肠道病毒A71型亚单位蛋白对RD细胞自噬活化的影响

肠道病毒A71型（Enterovirus-A71, EV-A71）能够活化宿主细胞的自噬并依赖自噬促进其复制,然而EV-A71的亚单位蛋白对自噬的活化目前仍不清楚。为探讨EV-A71亚单位蛋白对人横纹肌肉瘤（Human rhabdomyosarcoma, RD）细胞自噬活化的影响,将EV-A71的亚单位蛋白重组真核质粒转染至RD细胞,采用抑制剂MK-2206阻断PI3K/Akt途径,共聚焦显微镜和免疫印迹检测自噬活化。过表达EV-A71亚单位蛋白的RD细胞中PI3K/Akt途径、p38、JNK和ERK途径均呈现不同程度活化,同时RD细胞呈现出绿色荧光表明自噬发生活化,特别是EV-A71的VP2和2A。EV-A71亚单位蛋白使LC3-II/LC3-I的转化水平提升,EV-A71亚单位蛋白（VP2、VP3、VP4、2A、2B和2C）显著提升p62的表达水平,EV-A71 VP1显著下调p62的表达水平但显著上调LAMP-1和LAMP-2的表达水平。阻断PI3K/Akt途径后,过表达EV-A71亚单位蛋白的RD细胞绿色荧光强度显著减弱、自噬被阻断,同时LC3-II/LC3-I的转化水平显著降...     

葡萄籽原花青素通过PI3K/Akt信号通路抑制氧化应激诱导的H9c2心肌细胞凋亡

为了探讨葡萄籽原花青素(grape seed proanthocyanidin, GSP)对心肌细胞的保护作用及机制,通过CCK-8法评估细胞活力,采用Western-blot分析评估GSP对凋亡相关蛋白质(cleaved caspase-3、Bax和Bcl-2)和PI3K/Akt通路相关蛋白质(p-PI3K、PI3K、p-Akt和Akt)表达水平的影响,并使用TUNEL染色和Hoechst 33258染色评估H9c2心肌细胞凋亡情况。结果显示, GSP可以抑制H₂O₂诱导的H9c2心肌细胞的细胞毒性和凋亡,使促凋亡蛋白cleaved caspase-3和Bax表达下降,并使抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2表达水平升高; GSP作用于H9c2细胞后, PI3K和Akt的磷酸化水平增加,使PI3K/Akt信号通路激活。实验结果初步表明, GSP可抑制氧化应激诱导的H9c2心肌细胞凋亡,其作用机制可能与激活PI3K/Akt信号通路有关。     

高危型人乳头瘤病毒感染与宫颈癌中miR-218表达的关系

目的观察高危型人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)感染与宫颈癌中miR-218表达的关系。方法收集2015年6月至2018年12月我院手术切除的宫颈癌组织并检测高危型HPV感染情况和miR-218表达量。培养HPV16阳性的SiHa细胞株并进行分组,阴性对照(NC)组转染NC模拟物、miR-218组转染miR-218模拟物,检测两组细胞凋亡率、B淋巴细胞瘤-2基因(Bcl-2)、Bcl-2相关x蛋白(Bax)、Bcl-2相互作用细胞死亡介导因子(Bim)、含半胱氨酸的天冬氨酸蛋白水解酶(Caspase)-9、Caspase-3的mRNA表达量及凋亡通路分子c-Jun氨基末端激酶(JNK)、c-Jun基因(c-Jun)、磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(PI3K)、蛋白激酶B(AKT)、哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mTOR)的蛋白表达量。结果高危型HPV阳性的宫颈癌组织中miR-218表达量减少。转染24 h后,miR-218组细胞凋亡率、细胞中Bax、Bim、Caspase-9、Caspase-3的mRNA表达量及JNK、c-Jun的蛋白表达量均明显高于NC组,而细胞中Bcl-2的mRNA表达量及PI3K、AKT、mTOR的蛋白表达量均低于NC组,差异均有统计学意义(均P<0.05)。结论miR-218在高危型HPV感染的宫颈癌组织中表达减少。增加miR-218的表达能够促进HPV感染宫颈癌细胞的凋亡。该调控作用与JNK/c-Jun通路的激活及PI3K/AKT/mTOR通路的抑制有关。     

EGCG通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路诱导人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖和凋亡的影响

研究表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路对人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖和凋亡的影响。利用MTT法研究不同剂量EGCG对K1细胞的增殖作用;采用流式细胞术分析EGCG对K1细胞周期和凋亡影响;Westernblot方法检测分析EGCG对人甲状腺乳头状癌K1细胞PI3-K、Akt/p-Akt、mTOR、cyclin D1、CDK4、Bcl-2/Bad、cleaved-caspase-3蛋白表达影响。MTT结果显示EGCG作用后K1细胞增殖显著受到抑制,且表现出明显的剂量依赖性和时间依赖性(P0.001);流式细胞术结果显示EGCG能够将K1细胞阻滞于G1期,并且产生剂量依赖性诱导K1细胞凋亡(P0.001);Westernblot结果显示EGCG能够上调K1细胞促凋亡蛋白Bad及cleaved-caspase-3的表达,下调PI3-K、mTOR、cyclin D1、CDK4蛋白表达,降低AKT蛋白磷酸化及抑凋亡蛋白Bcl-2表达(P0.05)。结果证明,EGCG能够通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路,诱导G1阻滞及细胞凋亡,抑制人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖。     

EV-A71和CV-A16感染正常人呼吸道上皮细胞诱导差异性IFN-I产生通路相关基因表达的研究

手足口病(hand,foot and mouth disease,HFMD)是一种全球性的传染病,其主要病原体为肠道病毒A组71型(Enterovirus group A 71,EV-A71)和柯萨奇病毒A组16型(cosackievirus A 16,CV-A16)。EV-A71感染易引发重症病例及死亡病例,而CV-A16感染所致的症状普遍较轻,且CV-A16容易引发重复感染,但目前其中的机理仍不清楚。本研究比较了EV-A71与CV-A16感染正常人呼吸道上皮细胞16HBE后I型干扰素(Type I interferon,IFN-Ι)产生相关基因的改变。结果发现EV-A71感染后TLR3、TLR7、RIG-I、MDA5、MAVS、MyD88、IRF3、IRF7、IFNα和IFNβ的基因表达量均发生了显著性地上调,而在CV-A16感染后仅MDA5显著性上调;TLR3和IRF3的基因表达水平显著性地下降,而其它基因表达水平均无显著性地变化。此外,病毒滴度和病毒拷贝数的检测结果显示,CV-A16在16HBE上的复制效率明显高于EV-A71。上述结果提示我们EV-A71和CV-A16感染16HBE对其IFN-I产生相关基因表达的影响完全不一样,且CV-A16更容易感染人呼吸道上皮细胞。本研究为EV-A71和CV-A16引起的临床症状差异的机理研究以及CV-A16重复感染的机理研究提供了线索。     

PEMT2过表达抑制大鼠肝癌细胞PI3K, Akt的表达(英)

为探讨磷脂酰乙醇胺-N-甲基转移酶2(PEMT2)过表达抑制大鼠肝癌细胞增殖的机制,构建了PEMT2高表达细胞克隆,并采用半定量RT-PCR、免疫细胞化学及流式细胞仪技术,研究了PEMT2过表达对PI3K/Akt信号转导途径的影响.实验结果显示,PEMT2过表达可抑制细胞PI3K和Akt的表达,并诱导细胞凋亡.这一结果提示,PI3K/Akt信号转导途径下调可能是PEMT2抑制肝癌细胞增殖的部分机制.     

低浓度哇巴因对负鼠肾小管上皮细胞增殖的影响

目的:用低血清培养液来模拟肾脏供血不足的营养不良状态,研究低浓度哇巴因对低血清培养下OK细胞(负鼠肾小管上皮细胞)增殖的影响。方法:用低浓度哇巴因(1-30n M)处理0.2%血清培养下OK细胞,MTT实验和Brdu掺入法检测哇巴因对OK细胞增殖的影响;Western blot检测Akt和ERK1/2的磷酸化水平;用LY294002和PD98059分别抑制PI3K/Akt和ERK1/2蛋白激酶活性,观察抑制PI3K/Akt和ERK1/2对哇巴因促进OK细胞增殖的影响。结果:低浓度哇巴因(1-30n M)促进OK细胞的增值,上调OK细胞中Akt和ERK1/2磷酸化水平。用LY294002和PD98059特异抑制Akt和ERK1/2的活化能够抑制哇巴因的促增殖作用。结论:低浓度哇巴因(1-10n M)能够促进OK细胞的增值,PI3K/Akt和ERK1/2信号通路参与哇巴因对OK细胞促增殖作用的调节。     

CXCL9对单个核细胞的趋化作用及其机制探讨

目的 观察趋化因子CXCL9对人外周血单个核细胞的趋化作用,并探讨其对CXCR3受体后信号通路的影响.方法 分离人外周血单个核细胞并进行培养,Transwell小室趋化实验检测不同浓度的趋化因子CXCL9对外周血单个核细胞的趋化作用;Western blot方法检测CXCL9刺激外周血单个核细胞时ERK1/2及PI3K/Akt信号通路的蛋白表达变化,并检测上述通路抑制剂PD98059和Wortmannin处理细胞后,CXCL9对ERK1/2、PI3K/Akt信号通路的影响有无变化.结果 与空白对照组相比,不同浓度的CXCL9刺激对人外周血单个核细胞均有明显的趋化作用,并且CXCL9刺激人外周血单个核细胞能激活ERK1/2及PI3K/Akt信号通路,其关键蛋白ERK1/2及Akt磷酸化水平显著增加;通路特异性抑制剂PD98059和Wortmannin的应用能明显抑制CXCL9对这两条信号通路的激活.结论 CXCL9能趋化人外周血单个核细胞发生迁移,ERK1/2及PI3K/Akt信号通路可能在此过程中发挥重要作用.     

姜黄素对食管癌Ec109细胞增殖和PTEN/PI3K/Akt信号通路的影响

目的:观察姜黄素对食管癌Ec109细胞增殖的抑制作用及肿瘤抑制基因/磷酯酰肌醇3激酶/蛋白激酶B(PTEN/PI3K/Akt)信号通路的影响。方法:体外培养人食管癌Ec109细胞,不同浓度姜黄素作用后,MTT法检测其对Ec109细胞的增殖抑制作用,透射电镜观察细胞超微结构,Annexin V-FITC/PI双染流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡率,Western blot法分析肿瘤抑制基因(PTEN)、蛋白激酶B(Akt)、糖原合成酶激酶-3(GSK3β)和半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶-3(Caspase 3)蛋白的表达情况。结果:MTT检测结果显示姜黄素能显著抑制Ec109细胞的增殖,且呈明显的剂量和时间效应关系;透射电镜观察发现姜黄素能诱导Ec109细胞发生凋亡;流式细胞仪分析显示随药物浓度的增加,Ec109细胞凋亡率明显升高;Western blot结果表明姜黄素可增强细胞中PTEN、GSK3β和Caspase 3的表达,抑制Akt的表达。结论:姜黄素通过上调PTEN、GSK3β和Caspase 3的表达,抑制PI3K/Akt信号通路,从而抑制食管癌Ec109细胞增殖。     

重楼活性单体pp-10通过抑制PI3K/Akt通路诱导人胃癌细胞BGC-823凋亡和自噬

目的:探讨重楼/七叶一枝花(Paris polyphylla)的醇提物单体pp-10诱导人胃癌BGC-823细胞凋亡和自噬及其分子机制。方法:采用MTT法和克隆形成抑制实验观察不同浓度的重楼单体pp-10对人胃癌BGC-823细胞的增殖抑制作用;Hoechst33342染色法检测pp-10作用于人胃癌BGC-823细胞后细胞核形态的改变;Annexin V-FITC/PI双染法检测细胞凋亡;Western blotting检测重楼单体pp-10对细胞凋亡和自噬相关蛋白Caspase-3、Caspase-9、(ADP-核糖)聚合酶(PARP)、Bax、Bcl-2、LC3、P62以及PI3K/Akt信号通路相关蛋白(Akt、p-Akt、m TOR、p-m TOR、P70s6k、p-P70s6k)表达的影响。结果:重楼单体pp-10能显著抑制BGC-823细胞的生长,作用呈时间-效应关系及剂量-效应关系;克隆形成抑制实验表明随着pp-10浓度的增加,细胞克隆形成逐渐减少,与对照组相比有显著差异;在荧光显微镜下观察可见其细胞核固缩、边聚、裂解等细胞凋亡形态学变化;流式细胞术检测显示,随着作用药物浓度的增高,其凋亡率逐渐升高;Western blotting结果表明,随着药物浓度的增加,线粒体相关凋亡信号通路蛋白Caspase9、Caspase3及PARP均出现酶切活化条带,细胞促凋亡蛋白Bax的表达水平增加,抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2减少,自噬相关蛋白Ⅱ型LC3增加,P62蛋白减少,p-Akt蛋白的表达水平下降,Akt下游蛋白p-m Tor、p-p70S6K表达减少。结论:重楼单体pp-10通过抑制BGC-823细胞增殖,诱导细胞凋亡和自噬,与下调P13K/Akt信号通路有关。     

Interplay between PI3K/Akt and MAPK signaling pathways in DNA-damaging drug-induced apoptosis

In order to elucidate the role of the mitogen-activated protein kinases, including JNK, p38 MAPK and ERK, as well as the survival-associated PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, in the response to chemotherapy, we have conducted a comparative study regarding the effects of doxorubicin on these pathways. Doxorubicin was determined to elicit the apoptosis of NIH3T3 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Prior to cell death, both Akt and p38 MAPK were transiently activated, and subsequently inactivated almost wholly, whereas ERK and JNK evidenced sustained activations in response to the drug treatment. The inhibition of PI3K/Akt and p38 MAPK both accelerated and enhanced doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and ERK inhibition apparently exerted negative effect on apoptosis. The modulation of PI3K/Akt activation by treatment of LY294002 or expression of Akt mutants such as Akt-DN or Myr-Akt exerted a significant effect on the activation of ERK1/2. We also observed that PI3K/Akt and sustained ERK activation were associated intimately with the etoposide-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our results clearly suggest that the differential regulation of the PI3K/Akt, ERK1/2, and p38 MAPK signaling pathways are crucial in the context of DNA-damaging drug-induced apoptosis, and this has compelled us to propose that the sustained activation of ERK1/2 pathway may be generally involved in the apoptosis induced by anticancer DNA-damaging drugs, including doxorubicin and etoposide.     

Cyclophosphamide-induced apoptosis in A431 cells is inhibited by fucosyltransferase IV

Fucosyltransferase IV (FUT4) is an essential enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of difucosylated oligosaccharide LeY which is overexpressed in the cancers derived from the epithelial tissues. Our previous studies have shown that FUT4 overexpression promotes A431 cell proliferation through the MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways, but the relationship between FUT4 and apoptosis remained unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of FUT4 overexpression on cyclophosphamide (CPA)-induced apoptosis in A431 cells. Western blot analysis showed that FUT4 overexpression decreased expression of Bax, Caspase 3, and PARP proteins, and increased anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein in A431 cells. The anti-apoptosis effect of FUT4 was confirmed both by Annexin-V/PI and JC-1 assays. The results showed that FUT4 overexpression up-regulated phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Akt which was inhibited by CPA in dose-dependent manner. By blocking the ERK/MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathways with specific inhibitors, we demonstrated that these two pathways were required in mediating the anti-apoptosis effect of FUT4. We concluded that FUT4 inhibited cell apoptosis induced by CPA through decreasing the expression of apoptotic proteins Bax, Caspase 3, and PARP and increasing the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 via the ERK/MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways in A431 cells.     

JNK and PI3k/Akt signaling pathways are required for establishing persistent SARS-CoV infection in Vero E6 cells

Persistence was established after most of the SARS-CoV-infected Vero E6 cells died. RNA of the defective interfering virus was not observed in the persistently infected cells by Northern blot analysis. SARS-CoV diluted to 2 PFU failed to establish persistence, suggesting that some particular viruses in the seed virus did not induce persistent infection. Interestingly, a viral receptor, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-2, was down-regulated in persistently infected cells. G418-selected clones established from parent Vero E6 cells, which were transfected with a plasmid containing the neomycin resistance gene, were infected with SARS-CoV, resulting in a potential cell population capable of persistence in Vero E6 cells. Our previous studies demonstrated that signaling pathways of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK1/2), c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K)/Akt were activated in SARS-CoV-infected Vero E6 cells. Previous studies also showed that the activation of p38 MAPK by viral infection-induced apoptosis, and a weak activation of Akt was not sufficient to protect from apoptosis. In the present study, we showed that the inhibitors of JNK and PI3K/Akt inhibited the establishment of persistence, but those of MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK; as an inhibitor for ERK1/2) and p38 MAPK did not. These results indicated that two signaling pathways of JNK and PI3K/Akt were important for the establishment of persistence in Vero E6 cells.     

Distinctive regulation and function of PI 3K/Akt and MAPKs in doxorubicin-induced apoptosis of human lung adenocarcinoma cells

Regulation and function of PI 3K/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in doxorubicin-induced cell death were investigated in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. Doxorubicin induced dose-dependent apoptosis of human lung adenocarcinoma NCI-H522 cells. Prior to cell death, both Akt and the MAPK family members (MAPKs: ERK1/2, JNK, and p38) were activated in response to the drug treatment. The kinetics of the inductions for Akt and MAPKs are, however, distinct. The activation of Akt was rapid and transient, activated within 30 min of drug addition, then declined after 3 h, whereas the activations of three MAPKs occurred later, 4 h after addition of the drug and sustained until cell death occurred. Inhibition of PI 3K/Akt activation had no effect on MAPKs' activation, suggesting that the two pathways are independently activated in response to the drug treatment. Inhibition of PI 3K/Akt and p38 accelerated and enhanced doxorubicin-induced cell death. On the contrary, inhibition of ERK1/2 or JNK had no apparent effect on the cell death. Taken together, these results suggest that PI 3K/Akt and MAPKs signaling pathways are all activated, but with distinct mechanisms, in response to doxorubicin treatment. Activation of PI 3K/Akt and p38 modulates apoptotic signal pathways and inhibits doxorubicin-induced cell death. These responses of tumor cells to cancer drug treatment may contribute to their drug resistance. Understanding of the mechanism and function of the responses will be beneficial for the development of novel therapeutic approaches for improvement of drug efficacy and circumvention of drug resistance.     

Contribution of endoplasmic reticulum stress,MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathways to the apoptotic death induced by a penicillin derivative in melanoma cells

We have previously examined the in vitro and in vivo antitumor action of TAP7f, a synthetic triazolylpeptidyl penicillin, on murine melanoma cells. In this work, we explored the signal transduction pathways modulated by TAP7f in murine B16-F0 and human A375 melanoma cells, and the contribution of some intracellular signals to the apoptotic cell death. TAP7f decreased ERK1/2 phosphorylation and increased phospho-p38, phospho-JNK and phospho-Akt levels. ERK1/2 blockage suppressed cell growth, while inhibition of p38, JNK and PI3K-I pathways reduced the antitumor effect of TAP7f. Pharmacological inhibition of p38 and JNK, or blockage of PI3K-I/Akt cascade with a dominant negative PI3K-I mutant diminished Bax expression levels and PARP-1 cleavage, indicating the involvement of these pathways in apoptosis. PI3K-I/Akt inhibition also favored an autophagic response, as evidenced by the higher expression levels of Beclin-1 and LC3-II detected in transfected cells exposed to TAP7f. However, although PI3K-I/Akt blockage promoted an autophagic survival response, this mechanism appears not to be critical for TAP7f antitumor action. It was also shown that TAP7f induced ER stress by enhancing the expression of ER stress-related genes and proteins. Downregulation of CHOP protein with specific siRNA increased cell growth and decreased cleavage of PARP-1, supporting its role in apoptosis. Furthermore, it was found that activation of p38, JNK and Akt occurred downstream ER perturbation. In summary, our results showed that TAP7f triggers an apoptotic cell death in melanoma cells through induction of ER stress and activation of p38, JNK and PI3K-I/Akt pathways.

     

Sodium vanadate inhibits apoptosis in malignant glioma cells: A role for Akt/PKB

The dual signal hypothesis of apoptosis holds that a common signal can activate both apoptotic and proliferative pathways. The fate of a cell is dependent on which of these two pathways predominates. In the MAPK family of kinases, ERK and JNK have been proposed to mediate apoptosis whereas the PI3K-stimulated kinase, Akt/PKB, has been shown to inhibit apoptosis. The object of this study was to determine the role of these kinases in a glioma model of apoptosis. We have previously shown that K252a induces apoptosis and inhibits kinase activity. In this study we confirm these results and shown that the protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor sodium vanadate activates ERK, JNK and Akt/PKB, but does not stimulate proliferation. Vanadate did protect T98G cells from K252a-induced apoptosis, an effect that was abolished by addition of the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin. This suggests that PI3K and Akt/PKB may be responsible for mediating vanadate's protective effect on glioma cells. We conclude that the intracellular balance between protein phosphorylation pathways is a critical determinant of both cell proliferation and cell death.     

E5 Protein of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Protects Human Foreskin Keratinocytes from UV B-Irradiation-Induced Apoptosis

The human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) E5 protein associates with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and enhances the activation of the EGFR after stimulation by EGF in human keratinocytes. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK1/2 MAPK), two signal molecules downstream of the EGFR, have been recognized as participants in two survival signal pathways in response to stress. The fact that E5 can enhance EGFR activation suggests that E5 might act as a survival factor. To test this hypothesis, the apoptotic response of UV B-irradiated primary keratinocytes infected with either control retrovirus, LXSN, or HPV16 2E5-expressing recombinant retrovirus was quantitated. Under the same conditions, LXSN-infected cells showed extensive apoptosis, while E5-expressing cells demonstrated a significant reduction in UV B-irradiation-induced apoptosis. The E5-mediated protection against apoptosis was blocked by wortmannin and PD98059, specific inhibitors of the PI3K and ERK1/2 MAPK pathways, respectively, suggesting that the PI3K and ERK1/2 MAPK pathways are involved in this process. Western blot analysis showed that Akt (also named protein kinase B), which is a downstream effector of PI3K, and ERK1/2 MAPK were activated by EGF. When cells were stimulated by EGF and irradiated by UV B, the levels of phospho-Akt and phospho-ERK1/2 activated by EGF in E5-expressing cells were about twofold greater than those in LXSN-infected cells. Two other UV-activated stress pathways, p38 and JNK, were activated to the same level during UV B irradiation in both LXSN-infected cells and E5-expressing cells, indicating that E5 protein did not affect these two pathways. After UV B irradiation, p53 was activated in both LXSN-infected cells and E5-expressing cells, and cell cycle analysis showed that nearly all cells in both cell populations were growth arrested. These data suggest that unlike HPV16 E6, which blocks apoptosis by inactivation of p53, HPV16 E5 protects cells from apoptosis by enhancing the PI3K-Akt and ERK1/2 MAPK signal pathways.