Objective To investigate the expression of essential meiotic endonuclease 1 (EME1) in liver cancer tissue and its effect on the biological behavior of hepatoma cells.Methods The TCGA database was used to identify the differentially expressed genes between liver cancer tissue and paracancerous tissue. Immunohistochemistry and Western Blot were used to measure the expression abundance of EME1 in liver cancer tissue. A lentivirus was constructed by short hairpin RNA, and BEL-7404 cells were transfected with the lentivirus to interfere with the expression of the EME1 gene; the cells were divided into silencing group (shEME1 group) and control group (shCtrl group). Quantitative real-time PCR and Western Blot were used to measure the mRNA and protein expression levels of EME1; Celigo Image Cytometer and MTT assay were used to measure cell proliferation rate; flow cytometry was used to observe cell cycle; Caspase 3/7 activity was used to measure cell apoptosis. The independent-samples t-test was used for comparison between two groups.Results TCGA results showed that the mRNA expression level of EME1 in liver cancer tissue was 18.9 times that in paracancerous tissue (t=5.00, P<0.001), and the protein expression level of EME1 in liver cancer tissue was 7.0 times (based on immunohistochemistry: 8.4±2.6 vs 1.2±0.4, t=7.55, P<0.001) or 2.5 times (based on Western Blot: 249.0%±35.5% vs 100.0%±77.8%, t=3.02, P<0.05) that in paracancerous tissue. After lentivirus infection, compared with the shCtrl group, the shEME1 group had an mRNA expression level of EME1 reduced by 29.9% (29.9%±0.9% vs 100.0%±3.6%, t=32.82, P<0.001), a protein expression level of EME1 reduced by 35.7% (35.7%±14.9% vs 100.0%±28.9%, t=3.42, P<0.05), and a level of cell counting reduced by 45.1% (4 053±167 vs 8 988±477, t=16.91, P<0.001), as well as a level of cell activity reduced to 66.9% (0.518±0.046 vs 0.774±0.022, t=8.74, P<0.001) and a level of colony forming ability reduced to 29.0% (75±6 vs 260±9, t=28.92, P<0.001). Compared with the shCtrl group, the shEME1 group had a significant increase in the proportion of cells in G1 phase (49.9% vs 44.0%, t=8.96, P<0.001) and significant reductions in the proportion of cells in G2/M phase (15.9% vs 17.9%, t=9.13, P<0.001) and S phase (34.2% vs 38.1%, t=6.91, P<0.001), while Caspase 3/7 activity was enhanced by 1.5 times (145.8%±5.9% vs 100.0%±2.3%, t=12.50, P<0.001).Conclusion EME1 is highly expressed in liver cancer tissue, and silencing the EME1 gene can inhibit the proliferation of hepatoma cells and promote cell apoptosis.
采用甘油三酯含量测定和油红O染色方法观察肝细胞脂肪变性模型是否构建成功。结果显示油红O染色后,显微镜下观察到L02细胞组细胞质中没有大的红色脂滴,在细胞膜上存在小而均匀的红色脂滴;PA诱导的L02细胞组中细胞质内存在明显的大而深红色的脂滴(图1);与0 h比较,L02细胞在PA诱导后不同时间段甘油三酯水平有不同程度的升高(图2),表明模型构建稳定,将构建成功的脂肪变性肝细胞定义为M组进行后续研究。CCK8实验检测显示,PA诱导L02细胞24 h后细胞活性明显下降(1.000±0.084 vs 0.668±0.022,t=-18.663,P<0.001)。
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Changes in the expression of key molecules of FXR-PI3K/AKT pathway and PCNA and Cyclin D1 proteins in steatosis hepatocytes after inhibition of FXR expression
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