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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) induces apoptosis in hepatocytes, through a mechanism mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Numerous tumoral cells develop mechanisms to escape from the TGF-beta-induced tumor suppressor effects. In this work we show that in FaO rat hepatoma cells inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with the tyrphostin AG1478 enhances TGF-beta-induced cell death, coincident with an elevated increase in ROS production and GSH depletion. These events correlate with down-regulation of genes involved in the maintenance of redox homeostasis, such as gamma-GCS and MnSOD, and elevated mitochondrial ROS. Nonetheless, not all the ROS proceed from the mitochondria. Emerging evidences indicate that ROS production by TGF-beta is also mediated by the NADPH oxidase (NOX) system. TGF-beta-treated FaO cells induce nox1 expression. However, the treatment with TGF-beta and AG1478 greatly enhanced the expression of another family member: nox4. NOX1 and NOX4 targeted knock-down by siRNA experiments suggest that they play opposite roles, because NOX1 knockdown increases caspase-3 activity and cell death, whilst NOX4 knock-down attenuates the apoptotic process. This attenuation correlates with maintenance of GSH and antioxidant enzymes levels. In summary, EGFR inhibition enhances apoptosis induced by TGF-beta in FaO rat hepatoma cells through an increased oxidative stress coincident with a change in the expression pattern of NOX enzymes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADPH Oxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADPH oxidase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nox4 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrphostins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tyrphostin AG 1478
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1793
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-NADPH Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:18848961-Tyrphostins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The inhibition of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) pathway enhances TGF-beta-induced apoptosis in rat hepatoma cells through inducing oxidative stress coincident with a change in the expression pattern of the NADPH oxidases (NOX) isoforms.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre d'Oncologia Molecular (COM), IDIBELL-Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain. psancho@idibell.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't