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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Most human melanomas express Fas receptor on the cell surface, and treatment with exogenous Fas Ligand (FasL) efficiently induces apoptosis of these cells. In contrast, endogenous surface expression of FasL is suppressed in Fas-positive melanomas. We report here the use of a combination of sodium arsenite, an inhibitor of NF-kappaB activation, and NS398, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, for restoration of the surface FasL expression. We observed a large increase of Fas-mediated apoptosis in Fas-positive melanomas. This was due to induction of FasL surface expression and increased susceptibility to Fas death signaling after arsenite and NS398 treatment. Furthermore, silencing COX-2 expression by specific RNAi also effectively increased surface FasL expression following arsenite treatment. Upregulation of the surface FasL levels was based on an increase in the efficiency of translocation to the cell surface and stabilization of FasL protein on the cell surface, rather than on acceleration of the FasL gene transcription. Data obtained demonstrate that the combination of arsenite with inhibitors of COX-2 may affect the target cancer cells via induction of FasL-mediated death signaling.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD95, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arsenites, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FASLG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fas Ligand Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-(2-cyclohexyloxy-4-nitrophenyl)met..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitrobenzenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PTGS2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfonamides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sodium arsenite
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
312
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1401-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Arsenites, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Nitrobenzenes, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Sodium Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Sulfonamides, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16487513-Tumor Necrosis Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Dual treatment with COX-2 inhibitor and sodium arsenite leads to induction of surface Fas Ligand expression and Fas-Ligand-mediated apoptosis in human melanoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA. vni3@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural