目的探讨肺癌A549细胞上皮-间质转化(EMT)对微小RNA(miRNA)表达的影响。方法采用不同浓度的转化生长因子B1(TGF-131)诱导肺癌A549细胞发生EMT,应用相差显微镜观察A549细胞形态学变化,采用Westernblot法检测EMT相关标记蛋白表达的变化,应用miRNA芯片检测EMT前后miRNA表达的变化,应用荧光定量逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT—PCT)验证芯片结果的可靠性。结果肺癌A549细胞发生EMT后,细胞形态拉长,细胞间连接变得疏松。肺癌3.549细胞发生EMT后,上皮标记蛋白E-钙黏附素(E-cadherin)表达降低,而间质标记波形蛋白(Vimentin)和纤维连接蛋白(Fibronectin)表达上调。miRNA芯片获得51个miRNA在诱导前后有统计学意义(P〈0.05),且表达差异在2倍以上。18个表达上调,33个表达下调,其中mir-33a和mir-193a-3p的表达经诱导后分别下调了92.8%和86.5%;荧光定量RT-PCR检测mir-33a和mir-193a-3p的表达经诱导后分别下调了73.1%和56.6%。结论EMT可影响肺癌A549细胞中miRNA的表达变化,miRNA可能通过EMT调节肺癌侵袭转移。
Objective To investigate the effect of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) on the expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in lung cancer A549 cells. Methods Transforming growth factor beta- 1 (TGF-IM) in different concentrations was used to induce EMT in lung cancer A549 cells. The morphological changes were observed under phase-contrast microscope. The changes of EMT-related proteins were analyzed by Western blot. The changes of miRNAs expression after EMT were detected by microRNA (miRNA) array. Real time quantitative RT-PCR was applied to verify the reliability of miRNA array results. Results The lung cancer A549 cells became elongated and the cell-cell junction became loose after EMT. The epithelial protein marker E-cadherin was down-regulated and the mesenehymal protein markers vimentin and fibroneetin up-regulated. There were 51 miRNAs showing statistically significant changes of expression more than double (P 〈0.05) after EMT. Among them 18 were up-regulated and 33 down-regulated. Of them, mir-33a was down-regulated by 92.8% and mir-193a-3p by 86.5%. Real time quantitative RT-PCR showed that mir-33a was down-regulated by 73.1% and mir-193a-3p by 56.6%. Conclusion Epithelialmesenchymal transition has effects on the expression of miRNAs, and miRNAs may regulate the invasion and metastasis of lung cancer cells via EMT.