Regulatory effect of grainyhead-like 2 gene on proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 transcription

doi:10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2019.04.012

Abstract

Abstract:

Objective To study the effect of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2(Nrf2) and the downstream gene grainyhead-like 2(GRHL2) on epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines and the interaction of Nrf2 and GRHL2. Methods We conducted ChIP-PCR assay to test the binding of Nrf2 with six candidate genes including GRHL2. Furthermore, we proved whether Nrf2 could bind with the GRHL2 promoter and transcriptionally activate the GRHL2 gene or not. Moreover, if the overexpression and knockdown of Nrf2 could increase and decrease the GRHL2 protein respectively. Results We discovered that fallopian tube epithelial cells taken from epithelial ovarian cancer patients and ovarian cancer cell lines highly expressed the Nrf2 and GRHL2 at mRNA level. The overexpression and knockdown of Nrf2 could increase and decrease the cells activity, respectively. However, the knockdown of GRHL2 could inhibit the influence of Nrf2 overexpression. Conclusion Nrf2 promotes the activity of epithelial ovarian cancer cells via modulating the GRHL2 gene transcriptionally.

Key words: Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2, Grainyhead-like 2 gene, Ovarian cancer, Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, Luciferase reporter gene assay

MEI Yan ZHANG Lin YANG Hong GUAN Ping. Regulatory effect of grainyhead-like 2 gene on proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 transcription[J]. Acta Anatomica Sinica, 2019, 50(4): 477-482.

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