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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 65, Issue 14, Pages 6111-6119Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0472
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is cytotoxic to a wide variety of transformed cells, but not to most normal cells, implying potential therapeutic value against advanced cancer. However, signal transduction in TRAIL-mediated apoptosis is not clearly understood compared with other TNF family members. Specifically, it is not yet understood how TRAIL controls nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) activation and overcomes its antiapoptotic effect. We explored the regulation of NF-kappa B activity by TRAIL and its role in apoptosis. TRAIL combined with I kappa B alpha-superrepressor induced potent apoptosis of SK-Hep1 hepatoma cells at low concentrations of TRAIL that do not independently induce apoptosis. Apoptosis by high concentrations of TRAIL was not affected by I kappa B alpha-superrepressor. Although TRAIL alone did not induce NF-kappa B activity, TRAIL combined with z-VAD significantly increased NF-kappa B activation. Analysis of the NF-kappa B activation pathway indicated that TRAIL unexpectedly induced cleavage of p65 at ASP, which was blocked by z-VAD, accounting for all of these findings. p65 expression abrogated apoptosis and increased NF-kappa B activity in TRAIL-treated cells. Cleavage-resistant p65(D97A) further increased NF-kappa B activity in TRAIL-treated cells, whereas the COOH-terminal p65 fragment acted as a dominant-negative inhibitor. XIAP levels were increased by TRAIL in combination with z-VAD, whereas XIAP levels were decreased by TRAIL alone. Cleavage of p65 was also detected after FRO thyroid cancer cells were treated with TRAIL. These results suggest that TRAIL induces NF-kappa B activation, but simultaneously abrogates NF-kappa B activation by cleaving p65, and thereby inhibits the induction of antiapoptotic proteins such as XIAP, which contributes to the strong apoptotic activity of TRAIL compared with other TNF family members.
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