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  • Title: [Effects of hTERT RNAi on apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells induced by TRAIL].
    Author: Zhang RG, Fang DC, Luo YH, Guo LP.
    Journal: Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi; 2006 Jun; 14(6):435-40. PubMed ID: 16792868.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) RNA interference (RNAi) on biological characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines HepG2 and SMMC-7721 and on apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). METHODS: Small hairpin hTERT (shTERT) sequence was identified by PCR method; hTERT expressions, morphological features, cell proliferation and replicative senescence were respectively determined using RT-PCR, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, growth curve and beta-galactosidase (b-Gal) staining; cell cycle and apoptosis were identified using flow cytometry after propidium iodide (PI) staining and annexin V/PI double staining. RESULTS: shRNA were found in 6/8 HepG2 and 6/6 SMMC-7721 cell clones transformed by the recombined plasmid pSilencer 3.1-H1 neo-shTERT. The interference rates of hTERT on HepG2 and SMMC-7721 were 100% and 43.3% respectively. Cells in G2-M phases increased from 7.1% to 10.6% and from 6.9% to 7.9% respectively; and the percentage of replicative senenscence cells increased from 0 to 20.4% and from 3.6% to 10.0% respectively. The nucleus/cytoplasm ratios of the cells were obviously decreased after hTERT RNAi treatment. Moreover, apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells and apoptosis induced by TRAIL were strikingly increased by hTERT RNAi (P < 0.05). For example, apoptosis rates were increased from 3.5% to 5.2% in HepG2 cells and from 4.8% to 7.9% in SMMC-7721 cells after hTERT RNAi treatment. Apoptosis rates were increased from 5.3% to 10.4% in HepG 2 cells and from 13.9% to 77.2% in SMMC-7721 cells after being treated by 100 ng/ml TRAIL for 24 h. However, there were no remarkable changes between control cells and untransformed cells. CONCLUSION: hTERT RNAi not only has a significant effect on biological characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma cells, but also obviously can increase cell apoptosis induced by TRAIL.
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