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. 2018;50(2):694-705.
doi: 10.1159/000494236. Epub 2018 Oct 11.

Downregulation of NGAL is Required for the Inhibition of Proliferation and the Promotion of Apoptosis of Human Gastric Cancer MGC-803 Cells

Ming-Yang Han  1 , Jie-Wei Nie  1 , Yuan-Yuan Li  2 , Yuan-Zeng Zhu  1 , Gang Wu  1
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Downregulation of NGAL is Required for the Inhibition of Proliferation and the Promotion of Apoptosis of Human Gastric Cancer MGC-803 Cells

Ming-Yang Han et al. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018.
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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Cell Physiol Biochem. 2021;55(5):673. doi: 10.33594/000000463. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2021. PMID: 34727447 No abstract available.

Abstract

Background/aims: Gastric cancer is considered as a common malignancy with a poor prognosis as well as unsatisfactory treatment. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has been reported to affect multiple aspects of human tumor, including gastric cancer. This study aims to explore the effects of NGAL gene silencing on the proliferation as well as apoptosis of human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells.

Methods: This study included 87 patients with gastric cancer. MGC-803 cells were collected and mainly treated with siRNA against NGAL and recombinant NGAL plasmid. The expression of NGAL mRNA and the expressions of NGAL protein and apoptosis-related proteins were determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blot analysis, respectively. Cell cycle and apoptosis were tested by flow cytometry, and cell proliferation was detected by water soluble tetrazolium-1 (WST-1) assay. The effect of NGAL gene silencing on tumorigenicity of MGC-803 cells in vivo was detected through establishment of xenograft in nude mice.

Results: NGAL was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues. The protein and mRNA expressions of NGAL gene in MGC-803 cells treated with NGAL-siRNA were obviously reduced, and the amount of cells in G0/G1 phase was increased. Moreover, MGC-803 cells treated with NGAL-siRNA exhibited inhibited proliferation, enhanced apoptosis, decreased expressions of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) as well as B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) and increased expressions of cysteine-aspartic acid specific protease-9 (caspase-9) and Bcl2-associated X (Bax), as well as repressed tumorigenicity in vivo.

Conclusion: NGAL gene silencing inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of MGC-803 cells, which can provide a novel theory for treatment of gastric cancer.

Keywords: Apoptosis; Gastric cancer; Gene silencing; Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; Proliferation.

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