2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Interferon-a sensitizes human hepatoma cells to TRAIL-iduced apoptosis through DRS upregulation and NF-κB inactivation
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14570482
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Gastroenterology
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHII Nobuko Nagasaki University, Health Research Center, Professor, 保健管理センター, 教授 (20088868)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAMASAKI Keisuke Nagasaki University, Department of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部・歯学部附属病院, 講師 (50333521)
NAKAO Kazuhiko Nagasaki University, Health Research Center, Assistant Professor, 保健管理センター, 助教授 (00264218)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | TRAIL / interferon-α / hepatoma / survivin / NF-κB |
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| Research Abstract |
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), a member of the TNF superfamily, induces apoptosis in a variety of cancer cells with little or no effect on normal cells. Human hepatoma cells, however, are resistant to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Since interferon-a (IFN-α) is capable of enhancing TNF-a-induced apoptosis in certain cancer cells, we evaluated the effect of IFN-α on TRAIL-induced apoptosis of human hepatoma cells. IFN-α pretreatment enhanced TRAIL-induced apoptosis of HuH-7 and Hep3B cells, in which IFN-α upregulated the expression of DRS, a death receptor of TRAIL, and downregulated the expression of survivin, which has an anti-apoptotic function. In contrast, IFN-α did not enhance TRAIL-induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells, in which expression of DRS and survivin was not affected by IFN-α. On the other hand, TRAIL activated NF-κB composed of Re1A-p50 heterodimer, a key transcription factor regulating cell survival, in HuH-7 and HepG2 cells : However, IFN-α pretreatment repressed the TRAIL-mediated activation of NF-κB and decreased its transcriptional activity in HuH-7 but not in HepG2 cells. Moreover, IFN-α pretreatment clearly augmented TRAIL-mediated caspase-8 activation in HuH-7 cells. Our results suggest that IFN-α could sensitize eertain human hepatoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis by stimulating its death signaling and by repressing the survival function in these cells.
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[Publications] Masaya Shigeno, Kazuhiko Nakao, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Kasumi Suzuki, Atsushi Kawakami, Seigou Abiru, Seiji Miyazoe, Yuichi Nakagawa, Hiroki Ishikawa, Keisuke Hamasaki, Keisuke Nakata, Nobuko Ishii, Katsumi Eguchi.: "Interferon-a sensitizes human hepatoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through DR5 upregulation and NF-κB inactivation"Oncogene. 22(11). 1653-1662 (2003)
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