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BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
卷 2016, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1729135
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81071990]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [S2012010008279]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province [2012A030400055, 2010B080701088, 2011B08070196, 2011B031800184, 2012B03180411]
- Science and Technology projects of Guangzhou [2011J410010]
Potassium channels are transmembrane proteins that selectively promote the infiltration of potassium ions. The significance of these channels for tumor biology has become obvious. However, the effects of potassium ions on the tumor or normal cells have seldom been studied. To address this problem, we studied the biological effects of L02 and HepG2 cells with ectogenous potassium ions. Cell proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis rate were analyzed. Our results indicated that potassium ions inhibited proliferation of L02 and HepG2 cells and promoted their apoptosis. Potassium ions induced apoptosis through regulating Bcl-2 family members and depolarized the mitochondrial membrane, especially for HepG2 cell. These biological effects were associated with channel protein HERG. By facilitating expression of channel protein HERG, potassium ions may prevent it from being shunted to procancerous pathways by inducing apoptosis. These results demonstrated that potassium ions may be a key regulator of liver cell function. Thus, our findings suggest that potassium ions could inhibit tumorigenesis through inducing apoptosis of hepatoma cells by upregulating potassium ions transport channel proteins HERG and VDAC1.
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