scholarly journals Autophagy and autophagy dysfunction contribute to apoptosis in HepG2 cells exposed to nanosilica

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongbo Yu ◽  
Junchao Duan ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Yang Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Hepg2 Cells ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Icr Mice ◽  
Distinct Cell ◽  
Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

The present study investigated both autophagy and apoptosis in ICR mice and Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2), and then explored the interactive mechanism between these two distinct cell death modalities in HepG2 cells.

scholarly journals Effects of miR-489 targeting on SOX4 gene on proliferation and apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1292-1298
Author(s):  
Bing Wang ◽  
Wang-Xun Jin ◽  
Yun-Li Zhang ◽  
Ling Huang ◽  
Hai-Bin Ni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Flow Cytometry ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Liver Cancer ◽  
Hepg2 Cells ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors found all over the globe. Despite advances in surgery and chemotherapy, the five-year survival rate of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma is still low. It is known that the proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells is closely related to the occurrence, development and prog- nosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. The present work investigates the expression of microRNA-489 (miR-489) in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and its effect on the biological behavior of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Methods: The expression of miR-489 by fluorescence quantitative PCR detection in 30 patients with hepatoblastoma of liver cancer tissues and adjacent tissues was studied. Also, the determination of hepatoblastoma in four cell lines with differ- ent metastatic potential (HR8348, HCT116, HT29 and HEPG2) and the expression of miR-489 during miR-489 simulation process was studied. MTT assay, flow cytometry and Western blot analysis were performed to know the cell proliferation to detect the changes in cell cycle, apoptosis of cells, and SOX4 gene expression respectively. Results: RT-PCR results showed that the cells compared with pre-cancerous tissue, the expression level of miR-489 in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues than in adjacent tissue significantly decreased (P<0.05), and with liver cancer cell metastasis increased (P<0.05); analogue transfection constructed miR-489 overexpressing HEPG2 cell line by microRNA. MTT results showed that miR-489 can inhibit the proliferation of HEPG2 cells, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05); flow cytometry results showed that miR-489 mimics was transfected into HEPG2 cells at 48 hours had no significant effect on cell cycle distribution (P > 0.05); but miR-489 expression could induce apoptosis, compared with the control group, the apoptosis of miR-489 mimics was significantly increased and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, miR-489 can significantly inhibit the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma cells. The mechanism may be down regulated by the expression of SOX4 and inhibit cell proliferation. Further this study showed that the tumor cells SOX4 gene as a regulatory factor target the genes of miR-489 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; mircroRNA-489; SOX4; apoptosis.

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