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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2017, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 654-658.

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Expression of UTP23 gene in epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells and its effect on paclitaxel resistance to chemotherapy

TONG Yuehong 1, SHAO Mingjun 1, HU Min 1, HU Meixu 1, ZHANG Lin 1, ZHU Pengfei 2   

  1. 1 Gynecology of the Jinhua Central Hospital, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang,C hina; 2 Gynecology of Shangyu People's Hospital, Shangyu 312000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2016-12-22 Revised:2017-02-05 Online:2017-06-26 Published:2017-06-26

Abstract:

AIM: To investigate the expression of UTP23 gene in epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells and its effect on the resistance to paclitaxel chemotherapy.  METHODS: The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot were used to detect the expression level of UTP23, P-gp, MDR1 mRNA in epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells; specific UTP23-siRNA was used to transfect epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells; the expression of UTP23 gene after transfection was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot method; the effect of UTP23-iRNA on the growth of epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells and drug resistance were detected by MTT method. RESULTS:The expression level of UTP23 gene mRNA in the resistant group was significantly lower than that in the sensitive group (P<0.05); the expression levels of P-gp mRNA and MDR1 mRNA in the resistant group were significantly higher than those in the sensitive group (P<0.05); compared with the non transfection group and the negative control group, the levels of UTP23 mRNA in the transfection group were significantly increased (P<0.05); compared with the negative control group, there was no significant difference of the level of UTP23 mRNA and protein level in the non transfection group (P>0.05); compared with the non transfection group and the negative control group, the expression levels of P-gp mRNA and MDR1 mRNA were significantly decreased in the transfection group (P<0.05); compared with the negative control group, there was no significant difference of the expression level of P-gp and MDR1 in mRNA in the transfection group (P>0.05); Paclitaxel on UTP23-siRNA after transfection, the concentration of IC50 in epithelial ovarian cancer resistant cell in the transfection group was significantly higher than those of the non transfection group and negative control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:The expression level of UTP23 gene in epithelial ovarian cancer paclitaxel resistant cells is low; it may be involved in the resistance of paclitaxel cells to paclitaxel in epithelial ovarian cancer by indirectly regulating the expression of MDR1 and P-gp.

Key words: epithelial ovarian cancer, UTP23 gene, paclitaxel resistant cells, drug resistance

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