Effects of miR-16 on proliferation and apoptosis of BEL-7402 hepatocellular carcinoma cells[J]. China Oncology, 2018, 28(1): 38-42. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2018.01.005.
Effects of miR-16 on proliferation and apoptosis of BEL-7402 hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Background and purpose: The miR-16 and miR-15a gene complexes are located within the intron of the DLEU2 gene in the human 13q14 region and are currently recognized as tumor suppressor genes. The deletion of this gene region is associated with a variety of solid tumors. miR-16 can promote tumor cell apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of miR-16 on the proliferation and apoptosis of BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells. Metho
ds: BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells were divided into miR-16 infection group (the plasmid is expressed by the addition of the LV-hsa-miR-16-1 lentivirus) and negative control group which was infected with miR-16 lentivirus (the negative control virus CON220 was added). The intensity of green fluorescence was observed using an inverted fluorescence microscope. Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) was used to detect the proliferation of BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells. In addition
flow cytometry was performed to detect the influence of miR-16 on cell cycle and apoptosis of BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells. Results: What we found is that
compared to the negative control group
the infected cells showed an obvious decrease in the capacity of cell proliferation. The percentage of G
1
phase cells in the BEL-7402 cell cycle was reduced apparently
whereas the S and G
2
/M phase cells significantly increased (P0.05). miR-16 virus had a very significant effect on the apoptosis of BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells. Conclusion: miR-16 suppresses the proliferation capacity of BEL-7402 hepatocarcinoma cells. miR-16 is expected to be a new target for targeted liver cancer therapy.