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Crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis in the regulation of paclitaxel-induced cell death in v-Ha-ras-transformed fibroblasts.
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PMID:  21069434     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The previous studies by this author group has shown that paclitaxel, a mitotic inhibitor used in breast cancer chemotherapy, inhibits cell growth via induction of Raf-1-dependent apoptosis. In this article, the role of autophagy in paclitaxel anticancer action was investigated using v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells. Paclitaxel induced a notable increase in the number of fluorescent particles labeled with monodansylcadaverine (MDC), a specific marker for autophagic vacuoles. MDC-labeled vacuoles clearly exhibited the fluorescent-tagged LC3 in cells transiently overexpressing GFP-LC3 (a protein that associates with autophagosome membranes). However, autophagy inhibition with 3-methyladenine (3-MA) failed to rescue v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells from paclitaxel-induced cell death. More interestingly, the apoptosis inhibition by overexpression of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) did not fully block the cell death by paclitaxel, implying that apoptosis inhibition might accelerate the autophagic components of the paclitaxel response. Conversely, Raf-1 shRNA expression protected against paclitaxel-induced cell death through the simultaneous inhibition of both autophagy and apoptosis. These results suggest that both autophagy and apoptosis act as cooperative partners to induce cell death in v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells treated with paclitaxel.
Authors:
Ki-Hwan Eum; Michael Lee
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-11-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular and cellular biochemistry     Volume:  348     ISSN:  1573-4919     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Cell. Biochem.     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0364456     Medline TA:  Mol Cell Biochem     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  61-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Incheon, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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