Jingyu Yang1. 1. Graduate School of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China. xiexiaoyuan2001@163.com
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Drug resistance is the one of primary causes of death in patients with lung cancer, PPAR-γ could induce the apoptosis and reverse drug resistance. The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of PPAR-γ on cisplatin sensitivity and apoptosis response of human lung cancer cell line A549. METHODS: Reconstruction of PPAR-γ silencing A549 cells (A549/PPAR-γ(-)) by siRNA. MTT assay was employed to determine the effect of cisplatin on the proliferation of A549/PPAR-γ(-), flow cytometry to determine the effect of cisplatin on the cell apoptosis, Western blot to determine the change of phosphorylation of Akt, caspase-3 and expression of bcl-2/bax. Finally, RT-PCR was employed to determine the transcriptional level of bcl-2. RESULTS: Two PPAR-γ silencing A549 cell clones were established successfully, and the expression of PPAR-γ was downregulated significantly as confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot. After PPAR-γ silencing, the resistance of these two A549 clones to cisplatin was increased by 1.29-fold and 1.60-fold respectively. Flow cytometry showed that the apoptosis rate was decreased, and Western Blot showed that the phosphorylation of Akt and expression of bcl-2/bax were upregulated, caspase-3 was downregulated. Finally, RT-PCR showed that the transcriptional level of bcl-2 was upregulated as well. CONCLUSIONS: Downregulation of PPAR-γ in A549 cells led to increase of cisplatin resistance. One of the mechanisms was upregulatin of phosphorylation of Akt and expression of bcl-2, which inhibited the apoptosis of cells. The downregulation of PPAR-γ is a possible mechanism that leads to the clinical drug resistance of cancer.
BACKGROUND: Drug resistance is the one of primary causes of death in patients with lung cancer, PPAR-γ could induce the apoptosis and reverse drug resistance. The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of PPAR-γ on cisplatin sensitivity and apoptosis response of humanlung cancer cell line A549. METHODS: Reconstruction of PPAR-γ silencing A549 cells (A549/PPAR-γ(-)) by siRNA. MTT assay was employed to determine the effect of cisplatin on the proliferation of A549/PPAR-γ(-), flow cytometry to determine the effect of cisplatin on the cell apoptosis, Western blot to determine the change of phosphorylation of Akt, caspase-3 and expression of bcl-2/bax. Finally, RT-PCR was employed to determine the transcriptional level of bcl-2. RESULTS: Two PPAR-γ silencing A549 cell clones were established successfully, and the expression of PPAR-γ was downregulated significantly as confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot. After PPAR-γ silencing, the resistance of these two A549 clones to cisplatin was increased by 1.29-fold and 1.60-fold respectively. Flow cytometry showed that the apoptosis rate was decreased, and Western Blot showed that the phosphorylation of Akt and expression of bcl-2/bax were upregulated, caspase-3 was downregulated. Finally, RT-PCR showed that the transcriptional level of bcl-2 was upregulated as well. CONCLUSIONS: Downregulation of PPAR-γ in A549 cells led to increase of cisplatin resistance. One of the mechanisms was upregulatin of phosphorylation of Akt and expression of bcl-2, which inhibited the apoptosis of cells. The downregulation of PPAR-γ is a possible mechanism that leads to the clinical drug resistance of cancer.
The construction of stably PPAR-γ silencing expression A549 cell lines. The expression of PPAR-γ in A549 cell lines was measured by Western blot (A) and real time PCR (B). #P>0.05, *P < 0.05
PPAR-γ沉默表达A549细胞系的构建。#P>0.05,*P < 0.05The construction of stably PPAR-γ silencing expression A549 cell lines. The expression of PPAR-γ in A549 cell lines was measured by Western blot (A) and real time PCR (B). #P>0.05, *P < 0.05
The effect of PPAR-γ on mRNA expression in A549 cell lines. β-actin was used as an internal. #P>0.05, *P < 0.05
PPAR-γ对A549细胞bcl-2 mRNA表达的影响。#P>0.05,*P < 0.05The effect of PPAR-γ on mRNA expression in A549 cell lines. β-actin was used as an internal. #P>0.05, *P < 0.05
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