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Effects of CTHRC1 on human ovarian cancer cell metastasis and its mechanism

GUO Bi-ying, YAN Huan, ZHANG Shu   

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gynecology Oncology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
  • Online:2017-04-28 Published:2017-05-04
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China, 81672564

Abstract:

Objective · To investigate the role of collagen triple helix repeat containing-1 (CTHRC1) in ovarian cancer cell metastasis and the related mechanism. Methods · The expression of CTHRC1 in ovarian cancer cells was detected by Western blotting. The cell line which had high expression of CTHRC1 was transfected with a CTHRC1 specific shRNA, and the lenti-CTHRC1 was used to overexpress CTHRC1 in the cell line whose expression of CTHRC1 was very low. Then the expression of Slug and MMP-2 was assessed. Transwell assay was used to determine the migration and invasion capability of ovarian cancer cells after transfection. Results · The expression of CTHRC1 in HO8910 cells was the lowest, while the CTHRC1 protein level was dramatically increased after transfection of lenti-CTHRC1. Meanwhile, there was a distinct rise of the migration and invasion ability, as well as the expression of Slug and MMP-2 (all P<0.05). Conversely, CaOV3 cells had a higher protein expression of CTHRC1. By using lenti-shCTHRC1, a remarkable knockdown of CTHRC1 was obtained. Likewise, the capability of migration and invasion was decreased, and the Slug and MMP-2 expression was reduced (all P<0.05). Conclusion · CTHRC1 might positively regulate Slug and MMP-2 to promote ovarian cancer cell metastasis.

Key words: ovarian cancer, CTHRC1, Slug, MMP-2, cell migration