Sun L, Wen J, Wang L, Wen Q, Wu J, Bie M. Fluid shear stress-induced IL-8/CXCR signaling in human ovarian cancer cells.
Transl Cancer Res 2019;
8:1591-1601. [PMID:
35116902 PMCID:
PMC8798993 DOI:
10.21037/tcr.2019.08.22]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Background
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) released from mechanosensitive cancer cells plays a key role in the inflammation and metastasis of solid carcinomas. In this study, we have explored IL-8 and its receptors signal transduction process of human ovarian cancer cells under conditions of FSS.
Methods
After the fluid shear stress was loaded, LightCycler™ system and quantitative sandwich ELISA were employed to assay the IL-8 mRNA expression and protein production, respectively. IL-8 reporter gene pEGFP1-IL8USCS was constructed for determining IL-8 gene transcriptional activation through gene transfer and flow cytometric analysis. NF-κB nuclear translocation was observed by immunocytofluorescent staining. Western blot was used to examine IκB phosphorylation and degradation. RT-PCR, Northern blot and immunofluorescence were used to determine the expression of a cell-surface chemokine receptor CXCR2 at mRNA and protein levels.
Results
IL-8 mRNA expression and protein production had biphasic responses to low shear stress (1.5 dyne/cm2), with the peaks at 1 and 2 h respectively. There was an increase in enhanced green fluorescent protein expression in pEGFP1-IL8USCS-transfected SKOV3 cells subjected to a fluid shear stress of 1.5 dyne/cm2 for 2 h. Following the application of shear stress of 1.5 dyne/cm2, NF-κB p65 became detectable in the cell nuclei, and Phosphorylated IκB in cell lysates increased significantly. CXCR2, which was constitutively present on the surface of SKOV3 cells, increased following exposure to fluid shear stress for 60 min.
Conclusions
Fluid shear stress triggered IL-8/CXCR2 signaling of SKOV3 cells is an early gene activation, and the activation can be mediated through NF-κB. This observation suggested that fluid shear stress-induced IL-8 activation and the downstream signal pathways may have an important contribution to the pathogenesis and development of both inflammation and metastasis of ovarian carcinomas.
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