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Objective:To probe into Rab25 Gene’s Effect on TGF-β inhibition of proliferation, invasion and epithelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells and explore its molecular mechanism.Methods:The experiment was divided into three groups: control group,TGF-β Group and si-Rab25 group. TGF-β induced MDA-MB-231 cell model of EMT was built. CCK-8 assay was used to detect cell proliferation. Transwell assay was used to detect the ability of cell invasion and migration.Western blot was used to detect the changes of related proteins in each group.Results:After stimulating MDA-MB-231 cells with TGF-β, Rab25 gene was highly expressed. Compared with TGF-β group (57.48±%3.62%), the migration ability and invasion ability of cells in si-Rab25 group (33.49%±2.93%) decreased by 41.7%, with a significant difference ( P<0.05). Compared with TGF-β group (153.21%±4.17%), the proliferation ability of cells in si-Rab25 group (115.32%±5.69%) decreased by 24.73%, with a significant difference ( P<0.05). The expression of MDA-MB-231 fine EMT related protein in si-Rab25 group was significantly different from that in TGF-β group ( P<0.05). The expression of p-AKT and Snail protein in si-Rab25 group was significantly lower than that in TGF-β group ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Rab25 gene is highly expressed in MDA-MB-231 cells. Silencing Rab25 gene can activate AKT signal pathway, inhibit Snail protein expression, regulate EMT related protein expression, and inhibit EMT transformation.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of Snail in bladder urothelial carcinoma and evaluate its relationship with E-cadherin and a subset of T cell groups.MethodsImmunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of Snail and E-cadherin proteins in tissue from 156 cases of bladder urothelial carcinoma and 80 cases of the para-cancerous mucosa. The proteins expression status was analyzed with clinico-pathological data. Meanwhile, correlations with Snail and CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+ were analyzed.ResultsThe positive rate of Snail in bladder urothelial carcinoma was 65.4％ , which was significantly higher than that in para-cancerous mucosa (48.8％). The expression of Snail was significantly correlated with the clinical stage, pathological grade, tumor quantity, distant metastasis and tumor recurrence.There was negative correlation between the expression of Snail and E-cadherin in bladder urothelial carcinoma. Positive expression of Snail had a negative correlation with the number of CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ , whereas it had no significant correlation with the number of CD8+.ConclusionsBy inhibition of the E-cadherin expression and inducing local immunosuppression, Snail might play an important role in the process of the invasion and metastasis of bladder urothelial carcinoma.