Evidence of securin-mediated resistance to gefitinib-induced apoptosis in human cancer cells

Sheng Yi Yu, Huei Fang Liu, Su Pei Wang, Chia-Ching Chang, Chuan Mei Tsai, Jui-I Chao*

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Gefitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), has been used to treat numerous cancers; however, evidence has shown that cancer cells can become resistant to gefitinib during therapy. Here, we report a human proto-oncogene, securin, which displays resistance to death in cancer cells. Gefitinib treatment decreases securin levels at the protein level by inducing protein instability but did not affect on the securin gene expression. Treatment with gefitinib induced cytotoxicity in various human cancer cell types, including RKO (colon cancer), A549 (lung cancer), BFTC905 (bladder cancer), MCF7 (breast cancer) and A375 (skin cancer). BFTC905 and A549 cells expressed relatively high levels of the phosphorylated and total EGFR proteins; however, A375, MCF7 and RKO cells did not markedly express these proteins. Moreover, following treatment with gefitinib, the securin-wild type cancer cells were more resistant to apoptotic induction than the securin-null cancer cells. Surprisingly, both the securin-wild type and securin-null cancer cells expressed the EGFR protein at similar levels. Treatment with gefitinib induced mitochondrial dysfunction, cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activation and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase protein cleavage, indicating that apoptosis occurred in these cancer cells. The transfection of a GPF-securin expression vector increased both the proliferation rates and resistance to gefitinib-induced death in these cancer cells. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the presence of securin promotes resistance to gefitinib-induced apoptosis via an EGFR-independent pathway in human cancer cells.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)412-422
頁數11
期刊Chemico-Biological Interactions
203
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 25 4月 2013

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