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[HIF-2α/Notch3 pathway mediates CoCl2-induced migration and invasion in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells.] [Article in Chinese]

WANG Jian-Guo, YUAN Lei^*

Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Luohe Medical College, Luohe 462002, China

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of hypoxia inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) and Notch3 on CoCl2-induced migration and invasion of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. MCF-7 cells were exposed to normoxia (21% O2) or chemical hypoxia (21% O2 plus CoCl2). Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) was used to knock down HIF-2α and Notch3 in MCF-7 cells. The mRNA expression levels of HIF-2α, Notch3 and Hey1 were measured by RT-PCR. Western blot was performed to determine the protein expression levels of HIF-2α, Notch3, Hey1, Snail and E-cadherin. CoCl2 treatment resulted in higher protein expression levels of HIF-2α, Notch3, Hey1, Snail (P < 0.05) and lower levels of E-cadherin (P < 0.05), and promoted migration and invasion of MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05). shRNA-HIF-2α suppressed CoCl2-induced mRNA expression of Notch3 and Hey1. Notch3 knockdown down-regulated Snail and up-regulated E-cadherin at protein level under simulated hypoxia (P < 0.05), and inhibited CoCl2-induced migration and invasion of MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05). In conclusion, our data provide evidence that HIF-2α may promote the migration and invasion of MCF-7 cells under chemical hypoxic conditions by potentiating Notch3 pathway.

Key words: hypoxia inducible factor-2α; Notch3; cell migration; MCF-7 cells; invasion

Received: 2016-03-16　　Accepted: 2016-05-03

Corresponding author: 袁磊　　E-mail: yl_fzyx@163.com

Citing This Article：

WANG Jian-Guo, YUAN Lei. [HIF-2α/Notch3 pathway mediates CoCl2-induced migration and invasion in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells.] [Article in Chinese]. Acta Physiol Sin 2016; 68 (6): 783-789 (in Chinese with English abstract).