Construction of antisense MT1-MMP vector and its inhibitory effects on invasion of human ovarian cancer cells
Wu Mingfu , Shi Yanyan , Xi Lin , Li Qiong , Liao Guo-Nin , Han Zhi-Qiang , Lu Yuh-Ping , Ma Ding
Current Medical Science ›› 2005, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6) : 715 -717.
Construction of antisense MT1-MMP vector and its inhibitory effects on invasion of human ovarian cancer cells
Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP/MMP-14) plays crucial roles in tumor cell growth, invasion, and angiogenesis. To clarify whether the endogenously expressed MT1-MMP in metastatic human ovarian carcinoma cell lines SKOV3 plays a critical role in tumor cell invasiveness, antisense MT1-MMP cloned in cukaryotic expression vector pMMP14as was transferred into SKOV3 cells. 48h after transfection, decreased expression of endogenous MT1-MMP protein was detected in pMMP14as-transfected SKOV3 cells and the activation of pro-MMP2 was inhibited markedly. The mean percentage of invasive cells was (62.50±5.30)% in pMMP14as-transfected cells, which was obviously less than that (97.20±6.90) % in the control. Thus, antisense MT1-MMP effectively inhibited the endogenous MT1-MMP expression and the invasiveness in SKOV3 cells, suggesting that MT1-MMP may be a therapeutic target molecule for human invasive ovarian cancers.
membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) / ovarian tumor / invasiveness
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