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CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY
卷 1, 期 5, 页码 520-527出版社
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.1.5.169
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TRAIL; doxorubicin; apoptosis; prostate cancer; c-FLIP
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA 69596] Funding Source: Medline
Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL/Apo2L) can induce receptor-mediated apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines that have been co-treated with the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (Voelkel-johnson C, et al. Cancer Gene Therapy 2002; 9:164-172). In this study, we report that pretreatment with doxorubicin is sufficient to sensitize cells to TRAIL. To identify possible targets of doxorubicin, we analyzed levels of several Bcl-2 family members, TRAIL receptors and the anti-apoptotic protein c-FLIP. Doxorubicin did not affect steady state levels of Box, Bcl-2 and Bcl-X-L in the majority of the prostate cancer cell lines. TRAIL receptor mRNAs (DR4, DR5, and DcR2) were induced by doxorubicin but these changes were not reflected at the protein level. In contrast, in response to doxorubicin, levels of c-FLIP, particularly FLIPS, decreased in all cell lines tested. The decrease in c-FLIPS correlated with onset and magnitude of caspase-8 and PARP cleavage in PC3 cells. In two TRAIL resistant cell lines, DU145 and LNCaP, treatment with TRAIL alone resulted in processing of c-FLIPL and initiated abortive caspase-8 proteolysis. TRAIL treatment did not affect levels of c-FLIPS in Du 145 and LNCaP cells and did not result in PARP cleavage. Therefore, our results suggest that doxorubicin-mediated down regulation of c-FLIPS predisposes cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
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