CCDC34 在胃肠道间质瘤中的表达及其与血管生成的关系

支小飞,陈思俊,华如衡,朱建伟

(南通大学附属医院 普通外科,江苏 南通 226001)

摘 要 背景与目的:卷曲螺旋结构域(CCDC)家族蛋白具有重要生物学功能,其中成员CCDC34 在多种癌中过表达,参与肿瘤血管生成,但其在胃肠道间质瘤(GIST)中的表达与作用尚未见报道。本研究探讨GIST 组织中CCDC34 的表达和及其与血管生成的关系。方法:用免疫组化法检测84 例GIST 组织标本及30 例正常胃肠道黏膜组织标本中CCDC34 的表达与微血管密度(MVD)(以CD34 标记),分析CCDC34 表达与GIST 患者临床病理特征及MVD 计数与的关系;用慢病毒转染方法分别将CCDC34 过表达载体与CCDC34 干扰载体转染人GIST 细胞系GIST882,建立CCDC34 过表达GIST882 细胞或CCDC34 干扰GIST882 细胞;将60 只裸鼠随机均分为3 组,分别皮下注射无处理的GIST882 细胞(模型组)、CCDC34 过表达GIST882 细胞(过表达组)、CCDC34干扰GIST882 细胞(干扰组),建立移植瘤模型。3 周后处死各组裸鼠,采用免疫组化法检测各组移植瘤组织MVD,Western blot 法检测各组移植瘤组织PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C 蛋白的表达。结果:CCDC34 在GIST 组织中的阳性表达率明显高于正常胃肠道黏膜组织(90.16% vs. 27.5%,χ2=10.295,P=0.001)。CCDC34 表达与患者性别、年龄、肿瘤部位等无关(均P>0.05),而与肿瘤的危险度分级、肿瘤大小、肿瘤细胞核分裂象和局部侵犯、坏死及转移明显有关(均P<0.05);CCDC34蛋白表达与MVD 计数呈明显正相关(r=0.695,P<0.001)。与模型组比较,过表达组植瘤组织MVD 及PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C 蛋白表达明显升高,而干扰组以上指标则呈明显的反向变化(均P<0.05)。结论:CCDC34 在GIST 中表达升高,CCDC34 过表达可以促进的血管生成,从而致GIST 进展,其机制与激活PI3K/Akt 信号通路有关,故该通路可望成为GIST 治疗的新靶点。

关键词 胃肠道间质肿瘤;卷曲螺旋结构域蛋白34;新生血管化,病理性

胃肠道间质瘤(GIST)是起源于胃肠道肌层的间叶源性肿瘤,发病率约1~2/10 0000,约占胃肠道恶性肿瘤1%~3%[1]。手术治疗是目前主要的治疗手段,但术后仍有40%~80%的GIST患者出现复发[2]。因此,研究GIST发生机制并寻找有效治疗手段迫在眉睫。GIST发生发展过程极其复杂,涉及多种分子信号通路参与。

卷曲螺旋结构域蛋白34(coiled-coil domaincontaining 34,CCDC34)在1例视网膜和视网膜色素上皮联合错构瘤患者中首次发现,也被称为NY-REN-41,包括373个氨基酸,位于11p14.1染色体上。目前研究发现,CCDC34在膀胱癌[3]、宫颈癌[4]、直肠癌[5]和肝癌[6]等多种肿瘤中过表达,促进其细胞增殖和迁移。Hu等[7]在食管鳞状细胞癌中CCDC34差异表达水平与ESCC组织的淋巴结转移和TNM分期显着相关,且高表达CCDC34患者预后不良。除此之外,他们还发现CCDC34和VEGF之间存在明显的相关性。Qi等[8]研究表明在胰腺癌细胞中沉默CCDC34后通过抑制PI3K/Akt信号通路阻滞肿瘤血管生成等作用。由此可以看出CCDC34在肿瘤血管生成中发挥至关重要的作用。然而,CCDC34在GIST中的表达水平和作用尚不清楚,本研究通过分析GIST组织中CCDC34的表达和微血管密度(microvessel density,MVD)的数量,并在荷瘤鼠模型上探讨其对GIST血管生成的作用及机制,为临床治疗GIST,提供理论参考依据。

1 材料与方法

1.1 标本来源

收集2018年1月—2019年2月我院病理科经外科切除的GIST组织标本84例,患者年龄45~79岁,平均(5 5.2 5±7.2 1)岁;肿瘤位于胃4 8 例,小肠2 0 例,结直肠8 例及胃肠外8 例;组织学分型:上皮样细胞型5例,梭形细胞型71例和混合细胞型8例;32例局部侵犯(浸润消化道壁或邻近脏器);3 1 例有坏死,3 4 例转移(盆腹腔转移1 5 例,肝转移5 例,淋巴结转移4 例);肿瘤最大径0.4~25 cm。另选取30例正常胃肠道黏膜组织作为对照,所有患者年龄4 6 ~7 8 岁,平均(54.16±5.12)岁。

1.2 实验材料

C C D C 3 4 p c D N A 过表达载体(采用的质粒为pLVX-IRES-Hyg)、CCDC34干扰载体(采用pRNAT-u6.2载体),其对应的包装质粒均由广州锐博生物技术有限公司设计和构建;兔抗CCDC34单克隆抗体、兔抗人C D 3 4 单克隆抗体、兔抗人PI3K单克隆抗体、兔抗人p-Akt单克隆抗体、兔抗人VEGF-C单克隆抗体、HRP标记的兔二抗购自英国Abcam公司;蛋白提取试剂盒、BCA试剂盒、DAB免疫组织化学显色试剂盒、发光试剂盒、潮霉素B、遗传霉素购自生工生物工程(上海)股份有限公司;293T和GIST882细胞株购自上海研生实业有限公司。4周龄雄性BALB/c裸鼠,体质量为12~15 g,购买于南京大学模式动物研究所。TransLvTM Lentivirus qPCR Titration Kit购自北京全式金生物技术有限公司。Lipofectamine 2000购自Invitrogen公司

1.3 免疫组化检测染色及结果判读

1.3.1 免疫组化检测 经常规石蜡包埋标本,制备5 μm 厚连续切片。3%H2O2 10 min 阻断内源性过氧化物酶,正常家兔血清室温封闭10 min,加入一抗于4 ℃孵育过夜。次日,PBS 冲洗3 次,生物素化羊抗兔二抗37 ℃孵育30 min,PBS 冲洗3 次,辣根酶标记链酶卵白素37 ℃孵育45 min,漂洗后DAB 显色,苏木素复染封片,中性树脂封片,镜下观察并获得图像。

1.3.2 结果判定 以胞质出现浅黄色至棕褐色者为阳性,染色强度评分标准为基本不着色记0 分,浅黄色记1 分,棕黄色记2 分,棕褐色记3 分;阳性细胞所占比例评分标准为:0%记0 分,1%~25%记1 分,26%~50% 记2 分,51%~75% 记3 分,76%~100% 记4 分。两项指标评分乘积,判定结果如下:阴性为0~3 分、4~12 分为阳性。以不含一抗的标本作为阴性对照。

1.3.3 MVD 计数 肿瘤边缘区微脉管计数采用郭黎姣等[8]的方法。用CD34 标记微血管,先于40 倍光镜下选出3 个微血管着色最密集的区域,然后在200 倍视野下计数微血管。判定结果如下:被抗体染色的细胞或细胞团记为1 个微血管,排除管径>8 个红细胞直径及汇管区血管。MVD 数量为3 个视野的均值。

1.4 CCDC34 干扰/ 过表达GIST882 稳定转染细胞株的建立

1.4.1 CCDC34 过表达GIST882 稳定转染细胞株的建立 具体步骤参照文献[9],将包装质粒1、2 和CCDC34 pcDNA 过表达载体按照5:3:2 比例加入到opti-MEM 中混匀,另用转染试剂PEI 将opti-MEM 预混。室温静置20 min 后,将两者混合。缓慢加入293T 细胞中。分别于24、48 h 收集2 次病毒备用,采用TransLvTM Lentivirus qPCR Titration Kit 检测慢病毒的滴度。将获得的病毒感染SKOV3 细胞(MOI=20),采用潮霉素B 进行筛选出CCDC34 过表达GIST882 稳定转染细胞株。

1.4.2 CCDC34 干扰GIST882 稳定转染细胞株的建立 基本操作如1.4.1。最后采用遗传霉素进行筛选出CCDC34 干扰GIST882 稳定转染细胞株。

1.5 动物造模及分组

将无处理的G I S T 8 8 2 及C C D C 3 4 干扰/过表达GIST882细胞株于培养基中培养传代后,调整密度为1×107个/mL,在裸鼠第二乳垫部皮下注射0.2 m L 细胞液,建立6 0 只荷瘤鼠,分为模型组(无处理的GIST882细胞)、CCDC34干扰组(CCDC34干扰GIST882细胞)和CCDC34过表达组(CCDC34过表达GIST882细胞),每组各 20只。在接种部位乳垫处出现质地较硬,肿瘤结节认为造模成功。3周后处死裸鼠,完整切除肿瘤组织。

1.6 Western blot 实验

收集各组细胞/组织裂解,用BCA定量裂解的蛋白,进行SDS-PAGE电泳,转至PVDF膜,用含5%脱脂奶粉封闭。用一抗在室温下孵育2 h、洗膜;用羊抗兔HRP二抗在室温下孵育1 h、洗膜,ECL显影。化学发光系统拍照。

1.7 统计学处理

所有的数据均采用SPSS 21.0软件进行分析。计量资料用均数±标准差(x±s)表示,符合正态分布的计量资料,两组比较采用独立样本t检验,多组比较采用单因素方差分析;计数资料用例数(百分比)[n(%)]表示,组间率的比较采用χ2检验;相关性分析采用Pearson相关分析法,检验水准α=0.05,P<0.05为差异有统计学意义。

2 结 果

2.1 GIST 组织和正常胃肠道黏膜组织CCDC34表达

免疫组化染色显示,CCDC34在GIST组织中的阳性表达率(86.90%,73/84)明显高于正常胃肠道黏膜组织的(16.67%,5/30)(χ2=98.175,P=0.001)(图1)。

图1 免疫组化检测CCDC34 表达 A:正常胃肠道黏膜组织(×100);B:GIST 组织(×100);C:正常胃肠道黏膜组织(×200);D:GIST 组织(×200)
Figure 1 Immunohistochemical staining for CCDC34 expression A: Normal gastrointestinal mucosal tissue (×100); B: GIST tissue (×100); C: Normal gastrointestinal mucosal tissue (×200); D: GIST tissue (×200)

2.2 CCDC34 表达与GIST 患者临床病理特征的关联性

CCDC34表达与患者性别、年龄、肿瘤部位、组织学类型等无关(均P>0.05),而与肿瘤的危险度分级、肿瘤大小、肿瘤细胞核分裂象和局部侵犯、坏死和转移有关(均P<0.05)(表1)。

2.3 GIST 组织中的CCDC34 与MVD 计数的相关性

S p e a r m a n 相关分析表明,C C D C 3 4 表达与M V D 计数呈现明显的正相关性(r=0.6 9 5,P<0.001)(图2)。

2.4 转染效率检测结果

与空白对照组比较,CCDC34干扰组GIST882细胞CCDC34蛋白表达水平明显降低(P<0.05)。CCDC34过表达组GIST882细胞CCDC34蛋白表达水平明显升高(P<0.05)。CCDC34的蛋白表达在空白对照组、干扰对照组和过表达对照组无统计学差异(均P>0.05)(图3)。

表1 CCDC34 表达与GIST 患者临床病理特征的关系[n(%)]
Table 1 Relations of CCDC34 expression with the clinicopathologic characteristics of the GIST patients [n (%)]

图2 CCDC34 表达与MVD 计数的关系 A:在GIST 组织CCDC34 表达量与MVD 计数值散点图;B:GIST 组织中的CCDC34 与MVD 计数之间的相关性散点图
Figure 2 Relationship between CCDC34 expression and MVD count A: Scatter plot of CCDC34 expression levels and MVD counts in GIST tissues; B: Scatter plot of correlation between CCDC34 expression and MVD count in GIST tissues

图3 Western blot 检测转染效率
Figure 3 Transfection efficiency detected by Western blot analysis

2.5 各组移植瘤MVD 计数值比较

以C D 3 4 标记的微血管进行M V D 计数值分析,结果显示,与模型组移植瘤M V D 计数(1 8.5 2±3.2 6)比较,C C D C 3 4 过表达组裸鼠移植瘤M V D 计数(2 9.5 6±2.4 9)明显增加(t=11.63,P<0.01);CCDC34干扰组裸鼠移植瘤MVD计数(6.21±1.52)明显降低(t=14.64,P<0.01)(图4)。

图4 各组移植瘤MVD 计数检测(×200) A:模型组;B:CCDC34 过表达组;C:CCDC34 干扰组
Figure 4 Detection of MVD counts in the tumor xenografts of each group A: Model group; B: CCDC34 overexpression group; C: CCDC34 interference group

2.6 各组移植瘤组织中PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C表达

与模型组比较,C C D C 3 4 过表达组移植瘤组织中P I 3 K、p-A k t、V E G F-C 明显增加(均P<0.05);CCDC34干扰组移植瘤组织中PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C明显降低(均P<0.05)(图5)。

图5 各组移植瘤组织中PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C 表达比较
Figure 5 Comparison of expressions of PI3K, p-Akt and VEGF-C in tumor tissues of each group

3 讨 论

卷曲螺旋(coiled-coil)是一种在蛋白质中鉴定出来的特殊结构基序。该结构基序参与一系列生物学功能,如细胞分裂,基因表达调控,药物传递和膜融合[10]。研究[10-12]表明,含有该结构基序的蛋白质在结直肠癌、胰腺癌等多种肿瘤中异常表达,与肿瘤细胞的迁移,侵袭和转移密切相关,有望成为肿瘤侵袭和转移以及临床判断肿瘤治疗预后的新标志物。CCDC34是卷曲螺旋结构域(CCDC)家族的新成员之一,是与疾病有关的蛋白质编码基因[5, 13]。CCDC34的临床意义首先在膀胱癌中被探索,结果表明,CCDC34在膀胱癌中表达上调,通过慢病毒介导的sgRNA敲低CCDC34可以抑制膀胱癌细胞的增殖和迁移,并促进细胞周期保持在G2/M阶段。此外,CCDC34的敲低显着抑制裸鼠中膀胱肿瘤细胞的生长[3]。在食管鳞状细胞癌(esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,ESCC)中,CCDC34差异表达水平与ESCC组织的淋巴结转移和TNM分期显着相关,且CCDC34高表达的患者的总生存率(O S)和无病生存率(DFS)显著低于CCDC34低表达的患者。因此CCDC34表达水平可作为ESCC患者OS和DFS的独立预后因素[7]。本研究首次证明CCDC34在GIST患者中与正常胃肠道黏膜组织相比高表达。然后,分析结果显示,CCDC34表达与患者性别、年龄、肿瘤部位、组织学类型等无关,而与肿瘤的危险度分级、肿瘤大小、肿瘤细胞核分裂象和局部侵犯、坏死和转移密切相关。这与张著学等[14]和李小红等[15]研究结果相似,说明CCDC34有可能参与GIST的侵袭与进展。

目前,已有研究[16-17]表明血管生成对肿瘤的发生,发展和转移至关重要。抗血管生成药物及其类似物的研发应用,为肿瘤的治疗提供了新的方法[18-20]。Qi等[8]研究表明在胰腺癌细胞中沉默CCDC34后可通过抑制PI3K/Akt信号通路阻滞肿瘤血管生成等作用。由此可以看出CCDC34参与胰腺癌血管生成。本研究为了确定在GIST中CCDC34蛋白与肿瘤血管生成之间是否存在联系,先分析MVD和CCDC34之间的关系。与MVD计数呈正相关的结果表明,两者具有正相关关系。这与李泓享等[21]和范晓杰等[22]研究结果相似,提示CCDC34可能通过参与了肿瘤微血管的生成。再通过动物实验发现,与模型组相比,CCDC34干扰组显著降低肿瘤血管生成及PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C蛋白表达,而CCDC34过表达组显著提高肿瘤血管生成及PI3K、p-Akt、VEGF-C蛋白表达。本研究与前人研究[23-24]结果相似,由此表明,CCDC34调控PI3K/Akt途径参与胃肠道间质瘤的血管生成。其作用机制为:PI3K信号通路激活后使Akt磷酸化为p-Akt,p-Akt激活内皮型一氧化氮合酶使之磷酸化,产生NO刺激血管舒张和血管形成[25-27]。此外,p-Akt还可通过磷酸化IKKS,降解I-κB,激活NF-κB,从而促进血管生成因子的表达[28-29]

综上所述,在GIST中过表达CCDC34促进的血管生成,其机制与激活PI3K/Akt信号通路有关,有望成为治疗GIST患者的新靶点。但本研究所得结论只是基于裸鼠动物实验得出,临床中是否具有相同机制还需要进一步探索与研究。

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CCDC34 expression and its relationship with angiogenesis in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

ZHI Xiaofei, CHEN Sijun, HUA Ruheng, ZHU Jianwei
(Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China)

Abstract Background and Aims: The family of coiled-coil domain-containing (CCDC) protein is of great biological significance, and its member CCDC34 is found to be overexpressed in various cancers and involved in tumor angiogenesis. However, its expression and function in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) have not been reported yet. This study was conducted to examine the CCDC34 expression and its relationship with angiogenesis in GIST. Methods: The CCDC34 expressions and the microvascular density (MVD) counts (labeled with CD34) in 84 specimens of GIST tissues and 30 specimens of normal gastrointestinal mucosal tissue were detected by immunohistochemical staining. The relationship between CCDC34 expression and clinicopathologic features of GIST patients as well as the MVD count were analyzed. Human GIST cells were transfected with CCDC34 overexpression vectors or CCDC34 interference vectors to establish CCDC34 overexpression and CCDC34 interference GIST882 cells through lentiviral transfection technique. Sixty nude mice were equally randomized into 3 groups, and were subcutaneously injected with untreated GIST882 cells (model group), CCDC34 overexpression GIST882 cells (overexpression group) and CCDC34 interference GIST882 cells (interference group) to create the tumor xenograft models. All nude mice were sacrificed 3 week later, the MVD counts and the protein expressions of PI3K, p-Akt, and VEGF-C in the tumor xenografts were determined by immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analysis, respectively. Results: The positive expression rate of CCDC34 in GIST tissue was significantly higher than that in normal gastrointestinal mucosal tissue (90.16% vs. 27.5%, χ2=10.295, P=0.001). The CCDC34 expression was irrelevant to the sex age and tumor site (all P>0.05), but was significantly related to tumor risk grade, tumor size, tumor cell mitotic and local invasion, necrosis and metastasis (all P<0.05); CCDC34 protein expression was positively correlated with MVD count (r=0.695, P<0.001). Compared with the model group, the MVD count and protein expressions of PI3K, p-Akt and VEGF-C in the xenograft tissues from overexpression group were significantly increased, while significant opposite changes in above parameters were observed in the xenograft tissues from interference group (all P<0.05).Conclusion: The CCDC34 expression is increased in GIST, and CCDC34 overexpression can promote angiogenesis, and thereby enable GIST progression. The mechanism may be associated with activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. So, this pathway may become a new target for the treatment of GIST.

Key words Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Coiled-Coil Domain-Containing 34; Neovascularization, Pathologic

中图分类号:R735

基金项目:国家自然科学基金资助项目(81702369)。

收稿日期:2019-11-19;

修订日期:2020-03-21。

作者简介:支小飞,南通大学附属医院主治医师,主要从事胃肠道肿瘤的基础及临床方面的研究。

通信作者:支小飞, Email: zxf6739@163.com

doi:10.7659/j.issn.1005-6947.2020.04.008

http://dx.doi.org/10.7659/j.issn.1005-6947.2020.04.008

Chinese Journal of General Surgery, 2020, 29(4):449-457.

CLC number: R735

(本文编辑 宋涛)

本文引用格式:支小飞, 陈思俊, 华如衡, 等. CCDC34在胃肠道间质瘤中的表达及其与血管生成的关系[J]. 中国普通外科杂志, 2020, 29(4):449-457. doi:10.7659/j.issn.1005-6947.2020.04.008

Cite this article as: Zhi XF, Chen SJ, Hua RH, et al. CCDC34 expression and its relationship with angiogenesis in gastrointestinal stromal tumors[J]. Chin J Gen Surg, 2020, 29(4):449-457. doi:10.7659/j.issn.1005-6947.2020.04.008