Effect of MACC1 inhibition by small interference RNA on Xuanwei lung cancer cell XWLC-05 angiogenesis and its mechanism / 军事医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of metastasis-associated in colon cancer 1 ( MACC1 ) inhibition by small interference RNA( siRNA) on the formation of tumor cells that promote blood vessels, and to explore its possible molecular mechanism.Methods Synthesized MACC1 specific siRNA was transfected into human lung cancer cell lines XWLC-05. Then, the inhibitory effect of siRNA on the protein level of MET, MEK/p-MEK, ERK/p-ERK, and AKT/p-AKT was detected using Western blotting while the change in VEGF, bFGF and IL-8 protein level was detected using ELISA method. Results Western blotting results indicated that the expression level of MET, p-MEK and p-ERK was significantly decreased in the XWLC-05 cells transfected by MACC1 specific siRNA compared with control and nonsense siRNA groups, but the expression of total protein MEK and ERK did not change.Furthermore, the level of AKT and phosphorylated protein was not affected.ELISA results suggested that the secretion level of VEGF, bFGF and IL-8 was significantly suppressed at 48 h or 72 h compared with control and nonsense siRNA groups.Conclusion MACC1 may reduce the secretion levels of VEGF, bFGF and IL-8 via HGF/c-Met and MEK/ERK signal transduction pathways, and regulate angiogenesis of lung cancer.