Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2016, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 227-230.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2016.03.014

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The significance and expression of caveolin-1 and E-cadherin in esophageal carcinoma cell line TE1

CAI Xiaoman, CHEN Suzuan, YU Jing, LIU Zhaohui, WU Ruinuan, TANG Shengxin, GUO Guanghua   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2015-12-07 Revised:2016-04-10 Online:2016-05-31 Published:2016-05-31

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To detect the expression of Caveolin-1(Cav-1) and E-cadherin(E-cad) in esophageal carcinoma TE1 cell line and to explore the involvement of Cav-1 in metastasis of esophageal carcinoma. METHODS:Small interfering RNAs Cav-1 siRNA1 and Cav-1 siRNA2 which targeted Cav-1 and negative control siRNA were individually transfected into esophageal carcinoma TE1 cell line. Non-transfected cells were used as blank control. Expressions of Cav-1 and E-cad were detected in cell extracts using Western blot. Migration and invasion ability of cells were evaluated using the Transwell assay. RESULTS:The Western blot analysis showed that Cav-1 siRNAs effectively suppressed the expression of Cav-1 and up-regulated the expression of E-cad in TE1 cells. The transwell assay showed that the migration and invasion ability of Cav-1 siRNA treated group were significantly weakened compared with the blank control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:Cav-1 may affect metastasis of esophageal carcinoma by up-regulating the expression of E-cad.

Key words: caveolin-1, E-cadherin, esophageal carcinoma, TE1 cell line

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