Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl on the expression of c-fos and c-jun in mesenchymal cells of rats
Zhao, H.; Wang, J.; Wang, X.; Dong, J.; Zhou, H.; Yang, Y.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 41(2): 180-184; 190
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-8020 PMID: 22611921 Document Number: 662408
To study the effects of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB126) on the expression of c-fos and c-jun in mesenchymal cells (MSCs) of rats. MSCs were separated by percoll cell separating medium (density 1.073 g/cm3). After being cultured and transferred, the cells were divided into a control group, a low-dose group (10(-7) mol/L PCB126) and a high-dose group (10(-6) mol/L PCB126). The cellular growth rate and the expression of c-fos and c-jun protein were analyzed by MTT, immunofluorescence chemical assay, RT-PCR and Western blot. The cellular growth rate in the low-and high-dose group were 13.8% and 19.1% at 12 h, 31.5% and 36.1% at 24 h, 42.5% and 43.6% at 48 h, respectively (P < 0.01). The positive rates of c-fos expression in the low-and high-dose groups were 54.6% and 51.3% at 12 h, and 83.2% and 73.0% at 24 h. The expression of c-fos mRNA detected by RT-PCR was upregulated at 30 min and 1h in PCB126 groups. The expression of c-jun mRNA were much higher in PCB126 groups than that in the control group. The expression of c-fos and c-jun protein was upregulated in the low-and high-dose groups at 12 h and 24 h. PCB126 could promote the proliferation of MSCs and upregulate the expression of cancer associated gene c-fos and c-jun. The effect of PCB126 on the function of MSCs might be associated with the abnormal expression of c-fos and c-jun gene.