Abstract:
:TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) preferentially induces apoptosis of cancer cells without toxicity in normal cells. TRAIL plays an important role in host immune surveillance against tumor metastasis. Cathepsin B (CB) is a mediator of apoptosis whose activity is regulated by its inhibitors, known as cystatins. We examined the TRAIL-mediated cytotoxicity rates of clonally-related primary and metastatic oral cancer (OC) cells and correlated them with the expression levels of TRAIL receptors, cathepsin B and cystatins A, B, C and M. Two pairs of primary (686Tu and 101A) and metastatic (686Ln and 101B) OC cell lines were treated with various concentrations (5 to 1000 ng/ml) of recombinant human TRAIL protein for 14 h, and cell viability and apoptotic rate were determined. In both pairs of cell lines, primary OC cells revealed greater susceptibility to TRAIL than their metastatic counterparts. The protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide markedly increased the TRAIL sensitivity of these cell lines, whereas the CB-specific chemical inhibitor CA-074 markedly reduced the sensitivity of primary OC cells to TRAIL. DNA laddering and M30 CytoDEATH immunodetection assays confirmed that TRAIL-induced OC cell death is an apoptotic process. Expression levels of TRAIL death (DR4 and DR5) and decoy (DcR1 and DcR2) receptors were not different between primary and metastatic OC cells. However, expression levels of cystatins were higher in metastatic OC cells than in their respective primary cells, whereas CB levels remain unchanged. Cathepsin B is a mediator of TRAIL-induced apoptosis in OC cells. Elevated levels of cystatins in metastatic OC cells may cause their greater resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Our data suggest that high expression of cystatins in OC cells may confer a metastatic phenotype by enhancing their resistance to TRAIL.
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Int J Oncoljournal_title
International journal of oncologyauthors
Vigneswaran N,Wu J,Nagaraj N,Adler-Storthz K,Zacharias Wkeywords:
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2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
103-12issue
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1019-6439issn
1791-2423journal_volume
26pub_type
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