目的:采用体外共培养技术模拟骨微环境,研究人骨形态发生蛋白9(bone morphogenetic protein9,BMP9)对人高骨转移性乳腺癌MDA-MB-231细胞迁移和凋亡的影响,并初步探讨其作用机制。方法:将重组腺病毒AdBMP9导入MDA-MB-231细胞中,与骨髓基质细胞HS-5在Transwell共培养体系中培养3d。然后,采用划痕愈合实验、Transwell小室和FCM法检测MDA-MB-231细胞迁移和凋亡的变化;RT-PCR法检测共培养的2种细胞中基质细胞衍生因子-1(stromal cell derived factor-1,SDF-1)、白细胞介素-6(interleukin6,IL-6)和单核细胞趋化蛋白-1(monocyte chemoattractant protein-1,MCP-1)等转移相关因子的水平;细胞免疫荧光法检测MDA-MB-231细胞中趋化因子受体CXCR4的表达;蛋白质印迹法检测2种细胞中SDF-1/CXCR4-PI3K信号通路关键分子的表达水平变化。结果:在模拟骨微环境的共培养体系中过表达BMP9后,乳腺癌MDA-MB-231细胞的迁移受到明显抑制(P〈0.05),而肿瘤细胞凋亡增加(P〈0.001)。过表达BMP9后,骨髓基质HS-5细胞中转移相关因子SDF-1、IL-6和MCP-1表达显著下调(P〈0.05),但MDA-MB-231细胞中SDF-1表达水平无明显变化,IL-6和MCP-1的表达也明显下调。另外,MDA-MB-231细胞中本身CXCR4阳性,BMP9过表达对MDA-MB-231细胞中CXCR4表达无明显影响,但可以下调其配体SDF-1在HS-5细胞中的表达水平,且MDA-MB-231细胞中磷酸化的Akt(phosphorylated Akt,p-Akt)水平也被下调(P〈0.05)。结论:模拟骨微环境的共培养体系中,BMP9过表达可以调节乳腺癌细胞与骨髓基质细胞的相互作用,抑制乳腺癌MDA-MB-231细胞的迁移,并促进其凋亡,且该抑制作用可能与SDF-1/CXCR4-PI3K信号通路有关。
Objective: To investigate the effects of human BMP9 (bone morphogenetic protein 9) on migration and apoptosis of human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells in simulated bone microenvironment,and to explore its mechanism.Methods: MDA-MB-231 cells were infected with recombinant adenovirus AdBMP9 or AdGFP,then the cells were co-cultured with HS-5 bone marrow stromal cells for 3 d.The expression level of BMP9 was detected by RT (reverse transcription)-PCR and Western blotting.Woundhealing test,Transwell migration test and FCM (flow cytometry) were used to determine the changes of migration ability and apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 cells.Metastasis-related factors,including SDF-1 (stromal cell-derived factor-1),IL-6 (interleukin-6) and MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) in MDAMB-231 and HS-5 cells,were screened by RT-PCR.Immunofluorescence method was used to detect the expression of CXCR4 in MDA-MB-231 cells.Western blotting was carried out to detect the key molecules of SDF-1/CXCR4-PI3K signaling pathway in MDA-MB-231 and HS-5 cells.Results: In simulated bonemicroenvironment of co-culture system,BMP9 over-expression could significantly inhibit the migration (P〈0.05) and promote apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 cells (P〈0.001).Compared with the control groups,BMP9 over-expression decreased the expession levels of IL-6 and MCP-1 in HS-5 and MDA-MB-231 cells (P〈0.05).However,the level of SDF-1 was decreased only in HS-5 cells,but not changed in MDAMB-231 cells.The MDA-MB-231 cells expressed CXCR4 themselves,and BMP9 over-expression could not change the expression level of CXCR4.The levels of SDF-1 in HS-5 cells and p-Akt (phosphorylated Akt) in MDA-MB-231 cells were down-regulated after BMP9 over-expression (P〈0.05).Conclusion: BMP9 can inhibit the migration and promote the apoptosis of breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells in simulated bone microenvironment by regulating the cross-talk between MDA-MB-231 cells and HS-5 bone marrow mesenchymal cells.SDF-1/CXCR4-PI3K pathway may be