Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 1247-1253.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20200622

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Effect of lncRNA-CCAT2 on apoptosis of cervical cancer CaSki cells and its mechanism

Xia WANG,Yujun YAO,Jing TANG,Kaihui LI()   

  1. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics,Ezhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Hubei Province,Ezhou 436006,China
  • Received:2020-03-07 Online:2020-11-28 Published:2022-08-24
  • Contact: Kaihui LI E-mail:1500629087@qq.com

Abstract: Objective

To investigate the effect of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-colon cancer-associated transcript 2 (CCAT2) on the apoptosis of cervical cancer CaSki cells and its mechanism.

Methods

The human cervical cancer CaSki cells were divided into control group, over-expression CCAT2 group, sh-CCAT2 group, over-expression NC group and sh-NC group. The over-expression and interference vectors of CCAT2 were constructed and transfected into the cervical cancer CaSki cells in over-expression CCAT2 and sh-CCAT2 groups, respectively. The expression levels of CCAT2 mRNA in cervical cancer CaSki cells in various groups were detected by qRT-PCR method; MTT assay was used to detect the viability of cervical cancer CaSki cells in various groups;flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptotic rates of cervical cancer CaSki cells in various groups; qRT-PCR method was used to detect the expression levels of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) mRNA in cervical cancer CaSki cells in various groups;Western blotting method was used to detect the expression levels of PTEN, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K),phosphorylated PI3K( p-PI3K), protein kinase B (AKT),phosphorylated AKT (p-AKT), B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), and Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax) proteins in the cervical cancer CaSki cells in various groups.

Results

Compared with control group, the cell proliferation rate and the expression levels of CCAT2 mRNA and Bcl-2, p-PI3K,and p-AKT proteins in the cervical cancer CaSki cells in over-expression CCAT2 group were significantly increased(P<0.05), while the apoptotic rate and the expression levels of Bax protein, PTEN mRNA and protein were significantly decreased (P<0.05). Compared with control group, the proliferation rate of cervical cancer CaSki cells and the expression levels of CCAT2 mRNA and Bcl-2, p-PI3K, and p-AKT proteins in the cervical cancer CaSki cells in sh-CCAT2 group were significantly decreased (P<0.05); the apoptotic rate and the expression levels of Bax protein, PTEN mRNA and protein were significantly increased (P<0.05). Compared with control group, the cell proliferation rate, apoptotic rate, and expression levels of CCAT2 mRNA and PTEN, Bcl-2, Bax, p-PI3K,and p-AKT proteins in the cervical cancer CaSki cells in over-expression NC group and sh-NC group had no significant differences(P>0.05).

Conclusion

LncRNA-CCAT2 can inhibit the apoptosis of cervical cancer cells, and its mechanism may be related to the PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway.

Key words: colon cancer-associated transcript 2, cervical cancer, cell apoptosis, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, protein kinase B

CLC Number: 

  • R737.33