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Archive > Volume 27 Issue 2 > 2020,27(2):156-160. DOI:10.3872/j.issn.1007-385X.2020.02.009 Prev Next
Clinical Research
Notch4 affects migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells by regulating activated transcription factor 2 and its possible mechanism
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Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the effect of Notch4 regulatingATF2 (activating transcription factor 2) on the invasion and migration of pancreatic cancer (PC) cells and its possible mechanism. Methods:Atotal of 60 pairs of PC tissues and corresponding para-cancerous tissues that surgically resected at Taizhou University Hospital during February 2015 and July 2019 were collected for this study. The expression of Notch4 was detected by immunohistochemistry. siRNA technology was used to knock down Notch4 gene expression in PC cell lines (MiaPaCa-2 and PANC-1). Transwell assay was used to analyze the effect of Notch4 knockdown on cell invasion and migration. qPCR and Western blotting (WB) were used to detect the effects of Notch4 knockdown on mRNA and protein expressions of Notch4 and ATF2. Results: Compared with para-cancerous tissues, the expression of Notch4 in PC tissues significantly higher (P<0.01). After Notch4 siRNA transfection, the mRNA and protein expressions of Notch4 and ATF2 in MiaPaCa-2 and PANC-1 cells significantly decreased (all P<0.01). Compared with Control siRNA group, the migration and invasion ability of PC cells in Notch4 siRNA groupsignificantlyreduced(allP<0.01).Conclusion:Notch4ishighlyexpressedinPCtissues.Knockdown of Notch4 can down-regulate the expression ofATF2 at the transcriptional level, thereby inhibiting the invasion and migration ability of PC cells.
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Project supported by the Medical and Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province (No.2019RC314), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No.LY16H160033), and the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China (No.201910350008)
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