TY - JOUR
T1 - Bcl-xl blocks tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced caspase 8 activation and apoptosis
AU - Yang, Lin
AU - Deng, Yi Bin
AU - Wu, Xiang Wei
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of Bcl-xl on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha)-induced apoptosis signal pathway and apoptosis. METHODS: A dominant negative mutant of ikB (pmi kappaB) and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) expression plasmid pEGFP-C1, pmi kappab and pEGFP-C1 and Bcl-xl expression construct pBcl-xl/HA, were co-transfected into HeLa cells. Expression plasmid pBcl-xl/HA was introduced into p65-/-MEF cells in which nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)/p65 was deficient, to establish cell line p65-/-Bcl-xl expressing Bcl-xl by selection with puromycin. These cells were treated with TNFalpha at a concentration of 10 ng/ml, and apoptotic cell death was examined microscopically with trypan blue staining. The proteins were abstracted from treated cells, and caspase 8 activation and cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) were examined by western blot using a specific antibody that recognized cleaved caspase 8 and cleaved PARP, respectively. RESULTS: HeLa cells transfected with pmi kappaB, TNFalpha showed significant cell death as they became rounded, shrank, and detached. However in HeLa cells co-transfected with pBcl-xl and pmi kappaB, no cell death was observed after treatment with TNFalpha. In p65-/- MEF cells; cell death was observed at 4 hours after treatment with TNFalpha, and cell death reached 90% at 12 hours after the treatment. However, in p65-/-Bcl-xl/HA cells expressing Bcl-xl, no cell death was seen even when treated with TNFa for 24 hours. Meanwhile, in pmikB/HeLa cells transfected with pmi kappaB, TNFalpha induced caspase 8 activation and PARP cleavage, but in the HeLa cells co-transfected with pBcl-xl and pmi kappaB, no activated caspase 8 and cleaved PARP were observed after treatment with TNFalpha. CONCLUSION: In the experimental system in which NF-kB was inhibited, Bcl-xl blocked TNFalpha-induced apoptosis signal pathway and apoptosis. These results bring to light that further studies of the pathogenesis and therapy of TNFa-related diseases are needed.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of Bcl-xl on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha)-induced apoptosis signal pathway and apoptosis. METHODS: A dominant negative mutant of ikB (pmi kappaB) and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) expression plasmid pEGFP-C1, pmi kappab and pEGFP-C1 and Bcl-xl expression construct pBcl-xl/HA, were co-transfected into HeLa cells. Expression plasmid pBcl-xl/HA was introduced into p65-/-MEF cells in which nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)/p65 was deficient, to establish cell line p65-/-Bcl-xl expressing Bcl-xl by selection with puromycin. These cells were treated with TNFalpha at a concentration of 10 ng/ml, and apoptotic cell death was examined microscopically with trypan blue staining. The proteins were abstracted from treated cells, and caspase 8 activation and cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) were examined by western blot using a specific antibody that recognized cleaved caspase 8 and cleaved PARP, respectively. RESULTS: HeLa cells transfected with pmi kappaB, TNFalpha showed significant cell death as they became rounded, shrank, and detached. However in HeLa cells co-transfected with pBcl-xl and pmi kappaB, no cell death was observed after treatment with TNFalpha. In p65-/- MEF cells; cell death was observed at 4 hours after treatment with TNFalpha, and cell death reached 90% at 12 hours after the treatment. However, in p65-/-Bcl-xl/HA cells expressing Bcl-xl, no cell death was seen even when treated with TNFa for 24 hours. Meanwhile, in pmikB/HeLa cells transfected with pmi kappaB, TNFalpha induced caspase 8 activation and PARP cleavage, but in the HeLa cells co-transfected with pBcl-xl and pmi kappaB, no activated caspase 8 and cleaved PARP were observed after treatment with TNFalpha. CONCLUSION: In the experimental system in which NF-kB was inhibited, Bcl-xl blocked TNFalpha-induced apoptosis signal pathway and apoptosis. These results bring to light that further studies of the pathogenesis and therapy of TNFa-related diseases are needed.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15850519
AN - SCOPUS:34548425251
SN - 1007-3418
VL - 13
SP - 286
EP - 289
JO - Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology
JF - Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology
IS - 4
ER -