Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 269-274.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2020.04.004

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Effect of HMGB1 silencing by siRNA on radiosensitivity of esophageal carcinoma KYSE30 cells

YANG Xingxiao1, ZHANG Xueyuan2, ZOU Naiyi2, SHAN Bao'en3, MA Ming4, ZHU Shuchai2   

  1. 1. Department of Infection, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011;
    2. Department of Radiation Oncology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011;
    3. Research Centre, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011;
    4. Department of Laboratory, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, Hebei, China
  • Received:2019-05-21 Revised:2020-06-16 Online:2020-07-31 Published:2020-08-01

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of HMGB1 silencing by siRNA on cell proliferation, survival ability, and cell apoptosis of human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, KYSE30, after X-ray radiation. METHODS: There were three study groups. The HMGB1 siRNA group:siRNA based on the sequences of the HMGB1 mRNA were synthesized and were transfected into the cultured KYSE30 cells. The negative control group:a negative siRNA was synthesized and transfected. The blank control group:no transfection was conducted. Expression of HMGB1 at the mRNA and protein levels was determined using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and Western blot, respectively. The effect of HMGB1 knockdown on the proliferation,survival ability,cell apoptosis rate and the expression of cell apoptosis-related proteins of tumor cells were examined by MTS, clonal formation, flow cytometry and Western blot assays, respectively. RESULTS: Both mRNA and protein expression of HMGB1 were significantly reduced after silencing the HMGB1 gene (P < 0.01). MTS data demonstrated that HMGB1 knockdown,followed by irradiation,significantly inhibited the proliferation of KYSE30 cells compared with the negative control and the blank control groups (P < 0.05). Data from the clonal formation assay revealed that the values of D0 were 2.57 Gy,2.54 Gy,1.55 Gy; the values of Dq were 1.69 Gy,1.65 Gy,1.30 Gy;the values of SF2 were 0.27,0.27,0.13;the values of N were 1.93,1.91,2.31 in the blank control,negative control and HMGB1 siRNA groups,respectively (all P < 0.01). The apoptosis rate of tumor cells in the HMGB1 siRNA group after irradiation was markedly increased, followed by the downregulation of bcl-2 expression and the upregulation of bax, caspase-3 expression compared with negative control and blank control groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: SiRNA interference technology inhibited the expression of HMGB1 gene in KYSE30 cells,reduced the proliferation and viability ability of cells, induced cell apoptosis, and increased radiosensitivity after X-ray exposure, which may be associated with regulating the expression of bcl-2,bax and caspase-3.

Key words: high mobility group box 1, siRNA interference, irradiation, apoptosis, radiosensitivity

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