ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) infection on the expression of survivin and cell cycle in human tongue squamous carcinoma TSCCa cells. METHODS: The proliferation of TSCCa cells infected with NDV in vitro was evaluated by means of MTT assay, and survivin expression in the infected cells was detected using RT-PCR and Western blotting. Flow cytometry was performed to assess the changes in the cell apoptosis, cell cycle and cell proliferation index (PI) of the cells. RESULTS: NDV infection resulted in decreased survivin expression and increased apoptosis of TSCCa cells, with reduced cell percentage in G2/M and S phases and lowered PI of the cells, showing significant differences from those of the negative control cells (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: NDV infection can inhibit survivin expression, affect the cell cycle of TSCCa cells and induce their apoptosis.
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Apoptosis/physiology , Cell Cycle/physiology , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/biosynthesis , Newcastle disease virus/physiology , Blotting, Western , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/virology , Cell Line, Tumor , Host-Pathogen Interactions , Humans , Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Survivin , Tongue Neoplasms/metabolism , Tongue Neoplasms/pathology , Tongue Neoplasms/virologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of survivin antisense RNA on taxol-induced apoptosis in leukemia cell line HL-60. METHODS: A survivin antisense eukaryotic vector pcDNA3-SVVas was transferred into HL-60 cells by electroporation. The live fraction was determined by trypan blue dye exclusion assay. Cell counting and MTT assay were performed to evaluate the sensibility of the transfected cells to taxol. Apoptosis was detected by DNA gel electrophoresis and nuclear staining. RESULTS: Two positive cell clones, HL-60 SVVas and HL-60 neo were obtained. Compared to HL-60 and HL-60 neo cells, HL-60 SVVas cells growth was significantly reduced (P < 0.05). By MTT assay, the IC(50) of taxol to HL-60 SVVas, HL-60 neo and HL-60 cells were (14.4 +/- 1.87) ng/ml, (31.9 +/- 6.38) ng/ml and (32.0 +/- 3.52) ng/ml, respectively, the difference was significant by statistic analysis (P < 0.01). Agarose gel electrophoresis of genomic DNA from HL-60 SVVas showed typical DNA ladder, but DNA from HL-60 neo and HL-60 did not. Nuclei become condense in HL-60 SVVas cells. CONCLUSION: Survivin antisense RNA could enhance taxol-induced apoptosis in leukemia cell line HL-60. This may lay an experimental foundation for further research of gene therapy in leukemia.
