The establishment of supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR and the identification of Cox-2 as a metastasis-related marker in colorectal carcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Zu-Guo Li
    • Xiao-Yan Wang
    • Jian-Lan Chang
    • Wei-Bing Xie
    • Teng-Fei Liu
    • Qing-Ling Zhang
    • Yong-Jian Deng
    • Yan-Qing Ding
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  • Published online on: June 15, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1867
  • Pages: 977-984
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Abstract

Cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) is an inducible enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, and it is hypothesized to induce carcinogenesis and metastasis in colorectal cancer. Our previous data also indicated that a higher expression level of Cox-2 was correlated with colorectal cancer metastasis. The Cox-2 protein was detected in the glandular cavity of colorectal cancer and the surrounding interstitial tissues. The usefulness of the Cox-2 gene as a gene therapy target and diagnostic marker remains unknown. In this study, a method using immuno-PCR and real-time PCR followed by supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR was established and used to detect the expression of Cox-2 in serum samples of nude mice with colorectal carcinoma. In addition, we established a Cox-2 gene stable knockdown colorectal cell line (SW480-EGFP-Cox-2 shRNA) using lentiviral vector-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) technology and established an imageable colorectal cancer metastasis mouse model. We found that the proliferation, invasion and tumorigenesis of SW480-EGFP-Cox-2 shRNA cells were attenuated compared with SW480 cells. In vivo experiments also demonstrated that angiogenesis in the Cox-2 knockdown colorectal cancer cells was decreased. The whole body optical imaging revealed that the SW480-EGFP-Cox-2 shRNA cells had an abrogated ability to develop metastases in the lymph nodes, lungs or liver in vivo. The improved immunobead PCR assay detected significantly lower Cox-2 protein levels in the serum samples of the SW480-EGFP-Cox-2 shRNA group compared with those of the SW480-EGFP-Cox-2-Ctrl shRNA group. In conclusion, our results indicated that the knockdown of Cox-2 expression suppressed the proliferation and invasion of colorectal cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. This study also demonstrated that silencing Cox-2 in vivo reduced the metastastic potential of colorectal cancer. Thus, Cox-2 is a promising marker for the diagnosis of colorectal metastasis and a potential therapeutic target for colorectal cancer.
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Li Z, Wang X, Chang J, Xie W, Liu T, Zhang Q, Deng Y and Ding Y: The establishment of supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR and the identification of Cox-2 as a metastasis-related marker in colorectal carcinoma. Oncol Rep 28: 977-984, 2012
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Li, Z., Wang, X., Chang, J., Xie, W., Liu, T., Zhang, Q. ... Ding, Y. (2012). The establishment of supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR and the identification of Cox-2 as a metastasis-related marker in colorectal carcinoma. Oncology Reports, 28, 977-984. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1867
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Li, Z., Wang, X., Chang, J., Xie, W., Liu, T., Zhang, Q., Deng, Y., Ding, Y."The establishment of supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR and the identification of Cox-2 as a metastasis-related marker in colorectal carcinoma". Oncology Reports 28.3 (2012): 977-984.
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Li, Z., Wang, X., Chang, J., Xie, W., Liu, T., Zhang, Q., Deng, Y., Ding, Y."The establishment of supramolecular immunobead real-time PCR and the identification of Cox-2 as a metastasis-related marker in colorectal carcinoma". Oncology Reports 28, no. 3 (2012): 977-984. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1867