related to promoting the activity of JAK-STAT signaling pathway.

Key words: LincRNA-p21, stomach neoplasms, JAK-STAT signaling pathway, cell proliferation, cell migration, cell invasion

CLC Number: 

  • R735.2