Abstract
Objective To show evidences that autophagy is induced in human malignant glioma cell line U251 by enterovirus(EV71) and its effect on the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 lightchain 3 (LC3) in vitro. Methods U251 cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 for 24 hours, then randomly divided into experimental group and control group.In experimental group, EV71 were added in cell culture holes at multiplicity of infection (MOI) equal to 1, and cultured continuously.After 12 hours post infection of U251 cells with EV71, autophagic vacuoles of U251 cells were marked by monodansylcadaverine staining and observed under fluorescence microscope.After 24 hours post infection, expression and intracellular distribution of LC3 protein in U251 cells were observed under fluorescence microscope by immunofluorescence.Expressions of LC3-I and LC3-Ⅱprotein were measured by Western blot and analysis of LC3-Ⅱ protein expression was performed with semi-quantitative calculation at 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection of U251 cells with EV71, respectively. Results Autophagic vacuoles stained by MDC in U251 cells appeared as distinct dot-like structures distributed under fluorescence microscope.The number of autophagic vacuoles were increased significantly at 12 hours post infection of U251 cells with EV71 when compared with control group.The morphological features of these cells became significantly shrunken, smaller and irregular shape at 24 hours post infection of U251 cells, and the expressions of LC3 protein were significantly higher in experimental group than those in control group.Under a fluorescence microscope, LC3 protein distributed within the cytoplasm or localizing in the perinuclear regions.At 4 hours post infection of U251 cells with EV71, the expression of LC3-Ⅱprotein started to increase, and was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.01). Conclusion These results indicate that EV71 can effectively induce autophagy of human malignant glioma cell line U251, and play its oncolytic effect. Key words: Autophagy; Microtubule-associated protein 1 lightchain 3; Enterovirus 71; Human malignant glioma; U251 cell
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