通过基因转染技术培育caveolin—1过表达乳癌HS578T耐药细胞株Hs578T/Dox+cav-1和空载体细胞株Hs578T/Dox+vector,探讨caveolin-1蛋白对耐药肿瘤细胞体内和体外侵袭转移能力的影响.由于caveolin.1表达的增加,Hs578T/Dox+cav-1细胞形态变为长梭形,伪足更长而伸展,其粘附能力高于空载体Hs578T/Dox+vector细胞株((0.897±0.163)vs(0.633±0.053),P〈O.01).侵袭小室试验发现,Hs578T/Dox+cav-1侵袭转移能力增强,培养6h迁徙进入微孔膜的细胞数比Hs578T/Dox+vector细胞株明显增多((107.8±10.9)vs(80.8±8.07),P〈0.01),侵袭破坏matrigel基质蛋白胶进入膜内的细胞数也明显增多((68.8±9.88)Fs(25.6±5.41),P〈O.01).悬浮培养的Hs578T/Dox+cav.1细胞比Hs578T/Dox+vector细胞更容易聚集,形成相对较致密的细胞团块,24h检测流式细胞凋亡指数下降((8.79±1.54)%Fs(16.42±1.42)%,P〈0.01).这表明其具有更强的抗失巢凋亡和继续生存的能力,为循环转移的肿瘤细胞定植前取了更多时间.Hs578T/Dox+vector细胞在裸鼠皮下种植成瘤试验中不能成瘤,而Hs578T/Dox+cav-1细胞接种15只裸鼠,全部形成肿瘤,平均直径(0.8±0.45)cm.发现一只成瘤裸鼠双肺可见瘤样肿块转移.HE病理组织染色见肿瘤细胞弥漫性分布,细胞核异型性明显.上述结果表明,caveolin-1对Hs578T耐药肿瘤细胞侵袭、转移和成瘤性具有明显的促进作用.
To investigate the effect of caveolin-1 on invasion and metastasis of human breast carcinoma Hs578T doxorubicin-resistanted cells, Hs578T/Dox+cav-1 was as experiment group which up-regulated caveolin-1 by introducing the pCI-neo caveolin-1 gene, and Hs578T/Dox +vector introduced the pCI-neo vector was as controlled group. It was revealed that caveolin-1 in Hs578T/Dox cells is an important factor for mediating filopodia formation, which may enhance the invasive of cells. Hs578T/Dox+cav-1 cell formed long and abundant pseudopodia and only few filopodia were detectable in Hs578T/Dox +vector cells. It was shown that adhesive capability of Hs578T/Dox cells enhanced with up-regulated expression of caveolin-1 protein(P〈0.01). Introducing the caveolin-1 gene into Hs578T/Dox cells enhanced their migration and invasive capability, as revealed by an in vitro chamber invasion assay(P〈0.01). Apoptosis index of Hs578T/Dox+cav-1 group resulting from loss of cell-matrix interactions decreased comparing Hs578T/Dox+vector group(P〈0.01). Caveolin-1 inhibited anoikis of Hs578T/Dox cells and that allowed survival of cancer cells during systemic circulation, thereby facilitating secondary tumor formation in distant organs. The efficacy in vivo of caveolin-1 was tested using cells xenografted into nude mice. Each mouse in both fifteen-mice groups were hypodermically injected with equivalent doses of 5 ×10^5 cells from Hs578T/Dox +cav-1 or Hs578T/Dox +vector. Tumors in Hs578T/Dox +cav-1 group were all formed after injection followed for 4 weeks, while no one in Hs578T/Dox+vector group. Lung metastasis was found in one mouse injected Hs578T/Dox+cav-1 cells. In conclusion, up-regulated caveolin-1 level in Hs578T doxorubicin-resistanted cells markedly elevates their capacity to tumor invasion and metastasis.