Effects of siRNA-mediated nestin silencing on invasion and migration of human esophageal cancer ECA109 cells / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

AIM:ToinvestigatetheeffectofsmallinterferenceRNA(siRNA)-mediatedsilencingofnestin gene on the invasion and migration of human esophageal cancer ECA 109 cells and the possible mechanism .METHODS:The esophageal cell line ECA 109 was transfected with siRNA targeting nestin and the cell invasion and migration abilities were observed.The expression of nestin, MMP2, MMP9, VEGF, and total and nuclear β-catenin proteins in the transfec-ted cells were determined by real-time PCR and Western blot .RESULTS:Compared with control group , the expression of nestin at mRNA and protein levels was significantly down-regulated in the ECA109 cells transfected with nestin-siRNA, so was the expression of MMP2, MMP9, VEGF, and total and nuclear β-catenin proteins.The levels of invasion and migra-tion capacities of ECA 109 cells transfected with nestin-siRNA were lower than those in the cells transfected with control-siRNA.CONCLUSION:Knockdown of nestin expression significantly inhibits the invasion and migration of the esophage-al cancer cells , which may act via suppressing β-catenin translocation to the nucleus and influencing the expression of MMP2, MMP9 and VEGF.