Abstract:Objective: To investigate the expression of the nuclear factor of activated T cells 2(NFAT2) in primary hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) tissues and its effect on the proliferation and apoptosis of HCC cells. Methods: Total protein was extracted from the cancer and adjacent noncancerous liver tissues from 40 HCC patients and the expression of NFAT2 protein was detected by Western blotting. NFAT2 overexpression plasmid was constructed and was transfected into HCC cell lines Huh7 and PLC. We used CCK8 assay and cell colony formation assay to evaluate the HCC cell proliferation, flow cytometry to evaluate HCC apoptosis and Western blotting to examine apoptosis related proteins. Results: The expression of NFAT2 in HCC tissues was significantly lower than that in the adjacent noncancerous liver tissues(P<0.05). After cells were transfected with NFAT2 plasmid, cell proliferation rate and colony formation number significantly decreased(P<0.05), but apoptosis rate significantly increased(P<0.01), the expression of the apoptosisrelated protein cleaved Caspase8 and cleaved Caspase3 was increased. Conclusion: NFAT2 expression in HCC tissues decreased significantly; overexpression of NFAT2 could reduce cell proliferation and promote cell apoptosis.
徐三荣, 束鹏浩, 张勇, 张进. NFAT2在原发性肝癌中的表达及对肝癌细胞增殖及凋亡的影响[J]. 江苏大学学报:医学版, 2017, 27(02): 98-102.
XU San-rong, SHU Peng-hao, ZHANG Yong, ZHANG Jin. Expression of NFAT2 in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effect on proliferation and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Journal of Jiangsu University(Medicine Edition), 2017, 27(02): 98-102.
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