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MELANOMA RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 341-348Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3282efd3ae
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apoptosis; caspase-3; melanoma; poly-ADP-ribose polymerase; RNA interference; WT1
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The Wilms'tumor protein 1 (WT1) is essential for tumor cell proliferation and is highly expressed in various hernatological and solid malignancies including human malignant melanoma. We investigated whether WT1 expression is essential for growth in the B16F10 murine melanoma cell line. Toward this end, we examined WT1 protein expression and WT1 isoforms (17AA+/1 7AA-, KTS+/KTS-) in this cell line. WT1 was silenced by two RNA interference constructs, designated WT1 -1 and WT1 -2. RNA interference-mediated reduction of WT1 protein expression significantly inhibited B16F10 cell viability. Loss of WT1 also increased caspase-3 and poly-ADP-ribose polymerase activation, as well as apoptotic body formation, chromatin condensation, and DNA fragmentation. Together, these findings implicate decreased WT1 protein levels in the induction of apoptosis. These results imply that WT11 plays a distinct role in B16F10 melanoma growth.
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