目的:研究生长抑制和DNA损伤诱导45G蛋白(growth arrest and DNA—damage—inducible 45 gamma,Gadd45G)对人结肠癌细胞增殖的影响,并初步探讨可能的作用机制。方法:构建携带有四环素可调控(tetracycline—on,Tet—on)基因表达系统的真核表达载体pTRIPZ—Gadd45G,采用慢病毒感染的方法转入人结肠癌细胞系HCT116和SW480,并在强力霉素(doxycycline,Dox)的诱导下过表达Gadd45G。分别采用MTT法、FCM和衰老相关半乳糖苷酶染色法检测Gadd45G过表达对结肠癌细胞增殖、凋亡、细胞周期和衰老的影响,实时荧光定量-PCR(real—timefluorogenicquantitative—PCR,RFQcPCR)和蛋白质印迹法检测Gadd45G过表达对衰老相关细胞因子白细胞介素-8(interleukin-8,IL-8)及细胞周期相关蛋白表达的影响。结果:在DOX诱导后,含Tet—on基因表达系统的结肠癌HCTll6和SW480细胞可稳定表达Gadd45G蛋白。过表达的Gadd45G能显著抑制结肠癌HCT116和SW480细胞的增殖(P〈0.001),且使细胞周期被阻滞在G,/M期。Gadd45G的表达可造成结肠癌细胞衰老(P〈0.001),但不能诱导细胞凋亡。在Gadd45G过表达抑制细胞增殖的过程中,IL-8 mRNA的表达水平明显提高,衰老标志物Y—H,A蛋白的表达水平明显升高,p53、p21/CDKN1a、p16/INK4a和Rb蛋白的表达水平并未发生明显变化。结论:应激蛋白Gadd45G过表达可通过诱导细胞衰老而抑制结肠癌细胞的增殖。
Objective: To investigate the effect of Gadd45G (growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 gamma) overexpression on cell proliferation of colon cancer cells and the possible related mechanism.Methods: To explore whether Gadd45G functions in regulating cell proliferation of colon cancer cells, a lentiviral Tet (tetracycline)-inducible expression system was used for ectopic Gadd45G expression in colon cancer HCT116 and SW480 cells. The effects of Gadd45G over-expression on cell proliferation, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis and cellular senescence were analyzed by MTT method, FCM (flow cytometry)and senescence-associated beta-galactosidase assay, respectively. The expression of senescenceassociated secrete phenotype IL-8 (interleukin 8) and cell cycle-regulators were measured by RFQ-PCR (real-time fluorogenic quantitative-PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. Results: After doxycycline induction, Gadd45G expression was validated in HCT116 and SW480 cells. Gadd45G overexpression significantly inhibited the proliferation of HCT116 and SW480 cells (P 〈 0.001), and resulted in cell cycle arrest at G2/M phage. Intriguingly, Gadd45G over-expression efficiently elicited cellular senescence (P 〈 0.001) but not apoptosis. Moreover, the protein levels of cell cycle regulators p53, p21/CDKN1a, p161NK4a and Rb were not significantly altered in the colon cancer cells upon Gadd45G induction,while the expressions of IL-8 mRNA and senescence marker ~'-H2A protein were significantly increased. Conclusion: The over-expression of stress sensor Gadd45G inhibits the proliferation of colon cancer cells through inducing cellular senescence.