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  • Title: Effect of RNAi-mediated LRIG3 gene silencing on proliferation of glioma GL15 cells and expression of PCNA and Ki-67.
    Author: Cai MJ, Xie RF, Han L, Chen RD, Wang BF, Ye F, Guo DS, Lei T.
    Journal: Ai Zheng; 2009 Jan; 28(1):1-4. PubMed ID: 19448407.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Leucine-rich repeats and immunoglobin-like domains 3 (LRIG3), a member of LRIG gene family, is down-regulated in various human cancers, but its functions are still unclear. This study was to explore the effect of RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated LRIG3 gene silencing on the proliferation of glioma GL15 cells and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67, and investigate possible mechanisms. METHODS: The plasmids pGenesil2-LRIG3-shRNA1 and pGenesil2-LRIG3-shRNA2 which containing U6 promoter and LRIG3-specific short hairpin RNA (shRNA) and the plasmid pGenesil2-negative-shRNA containing unspecific shRNA were transfected into GL15 cells. Stable cell clones were selected by G418. The mRNA and protein levels of LRIG3 were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. Cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay. The expression of PCNA and Ki-67 in GL15 cells were examined by SABC immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Compared with those in control cells, the mRNA levels of LRIG3 transcripts were reduced by 52.4% and 63.8% in shRNA1- and shRNA2-transfected cells, respectively; its protein levels were reduced by 50.9% and 67.4%, respectively. Cell proliferation was enhanced by LRIG3 shRNA transfection. The positive rate of PCNA was significantly higher in shRNA1- and shRNA2-transfected cells than in control cells [(72.13 +/- 5.64)% and (81.93 +/- 5.23)% vs. (35.40 +/- 5.69)%, p < 0.01]. The positive rate of Ki-67 was also significantly higher in shRNA1- and shRNA2-transfected cells than in control cells [(82.27 +/- 5.50)% and (88.67 +/- 3.52)% vs. (49.73 +/- 5.73)%, p < 0.01]. PCNA expression was positively correlated to Ki-67 expression (r =0.932, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Down-regulating LRIG3 gene expression can improve the proliferation of glioma GL15 cells.
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