PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2016, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 123-127.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2016.02.006

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The effect of EZH2 overexpression on acquired drug resistance in MCF-7 cells

ZHAO Ling, HE Jinqi, BAI Shuping, GUO Li, WANG Xiaohong   

  1. Department of Medical Oncology,The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150040,China
  • Received:2016-01-25 Online:2016-04-28 Published:2016-04-28

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of EZH2 overexpression on acquired drug resistance in MCF-7 cells.Methods The relative expressions of EZH2 mRNA and protein of MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR were detected respectively by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR(RTFQPCR)and Western-blot.After EZH2 shRNA and EZH2 shRNA-scramble plasmid vectors with reporter gene EGFP were transfected into MCF-7/ADR cells,the stable cell line was screened by G4l8.RTFQPCR was used to validate whether the EZH2 mRNA in EZH2 shRNA group was supressed.The differences of the effect of adriamycin on cell proliferation were evaluated among EZH2 shRNA goup,EZH2 shRNA-scramble group and negative control groups using WST-1 assays.Results The EZH2 mRNA and protein expression levels in MCF-7/ADR cells were 2.52±1.523 and 1.58±0.58 folds of those in MCF-7cells.The differences were significant(P<0.05).After the EZH2 shRNA plasmid was stably expressed in MCF-7/ADR cells,the expressions of EZH2 mRNA were decreased by 84%(P<0.05)and the cell proliferation was decreased by 25% after adriamycin(P<0.05),However there were no significant changes of cell proliferation in EZH2 shRNA-scramble group and negative control groups after adriamycin.Conclusion EZH2 was overexpressed in MCF-7/ADR cells compared with MCF-7 cells.Silencing EZH2 may effectively reverse the resistance of MCF-7/ADR cells to adriamycin.

Key words: EZH2, MCF-7/ADR, Adriamycin resistance

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