Role of caspase activation in butyrate-induced terminal differentiation of HT29 colon carcinoma cells |
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Authors: | Cai Jiyang Chen Yan Murphy T J Jones Dean P Sartorelli Alan C |
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Affiliation: | The Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 4157 Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Jiyang.cai@vanderbilt.edu |
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Abstract: | Colon epithelial cells have a defined life span and undergo terminal differentiation as they mature and migrate to the luminal surface. The differentiation process can be induced in cultured colon cancer cells by sodium butyrate, which induces expression of various differentiation markers followed subsequently by cell death. In the present study, HT29 colorectal carcinoma cells were shown to undergo butyrate-induced caspase activation that was mainly produced through a mitochondrial pathway. Inhibition of caspase activation, either by peptide pan caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, by caspase 9 inhibitor Z-LEHD-FMK, or by overexpression of Bcl-XL, also inhibited the expression of differentiation markers. These findings suggest (a) that terminal differentiation of HT29 colon carcinoma cells is tightly linked to caspase activation and (b) that increased expression of anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins, as well as other inhibitors of caspase activation, has the potential to inhibit terminal differentiation and thereby may contribute to the progression of colon cancer. |
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Keywords: | Colorectal carcinoma Caspase Differentiation Mitochondria Bcl-2 Butyrate |
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