Abstract
Objective To explore the effect of silencing chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) by siRNA on the invasion capability of neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y in vitro. Methods Three siRNAs targeting CXCR4 were chemically synthesized and transfected into SH-SY5Y cells. The transfection efficiency was observed under fluorescence microscope. CXCR4 expression at mRNA and protein levels were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting. The invasion capability of the cells was evaluated by Boyden Chamber in vitro. Results Compared with control groups, after the SH-SY5Y cells being transfeeted with the three CXCR4 targeting siRNAs, CXCR4 mRNA in transfected cells significantly decreased (0. 32 ± 0. 09, 0. 35 ± 0. 13 and 0. 33 ± 0. 11 vs 0. 58 ± 0. 13, P＜0. 05 ), CXCR4 protein detected by immunohistochemistry was decreased (75. 98 ± 4. 81, 75. 52 ± 3. 95and 76. 35 ± 6. 51 vs 92. 196 ± 3. 89, P＜0. 01 ), CXCR4 protein detected by Western blotting was also decreased (0. 1103 ± 0. 0023, 0. 1203 ± 0. 0015 and 0. 1308 ± 0. 0018 vs 0. 4832 ± 0. 0012, P＜0. 01 ).The invasion capability of the SH-SY5Y cells was decreased 48 hours after the cells were transfected (25.48±2.81, 30.89±2.77 and 18.83± 1.79 vs 53. 11 ±3.72, P＜0.05). Conclusions Silencing CXCR4 by siRNA decreases the invasion capability of SH-SY5Y cells. Key words: Receptors, chemokine; RNA interference; Neuroblastoma
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