Up-regulation of survivin by AKT and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α contributes to cisplatin resistance in gastric cancer
Autor: | Xiaolong Wang, Haiquan Qiao, Xueying Sun, Hongchi Jiang, Lele Lin, Xian Jiang, Bo Sun, Xuesong Dong, Zheng Wei, Bo Zhai, Geoffrey W. Krissansen, Xue-Pu Sun, Qiang Zhang |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
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inorganic chemicals Survivin Blotting Western Mice Nude Antineoplastic Agents Apoptosis Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Biochemistry Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Small hairpin RNA Mice Stomach Neoplasms Tumor Cells Cultured medicine Animals Humans RNA Messenger neoplasms Molecular Biology Protein kinase B Cell Proliferation Cisplatin Mice Inbred BALB C Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Cell growth Chemistry Cell Biology Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 alpha Subunit Molecular biology female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Hypoxia-inducible factors Drug Resistance Neoplasm Cancer cell Cancer research Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | FEBS Journal. 281:115-128 |
ISSN: | 1742-464X |
DOI: | 10.1111/febs.12577 |
Popis: | This study investigated the contribution of survivin and its upstream regulators, AKT and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), to the resistance of gastric cancer cells to cisplatin (CDDP). We found that over-expression of survivin increased the resistance of SGC7901 and BGC823 gastric cancer cells to CDDP. Its over-expression abrogated CDDP-induced inhibition of cell proliferation and CDDP-induced cell apoptosis. In contrast, down-regulation of survivin expression using small hairpin RNA (shRNA) vectors and the small-molecule inhibitor YM155, or inhibition of survivin function using a recombinant cell-permeable dominant-negative survivin protein (dNSur9), promoted CDDP-induced apoptosis. CDDP-resistant sub-lines generated from the parental SGC7901 and BGC823 cells by exposure to increasing concentrations of CDDP expressed higher levels of HIF-1α and survivin in response to hypoxia, and higher levels of phosphorylated AKT (pAKT). Specific inhibition of AKT reduced the expression of HIF-1α and survivin, whereas specific inhibition or depletion of HIF-1α reduced survivin expression but had no effect on the expression of phosphorylated AKT. The expression levels of survivin affected the therapeutic efficacy of CDDP in treating gastric tumors in mice. Specific inhibition of survivin, AKT and HIF-1α enhanced the sensitivity of CDDP-resistant cells to CDDP. Specific inhibition of survivin, AKT and HIF-1α synergized with CDDP to suppress the growth of gastric tumors that had been engineered to overexpress survivin. In summary, the results provide evidence that up-regulation of survivin by AKT and HIF-1α contributes to CDDP resistance, indicating that inhibition of these pathways may be a potential strategy for overcoming CDDP resistance in the treatment of gastric cancer. |
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