Tissue and samples
Glioblastoma inpatients receiving surgical resection at General Hospital of Northern Theater Command from 2015–2017 were recruited in this study. Detailed clinicopathological features of the patients in supplementary Table 1. Written inform consent was obtained from each patient and study plan was approved by Ethics Committee of General Hospital of Northern Theater Command.
Cell Line And Viruses
Normal glial cells and glioblastoma cell lines were obtained from cell bank of Chinese Science Academy, Shanghai. Glioblastoma cell lines U251 and A172 were cultured with 10% fetal bovine serum containing DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium) at cell incubator set to 37℃ and 5% CO2. MiR-3154 sponge lentivirus and control viruses and siRNA of TP53INP1 and negative control were purchased from GenePharma, Shanghai. miR-3154 sponge is a fragment of mRNA which carries miR-3154 complementary sequence in its 3’UTR. Thus miR-3154 sponge can absorb and prevent miR-3154 from binding to its natural target.
Cell Proliferation Assays
For CCK8 assay, cells were seeded into 96-well plates at a density of about 3×103 cells per well in 100µl medium. Cells were incubated for indicated length of time (24h, 48h, 72h 96h). 10µL Cell Counting Kit-8 was added to each well following instruction and incubated for 30 minutes. Absorbance at 450 nm was measured using a microplate reader.
For colony formation assay, cells were seeded into 96-well plates at a density of about 3×103 cells per well in 2ml medium. After 7 days culture these cells were fixed in 10% formaldehyde and dyed with crystal violet (Beyotime). The cells were washed before photographed under a microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan).
Animal Model
Six-to-eight-week-old male BALB/c nude mice from Chinese Academy of Sciences Slake were used for all experiments in this work. BALB/c nude mice were reared at 26 ℃ and 50% humidity. For tumor growth in vivo, 1 × 107 U251 cells were implanted subcutaneously in the flanks of BALB/c nude mice (six animals/each group, mice random assignment). The mice were checked regularly for tumor size at the indicated time points. The tumor-bearing mice were sacrificed 5 weeks post-implantation, and tumor weights were measured. All experiments involving mice were undertaken in accordance with the National Institute of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the approval of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at General Hospital of Northern Theater Command.
Cell Metastasis Assays
For cell migration experiments, cells were seeded into the upper chamber of a polycarbonate transwell chamber at a density of about 2×105 cells per well in serum-free DMEM. DMEM with 20% FBS was added to the lower chamber. Cells were incubated for 12 hours. The chamber was taken out and fixed in 10% formaldehyde for 12 hours and dyed with crystal violet (Beyotime). Cells were washed before photographed under a microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) and cell number is expressed as the average number of cells per visual field.
For cell invasion experiments, cells were seeded into the upper chamber of a Boyden chamber coated with Matrigel (BD) at a density of about 2×105 cells per well in serum-free DMEM. DMEM with 20% FBS was added to the lower chamber. Cells were incubated for 12 hours. The chamber was taken out and fixed in 10% formaldehyde for 12 hours and dyed with crystal violet (Beyotime). Cells were washed before photographed under a microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) and cell number is expressed as the average number of cells per visual field.
Quantitative Real-time Pcr
Total RNA was extracted and reversely transcribed using a TaqMan MicroRNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Applied Biosystems). Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was carried out using TaqMan MicroRNA assay kits (Applied Biosystems). Results of miR-3154 and TP53INP1 were detected using U6 snRNA or β-actin as internal reference. The U6 primer sequences were forward: 5’ ATTGGAACGATACAGAGAAGATT 3’. The TP53INP1 primer sequences were forward: 5’ CCCCACCCCCATGTTTTACT 3’, reverse: 5’ TTTCCTGGCCCTGGGACTAC 3’. The β-actin primer sequences were forward: 5’ GGCCCAGAATGCAGTTCGCCTT 3’, reverse: 5’ AATGGCACCCTGCTCACGCA 3’.
Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay
The wide type or mutant TP53INP1 3’-untranslated regions (UTR) was cloned into the luciferase reporter plasmid pGL4.13 vector (Promega). miR-3154 sponge or control virus stable-transfected cells were transfected with dual luciferase reporter plasmid vector containing wild type or mutate TP53INP1 using lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, NY, USA). Cells were incubated for 48 hours, and relative luciferase activity was measured using Renilla luciferase activity as internal reference.
Western Blot Assay
Cells were lysed in ice-cold lysis buffer. Lysates were ultrasonicated on ice at 25% intensity for a total of 20 seconds before centrifugation at 12000 rpm for 15 min at 4°C. Protein concentration in each supernatant was measured using a BCA method. Proteins were denatured by boiling for 5 min in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sample buffer. 25µg protein were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and then transferred to the nitrocellulose (NC) membrane. NC membrane was blocked in 5% nonfat milk and incubated with indicated primary antibody. Primary antibodies were seen via binding IRDye 800CW-conjugated secondary antibody. The LI-COR imaging system (LI-COR Biosciences) was used to detect fluorescein intensity. The primary antibodies were cyclin D1 (1:1000; # 55506, Cell Signaling Technology), cyclin E1 (1:1000; # 4129, Cell Signaling Technology), PCNA (1:1000; # 13110, Cell Signaling Technology), PARP (1:1000; # 9532, Cell Signaling Technology), Bcl-2 (1:1000; # 15071, Cell Signaling Technology), E-cadherin (1:1000; # 14472, Cell Signaling Technology), Vimentin (1:1000; #5741, Cell Signaling Technology), TP53INP1 (1:1000; ab202026, abcam), and β-actin (1:5000; # 3700, Cell Signaling Technology).
Flow Cytometry
For cell cycle analysis, cells were collected and fixed with 75% ethanol at 4℃ overnight. Then cells were washed with PBS and incubated with FxCycle PI RNase solution (Thermo Fisher) for 15 min. Proportion of G0/G1, S, G2/M phase cells were detected using Attune NxT flow cytometry (Thermo Fisher).
For apoptosis assay, cells were collected and washed with PBS before incubating with FITC labeled Annexin V and PI (Beyotime) for 15 min. Proportion of Annexin V positive cells were detected using Attune NxT flow cytometry (Thermo Fisher).
Statistical analysis
All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software or GraphPad Prism software. Student’s t-test was applied to compare difference between two groups and p value smaller than 0.05 is considered statistically significant.