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GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 17134-17144Publisher
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DOI: 10.4238/2015.December.16.13
Keywords
MACC1; SKOV-3/DDP; ERK; Cisplatin sensitivity
Funding
- Key Technology Research Project of Henan Province [122102310545]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between MACC1 expression and resistance to cisplatin (DDP) in DDP-resistant human epithelial ovarian cancer SKOV-3 cells (SKOV-3/DDP). MACC1 mRNA and protein expression levels in SKOV-3 and SKOV-3/DDP cells were detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and western blot. The SKOV-3/DDP cells were divided into 5 groups: control, shVect (transfected with p-super-EGFP-1 plasmid), pshMACC1 (transfected with psuper-EGFP-shMACC1 plasmid), PD (pretreated with 20 mu M PD98059), and combined (transfected with psuper-EGFP-shMACC1 plasmid and pretreated with 20 mu M PD98059) groups. Cisplatin sensitivity and cell apoptosis in SKOV-3/DDP cells were assayed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and flow cytometry. ERK1/2 and p-ERK1/2 expression was determined by western blot. MACC1 mRNA and protein expression levels in SKOV-3/DDP cells were 2.66 +/- 0.54 and 1.95 +/- 0.45 times those seen in SKOV-3 cells (P < 0.05). Cisplatin sensitivity of pshMACC1 group was much higher than that in the control and shVect groups. Cisplatin-induced cell apoptosis rates increased significantly in the pshMACC1, PD, and combined groups, compared to the control and shVect groups. Moreover, the apoptosis rate was the highest in the combined group among the 5 groups (IC50 = 20.836 +/- 0.629 mu M). p-ERK1/2 expression decreased significantly in the pshMACC1, PD, and combined groups (this decrease was the most obvious in the combined group). In conclusion, downregulation of MACC1 expression could enhance cisplatin sensitivity and decrease drug resistance in SKOV3/DDP cells.
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