Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (04): 772-778.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20190405

• Research in basic medicine • Previous Articles    

Influence of miRNA-21 in radiosensitivity of breast cancer cells and its mechanism

XIN Rui1, LI Dong2, XU Huiying3, WANG Chunyu4, QU Danhua5, SUN Haifeng1   

  1. 1. Department of Radiology, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China;
    2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China;
    3. Department of Ultrasonography, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China;
    4. Department of Radiotherapy, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China;
    5. Department of Respiration and Critical Disease, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
  • Received:2018-12-04 Published:2019-08-02

Abstract: Objective:To observe the influence of miRNA-21 in the radiosensitivity of the breast cancer cells, and to preliminarily explore its mechanism. Methods:The breast cancer T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells were irradiated with 0.0,2.5,and 5.0 Gy γ-ray,respectively; CCK8 assay was used to detect the survival rates of T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells and flow cytometry was used to analyze the cell cycle; real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression levels of miRNA-21 in cells during 72 h. The T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells were transfected with anti-miRNA-21 sequence (anti-miRNA-21 group) and negative control sequence(negative control group), respectively; the untransfected cells were set as blank control group. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression levels of miRNA-21 in cells in various groups. After irradiation with 0.0 and 5.0 Gy γ-ray, CCK8 assay was used to detect the survival rates, and flow cytometry was used to analyze the cell cycle. Results:After irradiation with 5.0 Gy γ-ray, the survival rate of T47D cells was significantly higher than that of the MDA-MB-361 cells (P<0.05). Compared with 0.0 Gy radiation group, the percentages of T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells in G2/M phase in 5.0 Gy radiation group were significantly increased(P<0.05); the miRNA-21 expression levels in the T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells were significantly increased (P<0.05).The miRNA-21 expression levels in the T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells in anti-miRNA-21 group were lower than those in blank control group (P<0.05). After irradiation with 5.0 Gy γ-ray, the survival rates of T47D and MDA-MB-361 cells in anti-miRNA-21 group were significantly lower than those in blank control group(P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the percentage of T47D cells in G2/M phase in anti-miRNA-21 group was significantly lower than that in blank control group (P<0.05), and the percentage of T47D cells in subG1 phase was significantly higher than that in blank control group (P<0.05). Conclusion:The down-regulation of miRNA-21 may enhance the radiosensitivity of breast cancer cells, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of G2/M phase arrest.

Key words: miRNA-21, breast neoplasms, radiosensitivity, cell survival rate, G2/M phase arrest

CLC Number: 

  • R737.9