PMID- 33577025 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210629 LR - 20210629 IS - 2284-0729 (Electronic) IS - 1128-3602 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Correlation between inflammatory cytokines and liver cancer stem cell markers in DEN-induced liver cancer rats. PG - 710-721 LID - 24632 [pii] LID - 10.26355/eurrev_202101_24632 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To study the association of inflammatory factors and hepatocarcinoma stem cells of induced liver cancer rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 30 SD male healthy rats were selected. 10 rats were given water as normal control group. 10 rats only were implemented laparotomy as sham operation group. The remaining 10 rats were the liver cancer model group and treated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN) to induce liver cancer. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the related inflammatory factors in HCC tissues, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta), human interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), human interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and levels of hepatocarcinoma stem cells indicators CD90, CD133, Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). Correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between inflammatory factors and hepatocarcinoma stem cells markers CD90 and CD133. RESULTS: The expression levels of IL-6, MCP-1 and TGF-beta of HCC tissues in liver cancer model group were significantly higher than those in the control group and the sham operation group. The expression levels of CD90 and CD133 of tissues in the liver cancer model group were significantly higher than those in the control group and the sham operation group. The differences were statistically significant (p<0.001). By inhibiting related inflammatory factors, the growth, migration and invasion of liver cancer cells were significantly inhibited, and apoptosis was promoted. Correlation analysis results showed that the expression changes of IL-6, MCP-1 and TGF-beta were significantly positively correlated with CD90 up-regulation (p<0.05), while the expression changes of IL-6, MCP-1 and TGF-beta were significantly positively correlated with CD133 up-regulation (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The inflammatory factors IL-6, MCP-1 and TGF-beta are closely related to hepatocarcinoma stem cells, which play an important role in promoting the occurrence and deterioration of liver cancer. FAU - Liu, Z-H AU - Liu ZH AD - Department of Oncology, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. 755591296@qq.com. FAU - Bai, M-J AU - Bai MJ FAU - Li, J-Q AU - Li JQ FAU - Yan, S-H AU - Yan SH FAU - Ye, X-W AU - Ye XW FAU - Bu, J-G AU - Bu JG FAU - Chen, C-Y AU - Chen CY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Italy TA - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci JT - European review for medical and pharmacological sciences JID - 9717360 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Il6 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tgfb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 3IQ78TTX1A (Diethylnitrosamine) SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chemokine CCL2/*genetics/metabolism MH - Diethylnitrosamine/administration & dosage MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Interleukin-6/*genetics/metabolism MH - Liver Neoplasms/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/*metabolism/pathology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/*genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2021/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/30 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/12 12:13 PHST- 2021/02/12 12:13 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 24632 [pii] AID - 10.26355/eurrev_202101_24632 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021 Jan;25(2):710-721. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202101_24632.