期刊
ONCOGENE
卷 20, 期 22, 页码 2826-2835出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204393
关键词
TRADD; glioma; radiation; apoptosis; cDNA array; gene therapy
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR01271] Funding Source: Medline
Survival of patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GM), a highly malignant brain tumor, remains poor despite concerted efforts to improve therapy. The median survival of patients with GM has remained approximately 1 year regardless of the therapeutic approach, Since radiation therapy is the most effective adjuvant therapy for GM and nearly half of GM tumors harbor p53 mutations, we sought to identify genes that mediate p53-independent apoptosis of GM cells in response to ionizing radiation. Using broad-scale gene expression analysis we found that following radiation treatment, TRADD expression was induced in a uniquely radiosensitive GM cell line but not in radioresistant GM cell lines. TRADD over-expression killed GM cells and activated NF-kappaB, We found that blocking the TRADD-mediated pathway using a dominant-negative mutant of FADD (FADD-DN) enhanced radiation resistance of GM cells, as reflected in both susceptibility to apoptosis and clonogenic survival following irradiation, Conversely stable expression of exogenous TRADD enhanced radiation-induced apoptosis of GM cell lines, reflecting the biological significance of TRADD regulation in p53-independent apoptosis, These findings generate interest in utilizing TRADD in gene therapy for GM tumors, particularly in light of its dual function of directly inducing rapid apoptosis and sensitizing GM cells to standard anti-neoplastic therapy.
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