Silencing of survivin gene enhances chemosensitivity of human tongue cancer cell line Tca8113 to cisplatin / 中华口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effects of survivin short hairpin RNA (shRNA) on survivin expression, cell apoptosis, and chemosensitivity of human tongue cancer cell Tca8113 to cisplatin.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Survivin-directed shRNA plasmid vector was delivered into Tca8113 cells with lipofectamine(TM) 2000 reagent. Survivin expression was detected with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. Flow cytometry was used to examine cell apoptosis, and the sensitivity to anticancer agents was evaluated by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After survivin shRNA vector transfection in Tca8113 cells, the expression of mRNA/protein declined significantly, and the apoptotic rate increased in time-dependent manner up to 37.9% at 48 hours. RNAi-mediated survivin reduction selectively inhibited growth and enhanced chemosensitivity of cisplatin but not of 5-fluorouracil.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Survivin shRNA could inhibit the expression of survivin mRNA and it's protein and enhance the chemosensitivity of cisplatin.</p>