Jia Qian,Gao Jian,Zhang Xiaoli,Xiang Ying,Deng Tao.Expression of cancer stem cell-associated markers in liver cancer cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(09):852-856.
Jia Qian,Gao Jian,Zhang Xiaoli,Xiang Ying,Deng Tao.Expression of cancer stem cell-associated markers in liver cancer cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(09):852-856.DOI:
Expression of cancer stem cell-associated markers in liver cancer cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B
Objective To explore the expression of cancer stem cell (CSC)-associated markers CD90
CD133
octamer 4 (Oct4) and ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 (ABCG2) in liver cancer cell lines HepG2 and Hep3B
and to preliminarily analyze the significance. Methods Liver CSCs were separated from the HepG2 and Hep3B cell lines by flow cytometry
and were cultured in serum-free medium to form spheres. The liver cancer cells were assigned as a control group. Cell proliferation capacity was examined by single-cell clone formation assay. Cell viability was detected by MTT assay after treated with doxorubicin. The mRNA and protein expression levels of CD90
CD133
Oct4 and ABCG2 were detected by real-time PCR and Western blotting
respectively. Results The single cell proliferation capacity of the liver CSCs was stronger than that of the liver cancer cells. The single-cell clone formation assay showed that the colony formation rate of the Hep3B cells was lower than that of the Hep3B CSCs after cultured for 14 d [8/27 (30%) vs 12/23 (52%)
P0.05]
and the colony formation rate of the HepG2 cells was also lower than that of the HepG2 CSCs [7/38 (18%) vs 9/26 (35%)
P0.05]. MTT assay showed that the cell viability significantly increased in the liver CSCs compared with that in the liver cancer cells after treated with doxorubicin for 48 h [HepG2 cells (38.17±6.92)% vs HepG2 CSCs (69.88±5.43)%
P0.05; Hep3B cells (50.16±4.89)% vs Hep3B CSCs (78.53±7.86)%
P0.05]. The Real-time PCR results showed that the mRNA expression levels of CD90
CD133
Oct4 and ABCG2 were significantly increased in the liver CSCs compared with those in the parental cells (P0.05). Western blotting results showed that the protein expression levels of Oct4 and ABCG2 significantly increased in the liver CSCs compared with those in the parental cells (P0.05). Conclusion The CSC-associated markers CD90
CD133
Oct4 and ABCG2 are highly expressed in liver CSCs
and the high expression of Oct4 and ABCG2 may be closely associated with the CSCs drug resistance to chemotherapy.
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