Expression of TLR4/iNOS pathway molecules in high-risk HPV-positive cervical cancer tissue and cell lines and its significance

摘要

Objective:To study the expression of TLR4/iNOS pathway molecules in high-risk HPV-positive cervical cancer tissue and cell lines and its significance.Methods: 35 cases of patients with high-risk HPV-positive cervical cancer and 35 cases of healthy subjects receiving cervical biopsy were enrolled for study, and mRNA contents of TLRs and NOS in cervical tissue were analyzed. CaSki cell lines (HPV16-positive), Hela cell lines (HPV18-positive) and C33a cell lines (HPV-negative) were cultured, siRNA was transfected and contents of TLR4, NF-kB, iNOS and NO were detected.Results:mRNA contents of TLR4 and iNOS in high-risk HPV-positive cervical cancer tissue were significantly higher than those in normal cervical biopsy tissue, and comparison of mRNA contents of TLR3, TLR7, TLR8, TLR9, eNOS and nNOS with normal cervical biopsy tissue showed no significant differences; mRNA contents of TLR4, NF-kB and iNOS as well as NO levels in CaSki cell lines and Hela cell lines were higher than those in C33a cell lines; after transfection of TLR4 siRNA, mRNA contents of NF-kB and iNOS as well as NO levels in CaSki cell lines and Hela cell lines were lower than those transfected with negative control siRNA.Conclusions: Expression of TLR4/iNOS pathway molecules in high-risk HPV-positive cervical cancer tissue and cell lines increases, and TLR4 can increase iNOS expression and NO generation through NF-kB, thus participating in pathological process of cervical cancer caused by high-risk HPV.