Significance of P2X7R Expression in Rectal Cancer and Relationship with Tumor Cell Characteristics
JIANG Wen-jing,DI Tai-lin,JI Yun-zhao
Hebei PetroChina Central Hospital, Langfang 065000, China
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the expression of Purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) in rectal cancer and its relationship with tumorigenesis, cell proliferation and invasion. Methods 120 patients with rectal cancer in our hospital from October 2019 to October 2020 were selected and the adjacent tissues were selected as control. The expression of P2X7R was detected by immunohistochemistry. The human colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 and normal colorectal epithelial cell line NCM460 were selected, and HCT116 cells were randomly divided into control group, which 0.01 mmol/L agonist group and 0.1 mmol/L agonist group. The agonist group was given benzoyl-4-benzoyl-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid, and MTT assay was used to detect cell proliferation. The invasion ability of the cells was detected by invasion assay. The Western blotting was used to detect the relative expression of p-STAT3 and PWX7R. Results The positive expression rate of P2X7R in rectal cancer was 37.50%, which was significantly lower than that in adjacent tissues (P < 0.05). The positive expression rate of P2X7R in TNM stage Ⅲ-Ⅳand vascular invasion of rectal cancer was 18.60% and 16.67%, which were significantly lower than those in rectal