目的:探讨磷脂酶D1(PLD1)在不同乳腺癌细胞中的表达情况以及雷公藤甲素(TP)对人乳腺癌细胞PLD1表达的影响.方法:体外培养人乳腺癌细胞MCF7、MDA-MB-231和小鼠乳腺癌细胞4T1,以人乳腺上皮细胞MCF10A为对照,采用半定量RT-PCR测定PLD1 mRNA表达水平,Western blot法测定PLD1蛋白表达水平,并分别测定不同浓度TP对PLD1及细胞周期素D1(cyclin D1)mRNA和蛋白的表达水平的影响.结果:半定量RT-PCR和Western blot分析均显示,PLD1 mRNA和蛋白在乳腺癌细胞MCF7、MDA-MB-231和4T1中的表达显著高于乳腺上皮细胞MCF10A,其中MDA-MB-231细胞PLD1蛋白表达水平约为MCF10A细胞的20倍.TP抑制人乳腺癌细胞MDA-MB-231增殖的同时下调PLD1和cyclin D1表达水平,并且呈一定浓度依赖性.结论:相比乳腺正常上皮细胞,PLD1 mRNA和蛋白在乳腺癌细胞中表达增高,TP抑制乳腺癌细胞增殖的作用机制与其抑制PLD1的表达有关.
AIM: To investigate the expression of phospholipase D1( PLD1) in different breast cancer cells and its role in the effects of traditional Chinese medicine triptolide( TP) on human breast cancer cells. METHODS: The expression levels of PLD1 mRNA and PLD1 protein in human breast epithelial cells and cancer cell lines were determined by RT-PCR and Western Blot.The effect of TP on cancer cell proliferation was examined by MTT assay in MDA-MB-231 cells. Meanwhile,PLD1 and cyclin D1 expression in triptolide-treated human breast cancer cells were also determined by RT-PCR and Western Blot. RESULTS:Expression levels of both PLD1 mRNA and protein were higher in breast cancer cells including MCF7,MDA-MB-231 and 4 T1 than those of normal breast epithelial cell( MCF10 A),with expression level of PLD1 protein in MDA-MB-231 cell roughly 20 times that of MCF10 A cells. Furthermore,expression of PLD1 and cyclin D1 reduced while MDA-MB-231 cell proliferation was inhibited by TP treatment. CONCLUSION: Higher expression of PLD1 in human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells is associated with its role in the development and progression of breast cancer. TP down-regulated PLD1 expression in the breast cancer cell line,which provides evidence for developing PLD1-targeted therapeutics for breast cancer with high expression of PLD1.