Abstract:
Objective:To study the effect of NF-κ Bp65on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in esophageal squa-mous cell carcinoma cell line EC9706. Methods:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line EC9706was transfected by chemical ly synthesized NF-κ Bp65-ASODN. RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry and flow cytomertry were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of NF-κ Bp65, E-cadherin and Vimentin in EC 9706before and after NF-κ Bp65-ASODN trans -fection. The morphological alterations of EC 9706cells were observed under inverted microscope and scarification test was used to detect the mobility of EC 9706cells before and after transfection. Results:After NF-κ Bp65-ASODN transfection, the mRNA (0.14± 0.06) and protein (immunocytochemistry: 11.33%±1.40%, flow cytomertry:11.78% ) expressions of NF-κ Bp65 in EC 9706 were significantly lower than those before transfection (mRNA: 0.45± 0.05; protein: immunocytochemistry: 17.17% ±1.66% , flow cytomertry: 15.76% ,P<0.05), the mRNA ( 0.36± 0.08) and protein (immunocytochemistry: 17.58% ± 1.86% , flow cytomertry: 14.98% ) expressions of E-cadherin in EC9706 cells were significantly higher than those before transfection (mRNA: 0.22± 0.06; protein: immunocytochemistry: 14.42%±1.63%, flow cytomertry: 12.22%, P<0.05) and the mRNA (0.75± 0.07) and protein (immunocytochemistry: 16.00%±1.41%, flow cytomertry: 12.90%) expressions of Vimentin were significantly lower than those before transfection (mRNA: 0.89± 0.09; protein: immunocytochemistry: 19.50± 0.89% , flow cytomertry: 17.76%,P<0.05). After NF-κ Bp65-ASODN transfection, the morphological alterations of EC 9706 cells oc-curred and the migration length ( 0.45± 0.08) was significantly shorter than that before transfection ( 0.81± 0.11, P<0.05). Conclusion: NF-κ Bp65may contribute to EMT in esophageal squamous cel l carcinoma. NF-κ Bp65-ASODN transfection can in -hibit EMT in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, up-regulate E-cadherin expression, down-regulate Vimentin expression and decrease cell mobility.