title: AK000953 silencing can enhance the killing effect of danazol on uterine fibroids.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to study the role of AK000953 silencing for the killing effect of danazol on uterine fibroids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative PCR was applied to identify differential expression of AK000953 in uterine fibroid tissue and normal uterine tissue. Then we isolated and cultured uterine fibroid cells, designed the siRNA of AK000953 to silence its expression in uterine fibroid cells, and detected the treatment effect of danazol and AK000953 siRNA on cell proliferation, cell apoptosis, and cell invasion. Finally, guinea pig model of uterine fibroids was constructed to verify the effect of AK000953 silencing on uterine fibroid treatment with danazol in vivo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quantitative PCR showed that the AK000953 gene was highly expressed in uterine fibroid tissue compared with normal uterine tissue (2.1 ± 0.15 vs. 0.8 ± 0.05, p < 0.01). After AK000953 silencing in uterine fibroid cells, we discovered that the inhibition rate in danazol-siRNA group was 56 ± 5 %, the cell apoptosis rate of danazol-siRNA group was 43 ± 2.3 %, and the invasion rate of uterine fibroid cells was 12 ± 1 %, which all showed significant differences with the control group or danazol group. Guinea pig model confirmed that the treatment of danazol and AK000953 siRNA effectively inhibited the development of fibroids in vivo.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AK000953 silencing could effectively enhance the killing effect of danazol on uterine fibroid cells.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Shimei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China. yingzhangyzer@163.com.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Lichun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Qianyun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Xiaojuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Xuejing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese People's Liberation Army 323 Hospital, No.6, Jianshe West Road, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Huiling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003613:Danazol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D003613:Danazol
keywords: AK000953; Danazol; Uterine fibroids; siRNA silencing