Effect of galectin3 on proliferation and migration of esophageal cancer Eca109 cells

Objective To investigate galectin3 on proliferation and migration of esophageal cancer Eca109 cells.Methods A lentiviral vector for over-expression of RNA targeting galectin3 was designed to transfect Eca109 cancer cells following plasmid-mediated transfection manual (Eca109/Gal3 cells).Inverted fluorescence microscope was used to observe the expression of EGFP.The proliferation of Eca109 cells was measured by cell counting Kit-8 assay.Eca109 cells apoptosis was determined by Annexin-V/7-AAD doublestaining.The migration capacity of Eca109 cells was determined in transwell assays.Western blot analysis was used to measure the expression of galectin3 protein.Results Galectin-3 expression was detected in Eca109 cells,with the Galectin3 expression in Eca109/Gal3 cells much more than non-transfected cells (t =14.33,P ＜ 0.05 ; t =10.28,P =0.037).Compared with non-transfected Eca109 cells,proliferation increased significantly in Eca109/Gal3 cells (t =-17.277,P ＜ 0.05 ; t =-13.4,P ＜ 0.05).Galectin3 evidently decreased in Eca109 cell apoptosis (t =3.053,P ＜ 0.05 ; t =5.446,P ＜ 0.05).Transwell migration assay showed that a greater number of Eca109/Gal3 cells crossed the artificial basement membrane compared with non-transfected Eca109 cells and negative control Eca109 cells (t =3.465,P ＜ 0.05; t =3.252,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Galectin3 expression is detected in transfected esophageal cancer Eca109 cells,whose overexpression can result in enhanced proliferation,migration,invasion as well as reduced apoptosis.These data indicate that in-depth research of galectin-3 may prove to be a potential molecular target for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Key words: Esophageal neoplasms ;  Galectin 3 ;  RNA over-expression ;  Biological function