Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 463-467.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2018.06.009

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Involvement of UBE2A in cisplatin-induced stress response in HeLa cells

WANG Yuqiang1, LI Hongjuan1, JIANG Tianliang1, CAO Yifei1, YANG Jun1,2   

  1. 1. Hangzhou Normal University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016;
    2. National Key Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2018-04-13 Revised:2018-10-29 Online:2018-11-30 Published:2018-11-30

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 A (UBE2A) in cisplatin-induced stress response in HeLa cells. METHODS: HeLa cells were transiently transfected with UBE2A-specific siRNA,qPCR was then used to measure the expression level of UBE2A mRNA,and cell viability was measured using the CCK-8 assay after cisplatin treatment. RESULTS: Two different transcripts for UBE2A were identified in HeLa cells:U-1 and U-2,in which U-2 lacks a partial sequence of exon 4 compared to U-1,and both were up-regulated by cisplatin treatment. Expression of the two transcripts could be inhibited by siRNA,with an inhibition ratio of 27.43% for U-1 and 15.85% for U-2 compared to the control group,respectively. The inhibition of their expression in HeLa cells resulted in decreased cell viability after cisplatin treatment,with a 14.46% decrease for U-1 and 19.20% for U-2 compared with the cisplatin treatment group,respectively. CONCLUSION: UBE2A might be involved in cisplatin-induced stress response, via inhibition of UBE2A expression and increased sensitivity to the cytotoxic effect of cisplatin.

Key words: UBE2A, siRNA, cisplatin, stress response

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