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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression at local tumor sites or in systemic circulation is associated with disease progression and poor prognosis of esophageal cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence of IL-6 on biological activities of esophageal cancer cells in terms of chemosensitivity. Human esophageal cancer cell lines TE13 and KYSE170 were transfected with a plasmid vector expressing IL-6 and stable transfectants overexpressing IL-6 were thus established. The sensitivity of IL-6 transfectants to cisplatin was evaluated using a WST-8 assay and cell-cycle analysis. In addition, the inhibitory effects of IL-6-specific siRNAs were investigated. IL-6 transfectants showed significantly reduced sensitivity to cisplatin compared to control transfectants. In addition, the reduced cisplatin sensitivity of IL-6 transfectants was restored by pretreatment with IL-6-specific siRNA. These results suggest that intracellular IL-6 expression in tumor cells may acts as a resistance factor against cisplatin-based treatments for esophageal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1791-7530
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-75
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:21273582-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression of Interleukin-6 suppresses cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article