乙型肝炎病毒剪接特異性蛋白HBSP與TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化

陳婉南，黃俊高，梁菲菲，閆小利，軒丹丹，林 旭

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乙型肝炎病毒剪接特異性蛋白HBSP與TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化

陳婉南，黃俊高，梁菲菲，閆小利，軒丹丹，林 旭

目的 探討乙型肝炎病毒剪接特異性蛋白(Hepatitis B spliced protein, HBSP)與轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1(transforming growth factor-β1-induced transcript 1，TGFβ1I1)相互作用對(duì)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化(epithelial-mesenchymal transition，EMT)的影響。方法 構(gòu)建HBSP慢病毒表達(dá)載體，利用293T細(xì)胞包裝慢病毒顆粒，感染Huh7肝癌細(xì)胞株。以5 ng/mLTGFβ1分別誘導(dǎo)穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的慢病毒細(xì)胞株及其對(duì)照細(xì)胞株，觀察細(xì)胞形態(tài)的變化，并提取細(xì)胞蛋白，Westernblot檢測(cè)上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化標(biāo)志物E-鈣黏素(E-cadherin，E-cad)、緊密連接蛋白(Claudin-1)、β-鏈蛋白(β-catenin)、N-鈣黏素(N-cadherin，N-cad)的變化。進(jìn)而以TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA轉(zhuǎn)染上述細(xì)胞，Westernblot觀察以上指標(biāo)變化情況。最后以侵襲小室實(shí)驗(yàn)和劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn)分別檢測(cè)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的細(xì)胞侵襲與遷移能力的變化。結(jié)果 篩選獲得穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的慢病毒細(xì)胞株Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV及其對(duì)照細(xì)胞株Huh7-flag-HIV。以TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)后在顯微鏡下觀察到細(xì)胞形態(tài)由緊密的上皮形態(tài)變?yōu)樗缮⒌拈g質(zhì)形態(tài)；特異性抗體檢測(cè)表明上皮標(biāo)志物E-cad、Claudin-1、β-catenin表達(dá)量下降，而間質(zhì)標(biāo)志物N-cad表達(dá)上升。侵襲小室實(shí)驗(yàn)和劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn)表明TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的HBSP表達(dá)株侵襲及遷移能力增強(qiáng)。而轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA可逆轉(zhuǎn)以上現(xiàn)象。結(jié)論 HBSP與TGFβ1I1相互作用可促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化并增強(qiáng)其侵襲遷移能力，提示HBSP在HBV相關(guān)性肝細(xì)胞肝癌發(fā)生發(fā)展中具有重要的致病意義。

乙型肝炎病毒；RNA剪接；轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子β1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1；上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化；侵襲

乙型肝炎病毒剪接特異蛋白HBSP由HBV前基因組RNA (pregenomic RNA, pgRNA)在2 447 nt-489 nt發(fā)生RNA剪接產(chǎn)生的長(zhǎng)度為2.2 kb的剪接變異體編碼產(chǎn)生，已有研究表明該蛋白在HBV感染不同病程均可檢出，與病毒的持續(xù)性感染及致病性相關(guān)[1-4]。HBSP定位于細(xì)胞漿[5]，為了深入闡明HBSP在HBV導(dǎo)致肝癌發(fā)生發(fā)展的過(guò)程中具體的致病機(jī)制，本實(shí)驗(yàn)室在前期工作中采用細(xì)胞質(zhì)酵母雙雜交(CytoTrapTMtwo-hybrid system，Stratagene)篩選的方法，發(fā)現(xiàn)HBSP可以和轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1相互作用[6]。已有研究表明，TGFβ1I1可以促進(jìn)鼠和人的上皮細(xì)胞發(fā)生上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化，對(duì)腫瘤的發(fā)生發(fā)展有著重要意義[7]。本文旨在通過(guò)研究HBSP與TGFβ1I1相互作用對(duì)肝癌細(xì)胞株上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化以及侵襲性的影響，更好地闡明HBV導(dǎo)致肝癌發(fā)生發(fā)展的機(jī)制。

1 材料和方法

1.1 材料

1.1.1 質(zhì)粒與細(xì)胞 Huh7肝癌細(xì)胞株由本實(shí)驗(yàn)室保存。人胚腎293T細(xì)胞株、慢病毒表達(dá)載體pCDH-EF1-MCS-T2A-Puro與包裝質(zhì)粒pMDL、pVSVG、pREV由廈門大學(xué)吳喬教授惠贈(zèng)。

1.1.2 主要試劑 高保真Taq DNA、轉(zhuǎn)染試劑Lipofectamine 3000聚合酶購(gòu)自Invitrogen公司，限制性內(nèi)切酶和T4 DNA連接酶購(gòu)自NEB公司，質(zhì)粒提取試劑盒購(gòu)自Qiagen公司。DMEM高糖培養(yǎng)基、胰酶、Puromycin抗生素購(gòu)自Gibco公司，胎牛血清購(gòu)自PAN公司，磷酸鈣轉(zhuǎn)染試劑盒、anti-TGFβ1I1抗體和Boyden Transwell侵襲小室購(gòu)自BD公司。TGFβ1購(gòu)自Sigma-Aldrich公司，TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA混合物及無(wú)關(guān)序列對(duì)照NC-siRNA、兔二抗購(gòu)自Santa Cruz公司。RIPA裂解液、BCA蛋白定量試劑盒購(gòu)自碧云天生物技術(shù)公司，PVDF膜購(gòu)自Millipore公司，CDP-STAR化學(xué)發(fā)光檢測(cè)底物購(gòu)自Roche公司。anti-E-cadherin，anti-N-cadherin，anti-β-catenin，anti-Claudin-1抗體、anti-Flag抗體購(gòu)自Cell Signaling Technology公司，anti-β-actin抗體購(gòu)自康為世紀(jì)，anti-alpha Smooth Actin抗體、anti-Fibronectin抗體購(gòu)自Abcam公司，鼠二抗購(gòu)自Calbiochem公司。

1.2 方法

1.2.1 慢病毒載體pCDH-HBSP的構(gòu)建 以pSos-HBSP為模板[6]，PCR擴(kuò)增獲得C末端帶有FLAG標(biāo)簽的HBSP基因，插入慢病毒表達(dá)載體pCDH-EF1-MCS-T2A-Puro，獲得重組載體pCDH-HBSP-FLAG。空載體對(duì)照pCDH-FLAG為將8個(gè)氨基酸大小的FLAG編碼基因插入上述慢病毒表達(dá)載體獲得。

1.2.2 慢病毒包裝與感染、篩選穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的肝癌細(xì)胞株 使用以下質(zhì)粒混合物、按照試劑盒說(shuō)明書以磷酸鈣轉(zhuǎn)染法轉(zhuǎn)染293T細(xì)胞：pCDH-HBSP-FLAG或pCDH-FLAG 2 μg、pMDL 1 μg、pVSVG 0.6 μg、pREV 0.4 μg， 48 h后收集含有病毒的細(xì)胞培養(yǎng)上清液，離心過(guò)濾后均勻滴加至Huh7肝癌細(xì)胞中，以1 μg/mL Puromycin抗生素篩選培養(yǎng)2周，取106個(gè)細(xì)胞接種于60 mm培養(yǎng)皿。次日以RIPA裂解液提取細(xì)胞總蛋白，以anti-FLAG抗體(1∶2 000稀釋)檢測(cè)目的蛋白HBSP的表達(dá)。其余細(xì)胞凍存至-80 ℃?zhèn)溆谩?/p>

1.2.3 TGFβ1處理穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的肝癌細(xì)胞株

將經(jīng)過(guò)鑒定穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的Huh7細(xì)胞株于加藥處理前一天接種5×105個(gè)細(xì)胞于35 mm板。次日用PBS清洗后換成不含血清的DMEM培養(yǎng)液，加入TGFβ1(終濃度為5 ng/mL)作用24 h后觀察細(xì)胞形態(tài)的變化。

1.2.4 Westernblot檢測(cè)TGFβ1處理后EMT相關(guān)標(biāo)志物 同上以5 ng/mL的TGFβ1處理HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株，24 h后提取細(xì)胞總蛋白，以EMT標(biāo)志物E-cad，N-cad，β-catenin，Claudin-1抗體(均為1∶1 000稀釋)檢測(cè)、Quantity One軟件(Biorad)分析計(jì)算蛋白條帶的灰度值。以各組蛋白條帶的灰度值相對(duì)于內(nèi)參β-actin條帶的灰度值進(jìn)行標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化。實(shí)驗(yàn)重復(fù)5次取平均值作圖分析。

1.2.5 TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA轉(zhuǎn)染，Westernblot檢測(cè)EMT指標(biāo) 同上以5 ng/mL的TGFβ1處理HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株，24 h后采用Lipofectamine 3000轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA混合物，使用無(wú)關(guān)序列NC-siRNA作為對(duì)照。轉(zhuǎn)染方法參照試劑說(shuō)明書，轉(zhuǎn)染后24 h提取細(xì)胞總蛋白，同上檢測(cè)EMT相關(guān)標(biāo)志物。實(shí)驗(yàn)重復(fù)5次取平均值作圖分析。

1.2.6 侵襲小室實(shí)驗(yàn) HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株以5 ng/mL的TGFβ1處理24 h后，用TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA混合物以及對(duì)照NC-siRNA轉(zhuǎn)染細(xì)胞24 h，以無(wú)血清培養(yǎng)液吹打混勻消化后的細(xì)胞，分別計(jì)數(shù)5 ×104個(gè)細(xì)胞接種到Boyden Transwell小室內(nèi)，36 h，后用 0.1 %結(jié)晶紫染液染色，在倒置顯微鏡下隨機(jī)取5個(gè)視野計(jì)數(shù)細(xì)胞取平均值并分別拍照，實(shí)驗(yàn)重復(fù)5次。

1.2.7 劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn) 同上獲得TGFβ1處理并使用TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA混合物轉(zhuǎn)染的HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株，接種于6孔板次日用滅菌槍頭在培養(yǎng)皿底部垂直劃出一道直線，在倒置顯微鏡下隨機(jī)取5個(gè)視野拍照并測(cè)量劃痕寬度并取平均值，繼續(xù)無(wú)血清培養(yǎng)48 h后，拍照測(cè)量劃痕寬度取平均值，實(shí)驗(yàn)重復(fù)5次。

2 結(jié) 果

2.1 慢病毒感染Huh7細(xì)胞，篩選獲得穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的肝癌細(xì)胞株 PCR擴(kuò)增HBSP基因，經(jīng)XbaI和BamH I雙酶切位點(diǎn)克隆入慢病毒表達(dá)載體pCDH-EF1-MCS-T2A-Puro，重組載體經(jīng)酶切(圖1A)及測(cè)序證實(shí)插入的HBSP DNA片段正確無(wú)誤，命名為pCDH-HBSP-FLAG。包裝載體pMDL、pVSVG、pREV，以及pCDH-HBSP-FLAG或空載體對(duì)照pCDH-FLAG共轉(zhuǎn)染293T細(xì)胞；獲得慢病毒液，感染并以Puromycin篩選Huh7細(xì)胞，以anti-FLAG抗體檢驗(yàn)?zāi)康牡鞍椎谋磉_(dá)(圖1B)，獲得的穩(wěn)定表達(dá)HBSP的細(xì)胞株命名為Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV，對(duì)照細(xì)胞株命名為Huh7-flag-HIV。

A.慢病毒重組載體雙酶切鑒定 B.1. 未經(jīng)酶切的重組載體；2. XbaI和BamH I雙酶切重組載體 B.Westernblot檢測(cè)Huh7細(xì)胞株HBSP蛋白的表達(dá)A.Restriction enzyme analysis of recombinant lentiviral expression vector 1.uncut recombinant plasmids; 2. recombinant plasmids digested with XbaI and BamH I B.Westernblot detection of HBSP expression in the established Huh7 cell lines圖1 慢病毒表達(dá)載體構(gòu)建及Westernblot檢測(cè)HBSP蛋白表達(dá)的Huh7慢病毒細(xì)胞株Fig.1 Lentiviral vector construction and HBSP protein detection in the established Huh7 cell lines

2.2 HBSP 促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化 以5 ng/mL的TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV與對(duì)照細(xì)胞株Huh7-flag-HIV24 h，鏡下可見細(xì)胞形態(tài)發(fā)生變化：處理前，對(duì)照組Huh7-flag-HIV細(xì)胞呈鋪路石樣，細(xì)胞之間連接緊密，呈現(xiàn)典型的上皮細(xì)胞形態(tài)(圖2A)，而Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV 細(xì)胞(圖2B)為多邊形，部分為梭形；經(jīng)過(guò)5 ng/mL TGFβ1處理24 h，Huh7-flag-HIV 細(xì)胞間隙變寬，細(xì)胞間連接變得松散，多呈間質(zhì)細(xì)胞形態(tài)(圖2C)，而Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞比對(duì)照細(xì)胞連接更松散，細(xì)胞變長(zhǎng)呈梭形，幾乎全為間質(zhì)細(xì)胞形態(tài)(圖2D)。提示HBSP促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞發(fā)生上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化。

A:Huh7-flag-HIV細(xì)胞; B:Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞; C:5 ng/mL TGFβ1處理Huh7-flag-HIV細(xì)胞24 h后；D：5 ng/mL TGFβ1處理Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞24 h后A：Huh7-flag-HIVcells; B：Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV cells; C：Huh7-flag-HIV cells treated with 5 ng/mL TGFβ1 for 24 hours; D：Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV cells treated with 5 ng/mL TGFβ1 for 24 hours.圖2 TGFβ1處理前后 Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV 及對(duì)照組 Huh7-flag-HIV 細(xì)胞株形態(tài)學(xué)變化(10×)Fig.2 Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV and Huh7-flag-HIV cells images before and after TGFβ1 treatment (10×)

2.3 HBSP促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間

質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化相關(guān)指標(biāo)變化 以5 ng/mL TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)細(xì)胞24 h后，提取細(xì)胞總蛋白，用特異性抗體檢測(cè)EMT相關(guān)指標(biāo)表達(dá)水平，結(jié)果顯示，Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV與Huh7-flag-HIV對(duì)照細(xì)胞株相比，上皮樣標(biāo)志物E-cadherin、Claudin-1、β-catenin表達(dá)量都出現(xiàn)明顯下降(n=5，P<0.01)，而間質(zhì)樣標(biāo)志物N-cadherin表達(dá)量出現(xiàn)明顯升高(n=5，P<0.01)(圖3)。HBSP在肝癌細(xì)胞株內(nèi)過(guò)表達(dá)可下調(diào)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮樣標(biāo)志物表達(dá)水平，并上調(diào)間質(zhì)樣標(biāo)志物表達(dá)水平，進(jìn)一步證明HBSP可促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞發(fā)生上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化。

2.4 下調(diào)TGFβ1I1可逆轉(zhuǎn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化 以5 ng/mL TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV以及Huh7-flag-HIV對(duì)照株，并分別轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1 siRNA混合物與無(wú)關(guān)對(duì)照NC-siRNA，觀察TGFβ1I1表達(dá)水平被特異性siRNA下調(diào)后(圖4A)EMT相關(guān)指標(biāo)的變化情況。結(jié)果顯示：轉(zhuǎn)染無(wú)關(guān)對(duì)照NC-siRNA組，Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞與Huh7-flag-HIV對(duì)照細(xì)胞株相比，上皮細(xì)胞相關(guān)指標(biāo)E-cadherin、Claudin-1、β-catenin表達(dá)量都下降，而間質(zhì)細(xì)胞標(biāo)志物N-cadherin表達(dá)量增高(圖4A，第三泳道與第一泳道對(duì)比，n=5，P<0.01)；而TGFβ1I1 siRNA 混合物轉(zhuǎn)染Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞，其上皮樣標(biāo)志物E-cadherin、Claudin-1、β-catenin表達(dá)量逆轉(zhuǎn)上調(diào)，間質(zhì)樣標(biāo)志物N-cadherin表達(dá)下降(圖4A，第四泳道與第三泳道對(duì)比，n=5，P<0.01)，說(shuō)明下調(diào)TGFβ1I1可逆轉(zhuǎn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化，提示HBSP借由與TGFβ1I1的相互作用來(lái)影響TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化。

A：Westernblot檢測(cè)Huh7 細(xì)胞株EMT標(biāo)志物 B：蛋白條帶灰度值比較A：Westernblot analysis of EMT markers; B：Relative intensities of plotted proteins.*** n=5, P<0.0001圖3 TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化相關(guān)指標(biāo)變化Fig.3 TGFβ1-induced EMT markers detection in Huh7 cell lines

A：Westernblot檢測(cè) EMT標(biāo)志物 B：蛋白條帶灰度值比較A：Western blot detection of EMT markers; B：Relative intensities of plotted proteins.*** n=5, P<0.0001.圖4 siRNA下調(diào)TGFβ1I1可逆轉(zhuǎn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的HBSP表達(dá)細(xì)胞株上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化Fig.4 TGFβ1I1 knockdown by siRNA could reverse epithelial-mesenchymal transition in HBSP expressed Huh7 hepatoma cells

2.5 HBSP與TGFβ1I1的相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞侵襲與遷移能力 Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV以及Huh7-flag-HIV對(duì)照株分別以5 ng/mL TGFβ1處理24 h后分別轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1 siRNA混合物與NC-siRNA，作用24 h后接種于侵襲小室，36 h后觀察到：轉(zhuǎn)染無(wú)關(guān)對(duì)照NC-siRNA，Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞與Huh7-flag-HIV細(xì)胞株相比(見圖5A，第三列與第一列相比)，細(xì)胞數(shù)明顯增加(94±3 vs. 29±3，P<0.05)，說(shuō)明HBSP能夠促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞侵襲能力。Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞株轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1特異性siRNA后(見圖5A，第四列與第三列相比)細(xì)胞數(shù)明顯下降(29±3 vs. 9±2，P<0.05)。

A：鏡下觀察遷移穿過(guò)transwell小室的細(xì)胞 B：遷移細(xì)胞數(shù)量比較A：Images of Huh7 invaded through membrane into the bottom of transwell chamber; B：Comparison of invaded cells quantities.* n=5, P<0.05.圖5 HBSP與TGFβ1I1相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞侵襲能力Fig.5 HBSP-TGFβ1I1 interaction promotes invasion of TGFβ1-induced Huh7 hepatoma cells

同樣地，對(duì)5 ng/mL TGFβ1處理Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV以及Huh7-flag-HIV對(duì)照株轉(zhuǎn)染TGFβ1I1 siRNA混合物與NC-siRNA 24 h后，進(jìn)行劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn)，48 h后觀察細(xì)胞修復(fù)情況。結(jié)果與侵襲實(shí)驗(yàn)類似，轉(zhuǎn)染無(wú)關(guān)對(duì)照NC-siRNA，Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞與Huh7-flag-HIV細(xì)胞株相比，細(xì)胞遷移能力明顯加強(qiáng)(見圖6A，第三列與第一列相比)，說(shuō)明HBSP促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞遷移能力。當(dāng)TGFβ1I1被siRNA下調(diào)后，Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV細(xì)胞株遷移能力下降(見圖6A，第四列與第三列相比)。上述結(jié)果提示HBSP與TGFβ1I1的相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞侵襲與遷移能力。

A：鏡下觀察劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn)前后的細(xì)胞 B：劃痕修復(fù)寬度比較A：Images of Huh7 with wound healing assay captured at 0 h and 48 h; B：Quantify the total distance of cells moved from the edge of the scratch toward the center.* n=5，P<0.05.圖6 HBSP與TGFβ1I1相互作用促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的肝癌細(xì)胞遷移能力Fig.6 HBSP-TGFβ1I1 interaction promotes migration of TGFβ1-induced Huh7 hepatoma cells

3 討 論

乙型肝炎病毒是一種在其復(fù)制周期中存在逆轉(zhuǎn)錄過(guò)程的DNA病毒，由前基因組RNA剪接所產(chǎn)生的剪接變異體可編碼產(chǎn)生一些剪接變異體特異性新蛋白。HBSP是HBV感染者中常見的一種剪接蛋白[8]，已有研究認(rèn)為，HBSP可誘導(dǎo)肝細(xì)胞凋亡，加重肝炎病情，還與肝纖維化有關(guān)[2]；并通過(guò)誘導(dǎo)特異性細(xì)胞毒性T淋巴細(xì)胞(cytotoxic lymphocyte,CTL)活性，導(dǎo)致肝臟損傷[3]。我們先前的研究也顯示HBSP與組織蛋白酶B(cathepsin B, CTSB)相互作用，通過(guò)PI3K/Akt通路及MAPK通路增強(qiáng)肝癌細(xì)胞株的侵襲能力[4]； HBSP與纖維蛋白原(fibrinogen gamma chain，F(xiàn)GG)相互作用，抑制其交聯(lián)，能抑制血小板凝集、活化，造成凝血障礙[5]； HBSP與微粒體環(huán)氧化物酶(microsomal epoxidehydrolase, mEH)相互作用，通過(guò)促進(jìn)后者活性，導(dǎo)致苯丙芘(Benzo(a)pyrene, B[a]P)的致癌產(chǎn)物增加，協(xié)同促進(jìn)肝癌細(xì)胞生長(zhǎng)[9]。為了更好地了解定位于細(xì)胞漿內(nèi)的HBSP與肝細(xì)胞蛋白相互作用的情況，本實(shí)驗(yàn)室在前期工作中采用細(xì)胞質(zhì)酵母雙雜交研究與HBSP相互作用的蛋白，篩選出轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1，并利用哺乳動(dòng)物細(xì)胞雙雜交、免疫共沉淀等方法證實(shí)了HBSP可與其相互作用[6]。

轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子β1誘導(dǎo)蛋白1受TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)[10]，因其又受H2O2誘導(dǎo)，也稱為Hic-5(hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5)[11]。TGFβ1I1對(duì)TGFβ1存在正反饋調(diào)節(jié)機(jī)制，即TGFβ1I1具有維持局部組織TGFβ1不斷自分泌的作用[12]。TGFβ1I1可促進(jìn)細(xì)胞發(fā)生上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)化[13]，且這類由TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的EMT可促進(jìn)細(xì)胞間基質(zhì)的降解和提高細(xì)胞的侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移能力[14]，有研究表明，TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的EMT與肝細(xì)胞性肝癌發(fā)生發(fā)展密切相關(guān)[15-16]。EMT是腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移的重要機(jī)制之一，主要特征是上皮細(xì)胞極性消失，轉(zhuǎn)換成運(yùn)動(dòng)更為靈活、易于侵襲的間質(zhì)細(xì)胞，最直觀的表現(xiàn)就是其細(xì)胞形態(tài)常常發(fā)生改變[17]。本研究觀察到乙型肝炎病毒剪接特異性蛋白HBSP在肝癌細(xì)胞株Huh7中過(guò)表達(dá)可促進(jìn)TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)的EMT現(xiàn)象，經(jīng)過(guò)5 ng/mL TGFβ1刺激24 h后，表達(dá)HBSP的慢病毒細(xì)胞株大部分發(fā)生明顯形態(tài)改變，表現(xiàn)為細(xì)胞之間連接變得松散，細(xì)胞間隙變寬，細(xì)胞變長(zhǎng)呈梭形，即上皮源性的肝細(xì)胞呈現(xiàn)出典型的間質(zhì)細(xì)胞形態(tài)。為深入探討其機(jī)制，我們進(jìn)一步利用特異性抗體檢測(cè)同樣處理?xiàng)l件下EMT的一些標(biāo)志分子，可見相應(yīng)細(xì)胞上皮標(biāo)志物E-cad、Claudin-1、β-catenin表達(dá)量下降，而間質(zhì)標(biāo)志物N-cad表達(dá)量升高，且該現(xiàn)象可隨TGFβ1I1被特異性siRNA下調(diào)而逆轉(zhuǎn)。提示HBSP過(guò)表達(dá)Huh7細(xì)胞株受TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)發(fā)生EMT，可能與HBSP-TGFβ1I蛋白相互作用有關(guān)。E-cad是一種跨膜類型的糖蛋白，在胞漿內(nèi)通過(guò)α、β連接素(α、β-catenin)間接的與肌動(dòng)蛋白骨架連接，對(duì)于穩(wěn)定細(xì)胞骨架和保持上皮細(xì)胞間連接起重要作用，E-cad水平的下降往往同時(shí)伴隨有細(xì)胞間連接分子Claudin-1和β-catenin的下調(diào)[18]。N-cad是間質(zhì)細(xì)胞的主要標(biāo)志物，在很多腫瘤細(xì)胞發(fā)生中都出現(xiàn)N-cad的上調(diào)[19]。

EMT發(fā)生往往導(dǎo)致腫瘤細(xì)胞黏附能力下降，遷移運(yùn)動(dòng)能力增加，使得腫瘤細(xì)胞更易于離開原有位置，發(fā)生原位浸潤(rùn)或者隨血行、淋巴等途徑轉(zhuǎn)移[17]。為了深入揭示HBSP-TGFβ1I1相互作用導(dǎo)致EMT如何影響肝癌細(xì)胞惡性生物學(xué)行為，我們進(jìn)一步做了侵襲小室實(shí)驗(yàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)在TGFβ1誘導(dǎo)下，HBSP過(guò)表達(dá)組與對(duì)照組相比，侵襲能力顯著增強(qiáng)，而當(dāng)TGFβ1I1被特異性siRNA下調(diào)，侵襲能力得以減弱，說(shuō)明HBSP能通過(guò)與TGFβ1I1相互作用加強(qiáng)Huh7細(xì)胞的侵襲能力。劃痕實(shí)驗(yàn)也同樣說(shuō)明了HBSP蛋白與TGFβ1I1相互作用加強(qiáng)了Huh7細(xì)胞的遷移能力。

綜上所述，我們認(rèn)為乙型肝炎病毒編碼的剪接特異性蛋白HBSP可借由與TGFβ1I1的相互作用，促進(jìn)肝癌細(xì)胞發(fā)生EMT，繼而促進(jìn)腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移。本研究所獲得的結(jié)果有助于闡明HBV病毒成分導(dǎo)致肝癌轉(zhuǎn)移的具體機(jī)制，并為抑制HBV相關(guān)肝癌的侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移提供新思路。

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Lin Xu, Email：linxu@mail.fjmu.edu.cn

Hepatitis B spliced protein triggers TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition via interaction with transforming growth factor beta-1-induced transcript 1 protein

CHEN Wan-nan, HUANG Jun-gao, LIANG Fei-fei, YAN Xiao-li, XUAN Dan-dan, LIN Xu

(KeyLaboratoryofMinistryofEducationforGastrointestinalCancer,KeyLaboratoryofFujianProvinceforTumorMicrobiology,SchoolofBasicMedicalSciences,FujianMedicalUniversity,Fuzhou350122,China)

To investigate the TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of Huh7 hepatoma cells caused by interaction of hepatitis B spliced protein (HBSP) with transforming growth factor beta-1-induced transcript 1 protein (TGFβ1I1), coding region of HBSP was cloned into lentiviral expression vector. Huh7 hepatoma cells were infected by recombinant lentivirus packaged in 293T cells. Stable cell lines expressing HBSP or control cells were selected by puromycin. Cells were incubated with 5 ng/mL TGFβ1 for 24 h, and observed under contrast-phase microspcope. Then the whole cell lysates were collected for western blot analysis using specific antibodies against EMT markers including E-cadherin, N-cadherin, Claudin-1 and β-catenin. To evaluate the effects of HBSP-TGFβ1I1 interaction on EMT, TGFβ1-induced EMT marker transition, as well as cell invasion and migration were explored after knocking down of TGFβ1I1 by siRNA. Results showed that Huh7 cell lines expressing HBSP (Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV) and control cell lines (Huh7-flag-HIV) were successfully established. Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV cells lost their pebble-like shape and tight cell-cell adhesion and transformed into the mesenchymal-like cells in the presence of TGFβ1. Decreased expression level of epithelial marker of E-cadherin, Claudin-1, β-catenin, increased expression level of mesenchymal marker of N-cadherin, and enhanced migration and invasion abilities were observed in Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV cells as compared to the control cells. Moreover, the changes of EMT markers and metastasis abilities of Huh7-HBSP-flag-HIV cells could be reversed when TGFβ1I1 was knocked down by siRNA. In conclusion, HBSP could promote hepatoma cell migration and invasion by triggering EMT via interaction with TGFβ1I1. Our findings highlight new insights for HBSP-induced HCC progression.

hepatitis B virus; RNA splicing; transforming growth factor beta-1-induced transcript 1 protein; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; metastasis

10.3969/j.issn.1002-2694.2017.04.003

國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金青年基金項(xiàng)目 (No. 81201293)；福建省衛(wèi)生廳醫(yī)學(xué)創(chuàng)新課題(No.2012-CX-14)；福建省高校杰出青年科研人才培育計(jì)劃(No. JA11104)；國(guó)家衛(wèi)生和計(jì)劃生育委員會(huì)共建科學(xué)研究基金-福建省衛(wèi)生教育聯(lián)合攻關(guān)計(jì)劃(No. WKJ-FJ-29)；福建省高等學(xué)校新世紀(jì)優(yōu)秀人才支持計(jì)劃(No.JA13129)；福建省衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)中青年骨干人才培養(yǎng)項(xiàng)目(No. 2014-ZQN-ZD-25)聯(lián)合資助

林 旭：Email：linxu@mail.fjmu.edu.cn

福建醫(yī)科大學(xué)基礎(chǔ)醫(yī)學(xué)院，消化道惡性腫瘤省部共建教育部重點(diǎn)實(shí)驗(yàn)室，福建省腫瘤微生物學(xué)重點(diǎn)實(shí)驗(yàn)室，福州 350122

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81201293), the Fujian Provincial Medical Innovation Project (No. 2012-CX-14), the Outstanding Young Researchers Training Plan of Fujian Province (No. JA11104), the Joint Research Program of Health and Planning Committee and Education Department of Fujian (No. WKJ-FJ-29), the New Century Talents Supporting Plan of Fujian Education Department (No. JA13129), and the Medical Elite Cultivation Program of Fujian (No. 2014-ZQN-ZD-25)

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1002-2694(2017)04-0305-07

2016-11-16 編輯：梁小潔