Expression of gC1qR in cervical cancer and its effects on the biological behaviors of human cervical cancer cells / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

[Abstract ] Objective Globular C1q receptor (gC1qR), a highly acidic receptor protein, is expressed in almost all mamma-lian cells in addition to exoerythrocytic, which can mediate a variety of biological responses.The study aimed to explore gC1qR expres-sion in cervical cancer and itd effects on the biological behaviors of human cervical cancer cells. Methods Retrospective analysis was made on 100 cervical tissue samples of patients in Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital from August 2014 to April 2015, in-cluding 50 cervicitis tissues and 50 cervical cancer tissues.Immunohistochemical SP method was applied in the research of cervical cancer cell line C33a to detect the expression and the location of gC1qR in cervical tissues.Real-time PCR and Western blot analysis were respectively applied to detect the levels of gC1qR mRNA and gC1qR protein expression.Besides, the abilities of C33a cells mi-gration, invasion and apoptosis were respectively assessed by in vitro cell wound healing experiment, transwell assay and flow cytome-try. Results The expression of gC1qR gene was dramatically decreased in the group of cervical cancer tissues when compared with chronic cervictis group (2.18 ±0.37 vs 7.23 ±0.69, 0.27 ±0.09 vs 0.74 ±0.02, P cal cells by transmission electron microscope. Conclusion gC1qR expression might play an important role in inhibiting the invasion and migration of cervical cancer cells and inducing the apoptosis of cervical carcinoma cells, which provides new clues and potential targets for the treatment of cervical cancer in further research.