Authors: Elif Damla Arisan Ozgur Kutuk Tugsan Tezil Cagri Bodur Dilek Telci Huveyda Basaga
Publish Date: 2009/02/24
Volume: 119, Issue: 2, Pages: 271-
Abstract
Inhibition or downregulation of Bcl2 represents a new therapeutic approach to bypass chemoresistance in cancer cells Therefore we explored the potential of this approach in breast cancer cells Cisplatin and paclitaxel induced apoptosis in a dosedependent manner in MCF7 drugsensitive and MDAMB231 druginsensitive cells Furthermore when we transiently silenced Bcl2 both cisplatin and paclitaxel induced apoptosis more than parental cells Dose dependent induction of apoptosis by drugs was enhanced by the pretreatment of these cells with HA141 a Bcl2 inhibitor Although the effect of cisplatin was significant on both cell lines the effect of paclitaxel was much less potent only in MDAMB231 cells To further understand the distinct role of drugs in MDAMB231 cells pretreated with HA141 caspases and Bcl2 family proteins were studied The apoptotic effect of cisplatin with or without HA141 pretreatment is shown to be caspasedependent Among proapoptotic Bcl2 proteins Bax and Puma were found to be upregulated whereas Bcl2 and BclxL were downregulated when cells were pretreated with HA141 followed by paclitaxel or cisplatin Enforced Bcl2 expression in MDAMB231 cells abrogated the sensitizing effect of HA141 in cisplatin induced apoptosis These results suggest that the potentiating effect of HA141 is drug and cell type specific and may not only depend on the inhibition of Bcl2 Importantly alteration of other proapoptotic or antiapoptotic Bcl2 family members may dictate the apoptotic response when HA141 is combined with chemotherapeutic drugs
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