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Identification of TMEM208 and PQLC2 as reference genes for normalizing mRNA expression in colorectal cancer treated with aspirin

Numerous evidences indicate that aspirin usage causes a significant reduction in colorectal cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms about aspirin preventing colon cancer are largely unknown. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is a most frequently used method to...

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Published in:Oncotarget 2017-04, Vol.8 (14), p.22759-22771
Main Authors: Zhu, Yuanyuan, Yang, Chao, Weng, Mingjiao, Zhang, Yan, Yang, Chunhui, Jin, Yinji, Yang, Weiwei, He, Yan, Wu, Yiqi, Zhang, Yuhua, Wang, Guangyu, RajkumarEzakiel Redpath, Riju James, Zhang, Lei, Jin, Xiaoming, Liu, Ying, Sun, Yuchun, Ning, Ning, Qiao, Yu, Zhang, Fengmin, Li, Zhiwei, Wang, Tianzhen, Zhang, Yanqiao, Li, Xiaobo
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Summary:Numerous evidences indicate that aspirin usage causes a significant reduction in colorectal cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms about aspirin preventing colon cancer are largely unknown. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is a most frequently used method to identify the target molecules regulated by certain compound. However, this method needs stable internal reference genes to analyze the expression change of the targets. In this study, the transcriptional stabilities of several traditional reference genes were evaluated in colon cancer cells treated with aspirin, and also, the suitable internal reference genes were screened by using a microarray and were further identified by using the geNorm and NormFinder softwares, and then were validated in more cell lines and xenografts. We have showed that three traditional internal reference genes, β-actin, GAPDH and α-tubulin, are not suitable for studying gene transcription in colon cancer cells treated with aspirin, and we have identified and validated TMEM208 and PQLC2 as the ideal internal reference genes for detecting the molecular targets of aspirin in colon cancer in vitro and in vivo. This study reveals stable internal reference genes for studying the target genes of aspirin in colon cancer, which will contribute to identify the molecular mechanism behind aspirin preventing colon cancer.
ISSN:1949-2553
1949-2553
DOI:10.18632/oncotarget.15191