Zheng J, Yao Z
Department of General Surgery, Clinical College, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 400016, China.
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2000 Jan;22(1):55-7.
To study the effect of estradiol (E2) and tamoxifen (TAM) on the apoptosis regulatory genes (bax, bcl-2) and mdr-1 in MCF-7 cells.
Immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization were used to observe the changes in bax, bcl-2 and mdr-1 genes after treatment with E2 and TAM.
E2 had ability to increase the expression of bcl-2 and mdr-1 but TAM decrease the expression of both. Synthetic bax oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) was used as probe to perform in situ hybridization. It was shown that bax mRNA in MCF-7 cells was down-regulated by E2 and up-regulated by TAM. Significant correlation between bcl-2 and mdr-1 was observed after TAM treatment of MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05).
TAM regulates cell apoptosis and inhibits development of drug-resistance of MCF-7 breast cancer.
研究雌二醇(E2)和他莫昔芬(TAM)对MCF-7细胞凋亡调控基因(bax、bcl-2)及多药耐药基因1(mdr-1)的影响。
采用免疫组织化学、原位杂交技术观察E2和TAM处理后bax、bcl-2和mdr-1基因的变化。
E2能增加bcl-2和mdr-1的表达,而TAM则降低二者的表达。以合成的bax寡脱氧核苷酸(ODN)为探针进行原位杂交。结果显示,E2可下调MCF-7细胞中bax mRNA的表达,而TAM则上调其表达。TAM处理MCF-7细胞后,bcl-2与mdr-1之间存在显著相关性(P < 0.05)。
TAM可调节细胞凋亡并抑制MCF-7乳腺癌耐药性的发展。