Purpose: Cytoskeleton is
critical for carcinoma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Sad-1 and
UNC-84 domain containing 1 (SUN1) is one of the core linkers of nucleoskeleton
and cytoskeleton. However, the functions of SUN1 in lung adenocarcinoma are
largely unknown.
Methods: In this study, we first transduced the lentivirus
delivering the short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against SUN1 to lung adenocarcinoma
cells (A549 and 95D cells) with high efficiency. After lentivirus infection,
quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used
to detect the expressions of SUN1 mRNA and protein. The cell proliferation and
colony formation were detected by MTT assay and colony formation assay,
respectively. The cell distribution in the cell cycle was analyzed by flow
cytometry.
Results: Both mRNA and protein levels of SUN1 were
significantly decreased in A549 and 95D cells after lentivirus infection, as
indicated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot.
Next, we found that cell proliferation and colony formation were markedly
reduced in SUN1 silenced cells. Moreover, suppression of SUN1 led to cell cycle
arrest at G0/G1 phase. Furthermore, Cyclin D1, CDK6, and CDK2 expressions were
obviously reduced in A549 cells after SUN1 silencing.
Conclusion: These results suggest that SUN1 plays an essential
role in proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells in vitro and may be used as
a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma in the
future.
Keywords: SUN1, lung cancer, proliferation
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