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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Fas (CD95/Apo-1) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. Receptor binding results in activation of caspase 8, leading to activation of proapoptotic downstream molecules. We found that expression of Fas was up-regulated >10-fold in MCF-7 breast and HCT116 and RKO colon cancer cell lines after treatment with IC(60) doses of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and raltitrexed (RTX). Combined treatment with the agonistic Fas antibody CH-11 and either 5-FU or RTX resulted in a highly synergistic induction of apoptosis in these cell lines. Similar results were obtained for another antifolate, Alimta. Induction of thymidylate synthase expression inhibited Fas induction in response to RTX and Alimta, but not in response to 5-FU. Furthermore, thymidylate synthase induction abrogated the synergy between CH-11 and both antifolates but had no effect on the synergistic interaction between 5-FU and CH-11. Inactivation of p53 in MCF-7 and HCT116 cell lines blocked 5-FU- and antifolate-mediated up-regulation of Fas. Furthermore, Fas was not up-regulated in response to 5-FU or antifolates in the p53-mutant H630 colon cancer cell line. Lack of Fas up-regulation in the p53-null and -mutant lines abolished the synergistic interaction between 5-FU and CH-11. Interestingly, synergy was still observed between the antifolates and CH-11 in the p53-null HCT116 and p53-mutant H630 cell lines, although this was significantly reduced compared with the p53 wild-type cell lines. Our results indicate that Fas is an important mediator of apoptosis in response to both 5-FU and antifolates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1078-0432
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3562-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Antimetabolites, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Folic Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Inhibitory Concentration 50, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Tetracycline, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Thymidylate Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:15161716-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The roles of thymidylate synthase and p53 in regulating Fas-mediated apoptosis in response to antimetabolites.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't