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Combined incubation of colon carcinoma cells with phorbol ester and mitochondrial uncoupling agents results in synergic elevated reactive oxygen species levels and increased γ-glutamyltransferase expression.
Abstract The NADPH oxidase (NOX) is a significant determinant for the expression and activity of γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), which is frequently upregulated after increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress. Earlier studies on human colon carcinoma HT-29 cells have shown that treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) activates NOX thus increasing the intracellular level of ROS and upregulating GGT. Another important source of cellular ROS is the mitochondria, and treatment with the mitochondria uncoupler carbonylcyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)-phenylhydrazone (FCCP) results in ...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - November 27, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Pandur S, Ravuri C, Moens U, Huseby NE Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

MicroRNA-205 suppresses the oral carcinoma oncogenic activity via down-regulation of Axin-2 in KB human oral cancer cell.
In this study, the over-expression of microRNA-205 (miR-205) increased the number of apoptotic cells by at least 4 times compared to the control. In addition, over-expressed miRNA in KB oral cancer cells triggered apoptosis via the caspase cascade, including the cleavage of caspase-9, caspase-7, caspase-3, and PARP. Flow cytometry showed that apoptotic cell death was increased significantly by 35.33 % in KB oral cancer cells with over-expressed miR-205 compared to the control. The microarray data showed that axis inhibitor protein 2 (Axin2) was down-regulated in KB oral cancer cells transfected with miR-205. In addition, ...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - October 29, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Kim JS, Park SY, Lee SA, Park MG, Yu SK, Lee MH, Park MR, Kim SG, Oh JS, Lee SY, Kim CS, Kim HJ, Chun HS, Kim JS, Moon SM, Kim DK Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

The siRNA cocktail targeting VEGF and HER2 inhibition on the proliferation and induced apoptosis of gastric cancer cell.
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of a siRNA cocktail targeting Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) on cell proliferation, induced apoptosis and the expression of VEGF and HER2 in human gastric carcinoma cell. The silencing rate of pre-designed siRNAs that targeted VEGF and HER2 was detected by Real-time Quantitative PCR (RT-QPCR) analysis. Furthermore, the best silencing siRNA that targeted VEGF and HER2 was prepared as a cocktail to co-knockdown VEGF and HER2 expression at both mRNA and protein levels which were detec...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - October 26, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Liu K, Chen H, You Q, Shi H, Wang Z Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Wnt/β-catenin signaling mediates the senescence of bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells from systemic lupus erythematosus patients through the p53/p21 pathway.
Abstract Recent studies have shown that allogeneic bone marrow (BM)-mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (MSCT) appears to be effective in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and lupus-prone mice, contrary to studies in syngeneic BM-MSCT. These studies indicated that the abnormalities of BM-MSCs may be involved in the pathogenesis of SLE. Our studies and other previous studies have revealed that BM-MSCs from SLE patients exhibited early signs of senescence, such as flattened morphology, slow proliferation, increased senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity, and so on. However, the mecha...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - October 16, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Gu Z, Tan W, Feng G, Meng Y, Shen B, Liu H, Cheng C Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Expression of HAb18G in non-small lung cancer and characterization of activation, migration, proliferation, and apoptosis in A549 cells following siRNA-induced downregulation of HAb18G.
Abstract HAb18G, a novel cancer biomarker, has been shown to be involved in the progression of malignancy by regulating expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrixmetalloproteinases (MMPs). The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of HAb18G in the biology of NSCLC and to determine its potential as a therapeutic target. HAb18G protein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry in 150 NSCLC tissues. The results showed that HAb18G protein expression was associated with tumor diameter, lymph node status, tumor stage, and poor prognosis (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed th...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - September 8, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Xu X, Liu S, Lei B, Li W, Lin N, Sheng W, Huang A, Shen H Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

p53siRNA therapy reduces cell proliferation, migration and induces apoptosis in triple negative breast cancer cells.
This study is intended to investigate, the potential applications of RNA interference (RNAi) to block p53 expression, as well as its subsequent effect on cell growth, apoptosis and migration on a triple negative human breast cancer cell line (Hs578T). p53siRNA significantly reduced cell index (CI) compared to the control and we observed an inhibition of cellular migration in the interval of time between 0 and 30 h, as shown in the data obtained by dynamic evaluation using the xCELLigence System. Also, by using PCR-array technology, a panel of 84 key genes involved in apoptosis was investigated. Our studies indicate that t...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - July 27, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Braicu C, Pileczki V, Irimie A, Berindan-Neagoe I Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Concerted inhibition of HIF-1α and -2α expression markedly suppresses angiogenesis in cultured RPE cells.
Abstract HIF-1α is known to play an important role in the induction of VEGF by hypoxia in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. However, the involvement of the other isoform, HIF-2α, in RPE cells remains unclear. Thus, the purpose of present study was to clarify the role of HIF-2α during induction of angiogenic genes in hypoxic RPE cells. When human RPE cells (ARPE-19) were cultured under hypoxic conditions, HIF-1α and HIF-2α proteins increased. This induced an increase in mRNA for VEGF, causing secretion of VEGF protein into the medium. This conditioned medium induced tube formation in human vascular endot...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - July 20, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Nakajima T, Nakajima E, Shearer TR, Azuma M Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

APRIL depletion induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through blocking TGF-β1/ERK signaling pathway in human colorectal cancer cells.
Abstract It is well documented that a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), a newly found member of tumor necrosis factor superfamily, overexpressed in the majority of malignancies, plays a potential role in the occurrence and development of these tumors. Herein, we demonstrated that APRIL depletion by using RNA interference in human colorectal cancer (CRC) COLO 205 and SW480 cells resulted in cell proliferation inhibition and evoked cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase and apoptosis, coupled with decrease in CDK2, Cyclin D1, Bcl-2 expression and an increase of p21 and Bax expression. In addition, the decreased expre...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - July 20, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Wang F, Chen L, Ni H, Wang G, Ding W, Cong H, Ju S, Yang S, Wang H Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Histone deacetylases inhibitor trichostatin A increases the expression of Dleu2/miR-15a/16-1 via HDAC3 in non-small cell lung cancer.
Abstract Histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitor is a promising new approach to the treatment of lung cancer therapy via inhibiting cell growth and inducing apoptosis. miR-15a and miR-16-1 are important tumor suppressors through modulating B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Cyclin D1, D2, and others. However, whether HDACs inhibitor modulates the expression of miR-15a/16-1 in lung cancer is still unknown. The purpose of our study was to identify a new miRNA-mediated mechanism which plays an important role in the anti-cancer effects of HDACs inhibitor. We found HDACs inhibitors trichostatin A (TSA) and sodium butyrate upreg...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - July 19, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Chen CQ, Chen CS, Chen JJ, Zhou LP, Xu HL, Jin WW, Wu JB, Gao SM Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Knockdown BMI1 expression inhibits proliferation and invasion in human bladder cancer T24 cells.
Abstract B cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (BMI1) is a transcriptional repressor of polycomb repressive complex 1, which is involved in the proliferation, senescence, migration, and tumorigenesis of cancer. Experimental researchers have convincingly linked BMI1 to tumorigenesis. However, there is no study about the issue on the role of BMI1 in the proliferation, apoptosis, and migration of bladder cancer. To address this question, we examined the expression of BMI1 in bladder cancer tissues and used siRNA to knockdown BMI1 expression in bladder cancer T24 cells. Then we tested the ce...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - July 3, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Liang W, Zhu D, Cui X, Su J, Liu H, Han J, Zhao F, Xie W Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

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