The effect of regulated EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling axis on endothelial progenitor cells to promote their angiogenesis potency in hepatocellular carcinoma
YU Haitao1, GUO Pengyi2, XIE Xiaozai3, CHEN Gang3
1.Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing College, Jiaxing 314000, China; 2.Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Yinzhou District Second Hospital, Ningbo 315000, China; 3.Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325015, China.
YU Haitao,GUO Pengyi,XIE Xiaozai, et al. The effect of regulated EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling axis on endothelial progenitor cells to promote their angiogenesis potency in hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2019, 49(11): 791-796.
Abstract:Objective: To study the effect of regulated EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling pathways in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on their cell biological behavior and promotion of angiogenesis potency in hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: Different concentrations of doxycycline were used to regulate the EphA1 gene express in EPCs line EPCsEphA1/SiRNA-Tet in vitro and in vivo. Western blot was used to test the EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling pathway variation; CCK8 method, wound healing and cell invasion assay were used to test the changes in cell proliferation, migration and invasion ability; xenograft tumor growth curve and immunohistochemical staining of tumor microvascular were used to test their promote angiogenesis potency in hepatocellular carcinoma. T test was used to compare parameters between the groups. Results: In vitro assay it was showed that 10 μg/mL doxycycline could inhibit EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling pathway activity to the maximum extent. Compared with β-actin, the gray value of EphA1 and its ligand EphrinA1 protein expressions were 0.293±0.029 and 0.603±0.038 respectively, being statistically different (t=12.940, 4.864; P<0.001, 0.008) from Dox(-) group 0.943±0.041 and 0.960±0.062. The results of cell biological behavior showed that regulated EphA1 gene expression in EPCs had no effected on their proliferation ability. Compared with Dox(-) group, 10 μg/mL doxycycline regulation could inhibit EPCs’ motility and invasion ability (t=4.435, 2.467; P=0.002, 0.039) to the maximum extent. 100 μg/mL doxycycline induction in vitro could decrease to capacity EphA1 gene expression in EPCs in vivo. Compared with tumor volume (924.5±81.8) mm3 in Dox(-) group, the regulated group tumor volume (543.8±24.6) mm3 of nude mice was decreased at the end of sixth week (t=4.909, P=0.001) and compared with Dox(-) group (37.0±4.1), the microvascular density in regulated group 21.6±3.6 was significantly decreased (t=2.823, P=0.024). Conclusion: Different concentrations of doxycycline can precisely regulate the activity of EphA1/EphrinA1 signaling axis in EPCs in vitro and in vivo, thus controlling the promoted angiogenesis potency in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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