Tagged and untagged TRAIL show different activity against tumor cells

  • Authors:
    • Kunpeng Zhao
    • Yan'ge Wang
    • Xueyin Wang
    • Yugang Wang
    • Yuanfang Ma
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  • Published online on: September 11, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.908
  • Pages: 1301-1304
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Abstract

The tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis‑inducing ligand (TRAIL/Apo2L) is a novel cytotoxic ligand belonging to the TNF superfamily which is currently being developed as a cancer therapeutic drug. Here, we observed the different functions of recombinant TRAIL protein with a foreign protein label and non-labeled TRAIL. We used a prokaryotic expression system to prepare two different versions of the extracellular TRAIL 114-281aa protein: TRAIL-HS, a protein modified with 6xHis-Tag and S-Tag; and TRAIL-FT, which had no foreign protein. The proteins were purified using Ni-NTA chromatography (TRAIL-HS) and cation ion‑exchange column chromatography (TRAIL-FT) and identified by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis. We compared the abilities of the proteins to bind to death receptor 5 (DR5) by ELISA and to induce apoptosis in a normal liver cell line (Chang liver) and a human T-lymphocyte leukemia cell line (Jurkat) by MTT assay, GR staining and FACS. The results indicate that the biological functions of TRAIL-FT were superior to those of TRAIL-HS in binding and the induction of apoptosis, and may be useful to further the development and applications of TRAIL.
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December 2012
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Zhao K, Wang Y, Wang X, Wang Y and Ma Y: Tagged and untagged TRAIL show different activity against tumor cells. Oncol Lett 4: 1301-1304, 2012
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Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Wang, Y., & Ma, Y. (2012). Tagged and untagged TRAIL show different activity against tumor cells. Oncology Letters, 4, 1301-1304. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.908
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Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Ma, Y."Tagged and untagged TRAIL show different activity against tumor cells". Oncology Letters 4.6 (2012): 1301-1304.
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Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Ma, Y."Tagged and untagged TRAIL show different activity against tumor cells". Oncology Letters 4, no. 6 (2012): 1301-1304. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.908