关键词: hepatocellular carcinoma, plasminogen activator inhibitor-2, invasive potential

Abstract:

To investigate the association between plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-2 expression and invasive potential in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells.
Methods The HCC cell lines with high, low, and non-metastatic potentials, namely MHCC97-H, MHCC97-L, and SMMC-7721 respectively, were cultured in vitro. Matrigel invasion assay and Western blot of PAI-2 protein expression were conducted.
Results The number of invaded cells in MHCC97-L was significantly higher than that in SMMC-7721 (P=0.005), whereas that in MHCC97-H was higher than in MHCC97-L (P=0.017) and SMMC-7721 (P=0.001). Contrarily, PAI-2 protein expression was gradually reducing from SMMC-7721, MHCC97-L, to MHCC97-H (MHCC97-H vs. MHCC97-L, P<0.001; MHCC97-H vs. SMMC-7721, P=0.001; MHCC97-L vs. SMMC-7721, P=0.001). The Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed a significant negative association between invaded cell number and PAI-2 expression (r=-0.892, P=0.001).
Conclusion PAI-2 expression may be negatively associated with the invasive potential of HCC.

Key words: hepatocellular carcinoma, plasminogen activator inhibitor-2, invasive potential

基金资助:

△Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, 2006AA02A308), the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China (2008ZX10002-016), and the Beijing Municipal Key Project (H030230280410).