Changes and significance of Fas and cFLIP in apoptosis of human rhabdomyosarcoma cells induced by combination of TRAIL and cisplatin |
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Authors: | XU Yu-sheng TAO Hui-min CHEN Wei-shan YANG Di-sheng |
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Institution: | Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China |
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Abstract: | AIM: To investigate the synergistic induction of apoptosis in rhabdomyosarcoma cells by the combination of TRAIL or TRAIL gene with cisplatin. METHODS: Rhabdomyosarcoma cells were treated with TRAIL, Ad/GT-TRAIL, cisplatin, respectively or the combination for 3 days. The cytotoxicity was observed by MTT assay. The apoptotic rates and the expression rates of Fas protein were measured by flow cytometry (FCM). The expression of cFLIP mRNA was determined by RT-PCR. RESULTS: Rhabdomyosarcoma cells were treated with Ad/ GT-TRAIL and TRAIL (100.0 μg/L), the cytotoxicity index were 52.5% and 43.5%, the percentage of apoptotic cells were 12.95% and 10.26%, respectively. Combined with cisplatin, the cytotoxicity index and the percentage of apoptotic cells were increased significantly (P<0.05). The expression of Fas protein in rhabdomyosarcoma cells was up-regulated and the expression of cFLIP was down-regulated with cisplatin, which were paralleled by the apoptotic rates. CONCLUSION: Combinatiion of Ad/GT-TRAIL or TRAIL and cisplatin has synergistic apoptosis-inducing effects on rhabdomyosacoma cells. |
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Keywords: | Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand Apoptosis Cisplatin Gene therapy |
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